Graduates in Agricultural Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Cartagena are more likely to find a job and to do it in less time than other Spanish universities.
This follows the latest data on the employability of university courses offered by the Ministry of Education.
The employment rate of agronomists who finished his studies in 2010 at the UPCT is 86.4%.
The data collected by the Department indicate that the percentage of members of Social Security among agronomists UPCT reached in 2011, a year after finishing the race-86.4%, a figure well above the universities higher rates of employability in this degree, the University of Almería and Castile-La Mancha, which took two more courses to their percentage will be around 90%.
"It is significant that in the food production context of our area businesses bet on graduates UPCT before by other nearby universities.
The hallmark is distinctive UPCT the quality of training that leverage our students, "said Alejandro Perez Pastor, director of the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering e..nuvole @ gmail.com (ETSIA).
From their point of view, is not only UPCT a benchmark for the regional food industry, but "export agronomists throughout the world, from Asia to South America."
Graduates active
Titrations Cartagena Polytechnic getting a larger number of employees, including members of the 2009/2010 promotion are Industrial Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering and ADE.
In all, the percentage of graduates in service, four years after completing his studies, exceeds 73%.
On the set race UPCT employability of their graduates in 2010 amounted to 64%, so that nearly two out of three students who finished their studies this year have found jobs over the last four.
In fact, 12 of the 16 degrees UPCT collected in this study have a higher employability rate of 60%.
The average rate of employment of graduates in 2010 in all Spanish universities is 64%, while the average in the region of Murcia is 62%.
The comprehensiveness of the data collected by the Ministry of Education shows that the scientific and technical careers are the most jobs among its graduates.
The more technical careers have more job opportunities than the humanities, the report said, but more students are enrolled in the latter.
88.2% of graduates in health sciences work according to their qualification four years after completing his studies.
They are followed by Science (62.9%) and Engineering and Architecture (61.4%).
"The educational community, from parents to teachers, should know how important it is that college students find work practically after graduating.
The latter data are an incentive for new students opt for degrees that offer more opportunities in the geographical context of the Region of Murcia, "adds the director ETSIA.
Source: UPCT