Redeem – wp 1 – State of the art Content

3Joint Programs and Employability in REDEEM consortium

3.1First survey results

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  Research on these programs remains limited especially linked to employability (Tauch, Rauhvargers 2002; Croisers, Purser; Smidt 2007; EUA’s surveys; Knight 2011, 2013)
  
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  Still very few generations of JP’s students that are on the labor market now du to small study groups and juvenility of JP’s
  
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  German-French university 2014  positive results
  
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    For 60% a double degree was an advantage
    
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    70% needed less than 3 months to find a job
    
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    Double degree as an advantage for an international career and mobility
    
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  IW consult for DAAD 2003  positive results
  
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    Employers recognize: intercultural experience, language skills,
    
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    50% recognize double degrees and find them attractive
    
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    For 60% a double degree make a difference concerning hiring, especially language skills are important because enable to work abroad
    
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    Business and engineering double degrees are highly demanded
    
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  In Italy: only a few and outdated national studies on the topic exist.
  
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    CIMEA - Information Centre on Academic Mobility and Equivalence:
    
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      “CIMEAProJoint” Database of joint study programmes at Italian universities (2009 - http://www.cimea.it/default.aspx?IDC=138)
      
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      Joint Degrees - A Hallmark of the European Higher Education Area? (2006 - http://www.cimea.it/default.aspx?IDC=21)
      

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  In general the consortium members do not have results from internal studies on double degrees.