The top 10 European universities are as follows:
1. Uppsala University
Uppsala University was founded 500 years ago in 1477 and since then has been known as one of the oldest institutions out of all of the Nordic countries. In this year, it climbed two places, by securing 31st from 34th position last year, according to QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2020. Since this research-based university recruited some of the best teaching staff from around the world, and their aim is to educate, inspire and help their students to excel. Moreover, Uppsala University has attracted some of the world’s very best minds and eight academics affiliated with the University have been awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize. Moreover, this university maintains healthy relationships with the Swedish companies for which it scored 3th for employer-student connection in 2020.
2. University of Stockholm
The University of Stockholm is one of the largest and oldest established research universities for science, humanities and social science, residing in the city of Sweden. This university has climbed the ladder by securing the position of 32th from 36th last year, according to QS Graduate Employability Ranking 2020. This is because; it secured 5th position for alumni outcomes this year compared to other 70 European universities, since four of its researchers received Noble Prize, while a fifth was awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Moreover, it produces one of the most innovative employable graduates across the whole of Europe and that is why it has also secured 2nd place for employer reputation indicator, in the graduate employability measurement index 2020.
3. SRH University Heidelberg
Established in 1969, the SRH University Heidelberg is one of the oldest and largest private universities in Germany. This renowned university of Germany has dropped three-place significantly from the place of 35th last year to 38 th this year, according to QS Graduate Employability Ranking 2020. However, it is still regarded as one of the top-ranked reputed universities in Germany along with Europe. This is because; it was able to hold its position, in terms of graduate employment rate indicator of graduate employability index where it ranked 12th. Since, 95% of its graduates get jobs before they can even finish their courses as they follow a very strict filtering international admission process, where most of the top minds of the whole world get admitted through this process.
4. KTH Royal Institute of Technology
KTH Royal Institute of Technology located at the heart of Sweden is regarded as one of the oldest reputed technical universities in Sweden. Since, no less than one-third of Swedish technical research and engineering education capacity at university level is provided by KTH. This Swedish technical university did not lose its position of 40th in the Graduate Employability Ranking 2020, unlike other reputed European universities, due to its strong alumni outcomes, where it ranked 15th. Since, it produced some of the notable alumni since its establishment like Gustaf Larson (co-founder of Volvo, Peter Arvai (founder of Prezi, Nami Zarringhalam (co-founder True caller) along with co-founders of Ericson, marketing officer of Spotify too. Moreover, the KTH Alumni Office works to support all KTH alumni living abroad and make sure they still feel connected to their old university by helping to strengthen international groups and networks by organizing events and provide digital platforms for networking. Since their purpose is to build and maintain good relations with their alumni and to help current students at the beginning of their careers.
5. Chalmers University of Technology
The Chalmers University of Technology is ranked no.1 in Sweden and the Nordic countries in the category of collaborative research with industry. This indicator shows the proportion of publications that Chalmers has been co-authored with industry partners. Chalmers, unlike other European universities, jumped 5 places to secure a position of 38th from 43 th in the QS Graduate Employability Ranking 2020. This can be regarded as one of the topmost notable achievements in its history, since the last two decades. The core reason behind this achievement was that it has noteworthy relationships with employers from different industries in Sweden, which provided an opportunity to refer to some brilliant minds in their companies. Hence, this gave them 14th position in the employer-student connections indicator, in the graduate employability measurement index of 2020.
6. Universite PSL(Paris Sciences and Lettres)
PSL is another newcomer to the top 10 European universities in Europe for graduate employability for 2020, rising a significant 20 places up to reach 71st position worldwide. PSL is relatively a new university established in 2010 but has grown incredibly to include nine academic and research member institutions along with 10 affiliated institutions with a motto to become one of the leading research universities in the whole world.
7 Universidad de Navarra
The next in our list of top universities in Europe for graduate employability is; the University of Navarra as one of the most renowned universities in Spain. This year it placed 7th in the graduate employability index 2020, among other European universities and also joined 71st place in the world like; Universite PSL. However, the university scored well in both Employer reputation and employer-student connections indicators in the graduate employability index.
8. CentralSupelec
CentralSupelec being one of the most reputed universities in France claimed 64th place in the Graduate Employability Rankings 2020 and Eight in Europe. Despite being established in the year of 2015, the university has been one of the top scorers for employer reputation where it claimed 6th place. It has earned incredible credits for its combination of applied sciences for innovation with social impact as well as, its world-leading research where it is a key pioneer member of the University of Paris Saclay.
9. Politecnico di Milano
Being the largest technical university in Italy, this year it fell down 5 places to take 75th place worldwide but took the ninth position in the list of top 10 universities of Europe according to graduate employability rankings 2020. However, it is still regarded as the highest-ranked Italian university in terms of graduate employability. Moreover, it is also one of the oldest universities in Milan, which achieved the best score in graduate employability rate indicators, placing in the top five worldwide.
10. Rheinisch-Westfalishce Technische Hochschule Aachen
RWTH is one of Europe’s leading institutions for science and research, which is situated in Germany. RWTH Aachen also stands on top in the 2015 DAAD ranking among other German universities for engineering and computer science. It ranked 77 th in the world in the graduate employability rankings, dropping by three places this year compared to last year. This German university earned significant scores in the partnerships with employers and the employer reputation indicators.
Therefore, it is suggested for international students to go to European universities for pursuing their higher education since; most of them rank in the top 100, according to the global graduate employability rankings 2020.
