The assessment comes from the Times Higher Education, which has published the “Global University Employability Survey.” This survey takes the form of a list, ranking universities that produce graduates who end up with the best job prospects. The collected data is based on interviews and other information provided from recruiters and CEOs. The different factors are weighted in order to assess the quality of the institutions, the content of the degree courses and future job prospects.
The elements, Business Insider reports, that make one person more ’employable’ than another can be broken down to:
Professional experience.
The level of degree of specialization.
Ability to speak two or more foreign languages.
The types of extracurricular activities undertaken by students.
The quality of the academic record.
Graduation from a so-termed “top” university.
As to the top ten universities, these come out as, in descending order:
10. University of Tokyo, Japan.
9. Princeton University, New Jersey, U.S..
8. Technical University of Munich, Germany.
7. University of Oxford, U.K.
6. Yale University, Connecticut, U.S.
5. Stanford University, California, U.S.
4. University of Cambridge, U.K.
3. Harvard University, Massachusetts, U.S.
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.
1. California Institute of Technology, U.S.
The California Institute of Technology is a private doctorate-granting university located in Pasadena, California, U.S., founded in 1891. ‘Caltech’ has six academic divisions with strong emphasis on science and engineering, typically managing $332 million in sponsored research. Caltech alumni and faculty include 34 Nobel Prizes.
The sixth Global University Employability Ranking was conducted between April and July 2016 by the by employment research institute Trendence, elusively for Times Higher Education.
