University of Helsinki graduates who have completed a master’s degree, a Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) degree or a Early Education Teacher degree have excellent job prospects. Five years after graduating, 94% of the survey respondents were employed, 1.5% were unemployed and approximately 5% were outside the workforce. Those outside the workforce consist of, for example, full-time students. The share of gainfully employed graduates in the workforce was very high at 98%.
More than four-fifths of the survey respondents are satisfied with their degree in terms of their career, have a job whose requirements correspond to their academic qualifications, and are able to use the knowledge and skills acquired at university in their job.
Graduates from the 11 faculties of the University of Helsinki find employment in a wide range of specialist roles. Five years after graduation, approximately 16 % of the survey respondents worked with customers and patients and 16 % were employed in the teaching and education sector and 18 % worked in administration, planning and development, and over one in ten did research work.
One in three respondents worked in companies, and 25% worked for municipalities. Other significant employers include the government, universities and the third sector.
Doctoral graduates from the University of Helsinki have excellent employment prospects. Three years after graduating, 98% of the survey respondents were employed, 1% were unemployed and 1% were outside the workforce. The share of gainfully employed graduates in the workforce was very high at 98%.
More than four-fifths of the survey respondents have a job whose requirements correspond to their academic qualifications, are able to use their knowledge and skills acquired at university in their job, and are satisfied with their degree in terms of their career.
More than 45% of doctoral graduates work primarily in research. In general, doctoral graduates hold a wide range of roles, depending on their fields of education and research. One-third of doctoral graduates find employment in the university sector, 22% in companies and 13% in the government sector.
The results of the career monitoring surveys have been compiled in a Power BI report open to all. In the report, you can find out, for example, which factors respondents think have contributed to their employment or which skills they feel they need most in their job. The answers can be compared by faculty or in relation to all respondents at the University of Helsinki. In addition to the survey results, the report also contains statistical data on the labour market situation of graduates based on Statistics Finland's data.
The career monitoring surveys are conducted annually and the data is collected between October and December. Universities receive the data at the beginning of the following year and the data will be updated for this report during the spring. The survey data collected in 2024 will be updated by autumn 2025.
Career monitoring surveys are sent each year to all those who completed a master’s degree, a Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) degree or a Early Education Teacher degree five years earlier as well as to those who completed a doctoral degree three years earlier. The career monitoring group of Aarresaari coordinates the implementation of career monitoring surveys on a national level. The survey is implemented in cooperation with the statistics research service of the University of Tampere (TUPA) and with IT Center for Science (CSC). For more information, see the survey's privacy policy, which can be found under 'What is career monitoring, and why is it necessary' on this page.
Universities will have access to data on their graduates. Responses are treated confidentially and results are reported in a way that does not identify individual respondents. The national results of the surveys are reported in the education administration's reporting portal Vipunen.
The University of Helsinki annually purchases statistics from Statistics Finland on the employment, salary and further education of university graduates. The reports made from Statistics Finland's statistics are presented in the same PowerBI service, but as a separate entity. Data purchased from Statistics Finland are not combined with the responses to the career monitoring survey.
The report was made using Microsoft Power BI. The aim has been to make the content of the report as accessible as possible. A guide to Power BI’s accessibility tools can be found online at: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-accessibility-consuming-tools
If you would like to view the data in a more accessible format (e.g., .xlsx or .csv files of tables, alternative colors in figures), please send a request to uraseuranta@helsinki.fi
The University of Helsinki collects information on the placement of graduates in professional life and the skills needs of employers by conducting career monitoring surveys. The surveys are implemented by Aarresaari, a national employment and career services cooperation network of all Finnish universities.
Career monitoring surveys are sent each year to all those who completed a master’s degree, a Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) degree or a Early Education Teacher degree five years earlier as well as to those who completed a doctoral degree three years earlier.
Career monitoring surveys can help to explain the employment opportunities available after graduation.
Career monitoring data are important to the career considerations of both prospective and current university students. Even though it does not provide any concrete answers regarding what students or applicants should do, this information is a valuable tool for reflecting on one’s choices. In what kind of positions have earlier graduates found employment? Which factors were important to them in finding a job? What kind of knowledge and skills should students develop develop during their studies from the point of view of their professional career? No other source provides information on these matters in as comprehensive a manner as the survey.
Career monitoring helps develop teaching and education.
Degree programmes review the results of career monitoring surveys each year. The results have been used to develop studies that meet professional skills needs, such as career and project-based courses.
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The transformation of work is a hot topic, a phenomenon that can only be understood by monitoring, analysing and studying it. The results of the career monitoring survey will be thoroughly analysed, as well as processed by the faculties, degree programmes and doctoral schools. As well as developing the content of education, the results will be utilised, among other things, in career guidance activities and on courses supporting career planning.
The results of the career monitoring survey affect the funding granted to the University of Helsinki.
The survey responses are used to assess and compare, for example, the quality of graduate employment and the satisfaction of graduates with their degrees.