Institutional development · Academic workforce and careers · France
Lyon PhD survey: 92% of humanities and social sciences respondents call jobs useful
ComUE Université de Lyon has published a new survey of its doctoral graduates' careers, broken down by disciplinary field and covering occupations, sectors, employers and salaries.
Why it matters: Doctoral graduates of ComUE Université de Lyon are the subject of new field-by-field figures on their occupations, sectors, employers and salaries after the doctorate.
ComUE Université de Lyon has published a new survey on the professional outcomes of its doctoral graduates, broken down by disciplinary field.
According to the ComUE, the survey draws on information about occupations, sectors, employers and salaries to portray graduates' first years after the doctorate.
The survey reports that 92% of those surveyed in humanities and social sciences regard their job as useful to others and to society, while 84% in life sciences are satisfied with how well their degree matches their job.
In the exact sciences, 90% of those surveyed said they were satisfied with their professional situation after the doctorate.
Editor’s view
Sarah Williamson, Teaching, Digital and AI Editor
The headline figures published by ComUE Université de Lyon measure a different aspect in each field, namely social usefulness in humanities and social sciences, degree-job match in life sciences and overall satisfaction in exact sciences, so they describe each field separately rather than ranking one against another.
