Global University Employability Survey ranks Trinity College 131st globally

The Global University Employability survey ranked universities based on the employability of their graduates according to both national and international companies.

Trinity climbed three places to 131st in a new global employability ranking published by Times Higher Education (THE).
 
2500 employers from 22 different countries including the the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany were surveyed. Recruiters at management level were first asked to vote for the universities they considered had the most employable graduates. Following this, 3500 managing directors, most of whom had over ten years’ experience and worked in firms which employed over 500 people, ranked the universities which were proposed by the first panel. Survey respondents stated that the most important factor when considering a university was the quality of its teaching staff. This was followed by the production of ready-to-worK graduates. Of all the factors listed, those surveyed ranked international exposure as the least needed attribute when choosing a university to recruit from, followed by a university’s reputation.
 
California Institute of Technology (CalTech) produces the most employable graduates, according to the survey, with other US universities also ranking very highly. Seven out of the top ten universities were based in the US. Harvard University placed second, with Columbia University in New York ranking third. The highest ranking UK university was Oxford, at 15th, which was followed by Imperial College London at 17th place. Trinity was the only Irish university to be included in the rankings.
  
In a similar global graduate employability ranking published by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) in September, Trinity ranked 111-120, whilst University College Dublin (UCD) ranked 75th  internationally. The University of Limerick (UL) ranked third in Ireland at 301-500. QS use five metrics to calculate its rankings; Employer Reputation, Alumni Outcomes, Partnerships with Employers, Employer-Student Connections and Graduate Employment Rate.