What are these reports?
The Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) is an annual survey of
all students graduating from UK universities. The survey is carried out for both
post-graduates and undergraduates and forms a snapshot of what people are doing
six months after their course finishes. The reports provided on this site provide
some insights into the information collected about international students who chose
to study in the UK.
Why can’t I see how many students went to work for Company X?
Both the Data Protection Act and the rules about collecting and publishing DLHE
data mean that no information can be published which might compromise the privacy
of any graduates. As you can see from the reports, graduates went to work for a
huge range of companies and some only employed very small numbers. Rather than not
display any information at all about the range of organizations international graduates
work for, we decided to list just the names of those companies.
How many students have been surveyed?
Currently, universities do not consistently collect DLHE information for international
students. Some universities choose not to collect it at all, though this is changing.
The data here is an aggregation of two years of data collected from various institutions
belonging to the University of London. Statistically, it should be viewed as a sample
providing interesting information about the range and variety of international student
destinations rather than an authoritative census.
Information about the individual reports
Reports can be filtered to display information about undergraduate or postgraduate
destinations or both.
Employment geography looks at the different regions graduates have work in
- home country, different parts of the UK or other continents.
Source for finding jobs looks at the different ways graduates have found
work. You might like to note the importance of networking - on average, more students
gave ‘personal contacts’ as the answer to the question “How did you find your job?”
than any other method. ‘Already worked there’ was second, highlighting the importance
of their degrees as a path for career development in an existing role or career
path.
Destinations for international students six months after graduating provides
an overview of what graduates went on to do. The vast majority are in employment
or further study.
Size of employer suggests that whilst most students go to work for comparatively
large companies, many work for smaller SMES (1-49 employees).
Top employers is a simple report listing the top employers of international
students. Because the data focuses on London graduates, there is a correspondingly
high number of graduates working for the NHS. The entries for Kings and UCL also
largely refer to graduates working for the hospitals and medical schools based at
those colleges.
Top jobs for overseas graduates lists the roles that most graduates find
work in. For the same reasons as outlined in ‘Why can’t I see how many students
went to work for Company X?’, we are unable to provide numbers of graduates for
each role or to cross-reference them against the Top employers.
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The reports on this page are based on the last two years’ results from the Destinations
of Leavers from Higher Education survey. The survey is conducted approximately six
months after graduation and covers areas such as place of employment, size of the
employer, company name, job title and source for finding work. Users can switch
between responses from Undergraduates, Postgraduates and All using the Course Level
toggle buttons.