Choosing a university is never easy, but let’s start by debunking some myths: we live in a world that is constantly evolving, sometimes unpredictably, the idea that an academic career defines our careers once and for all is a thing of the past. “humanitarians are useless, and they don’t give food”; FALSE. We fear absolutism, the world needs thinkers, especially at a time when civil rights and individual freedoms are constantly under attack. “Medicine is the only faculty that guarantees work”; only partly true and 2022 report published AlmaLaurea (university consortium that helps graduates enter the world of work) explain why.

Graduate employment situation

If 2020 was a “terrible year”, to quote a consortium report, 2021 shows a significantly positive employment picture: for both recent graduates and former students already included in the employment structure, find a job easier. “In 2021, one year after graduation, the employability rate was 74.5% among Tier 1 graduates and 74.6% among Tier 2 graduates in 2020,” he explains. AlmaLaurea “Among the graduates of the two-year master’s program, the employment rate rises to 76.5%, and among the master’s students of the one-year program it is 70.3%.”

Choosing a university is another factor to consider when thinking about the future.. At the beginning of June, QS World University Rankings published a list of “top” institutions in the world, universities that guarantee quality education and, therefore, best reputation in the business world. The top ten positions, in addition to Switzerland, include the United States and Great Britain (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich is ninth). To find an Italian university, you need to drop down to 139th, which is this year’s Politecnico di Milano, awarded for research and the ability to connect students with business: “Politecnico di Milano Career Service. assists students during and after graduation by providing professional advice. – reads reasons – More than 200 companies participate in annual job fairs to meet students.

Degrees that guarantee the best salaries

Having a better chance of finding a job within one year of graduation, graduates IT and ICT technologies groupfollowed by the medical-pharmaceutical group, the industrial engineering group, and the architecture and civil engineering group. As for the payroll data, it is necessary to recover the 2021 data: the first group (IT and technology) remains in the lead, with a salary of 1841 and 1837 euros per month respectively.. The average salary of those who choose medicine is 1,788 euros, followed by economics (1,644), architecture and engineering (1,587). And, finally, psychologists, who have only 1180 euros per month (sorry, we all need it so much).

The issue of the gender gap

The gender gap also affects wages and employment. Always second AlmaLaureayoung graduates develop more interests and have higher grades, but in the world of work they are punished, especially if they have children: “Despite higher school and university performance, there are persistent gender disparities for women when looking at jobs and wages,” the statement said. A similar argument applies to STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) subjects, where the male component is higher (59.8% compared to 40.2% female), but with slightly lower scores and fewer linear paths: “There are There are fewer women, but they are better than men: in fact, they are characterized by a higher average score (103.7 out of 110 compared to 102.0 for peers) and from greater academic achievement in terms of academic regularity. It is also true that, despite better university performance, women are still disadvantaged in the world of work.”