University Effectively Develops Partnerships with Global Enterprises

15:04, September 24, 2021

The university was included in the QS Graduate Employability World Ranking for the first time

Ural Federal University is in the group of 301-500 global universities in terms of quality of graduate employment. — the QS Graduate Employment Rankings 2022 rating has been published. In total, fourteen Russian universities were included in the QS global ranking for the employment of graduates. This is stated in a study published by the British company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). UrFU demonstrates the greatest success in the indicator Partnerships with Employees per Faculty, which takes into account current publications of university specialists together with global companies from the Fortune 500 and Forbes 2000 lists.

"For the Graduate School of Economics and Management UrFU, close cooperation with employers is a priority in educational and research areas. Both at the level of centralized UrFU projects and in direct interaction with business, GSEM actively invests in the development of partnerships with companies that share the values and mission of the School. Our goal is to produce specialists who are completely ready for independent work, who do not need to be retrained for the real needs of enterprises. This long-term systematic work has become a significant contribution to the treasury of university – wide success and another proof of this is participation in such a prestigious rating," said Daria Matusevich, director of the Career Center at Graduate School of Economics and Management UrFU.

In total, 679 universities were analyzed in the QS graduate employment rating, a methodology was used in the preparation, in which the reputation among employers corresponds to 30% of the final result, the success of graduates - 25%, partnership with employers - 25%, interaction between the employer and the student - 10%, employment of graduates - 10%. According to analysts, the majority of UrFU graduates get a job within the first year after graduation - this figure is estimated at 85.1%. The indicator takes into account both full and part-time employment, excluding students who have decided to continue their studies.