In a year when national unemployment rate was 6.5%the data confirm that higher education is increasingly a weapon against unemployment and that less and less are those who are inscribed in job centers looking for work.
The newly diplomates in Portugal are less and less affected by unemployment, with 87 courses where the unemployment rate is zero, as opposed to another 80 formations where unemployment is higher than the national average.
These are some of the data available since this Friday in the Where young people who want to apply for higher education can obtain information about the more than six thousand courses, including undergraduate degrees, masters and professional technical courses (CTESP).
Among students from public institutions, the rate was 2.4%which represents a reduction of 0.7 percentage points in just one year, And among the newly dublomates of private institutions the rate was 2.5% (less percentage points than the previous year).
In a year when national unemployment rate was 6.5%the data confirm that higher education is increasingly a weapon against unemployment and that less and less are those who are inscribed in job centers looking for work.
There are 87 courses With zero unemployment rates
Lusa compared more than a thousand undergraduate degrees and masters and found 87 courses with zero unemployment rates: More than ten thousand graduates who completed their formation did not resort to the job centers.
From this list stands out the health area, but there are also many courses that enable graduates to teach.
Medical courses in various colleges of the country or the law course at the Catholic University stand out for graduating thousands of graduates with a zero unemployment rate.
O This week revealed that the most qualified young people get better wages and are easier to find a job: having a master’s degree represents a salary about 80% higher than a worker with only secondary education, reads in the study released by Edulog.
80 courses with unemployment rate above average
But there are still courses that do not give this guarantee. Lusa’s analysis found 80 courses with an above -national average unemployment rate in 2023, which reached 6.5%. In these courses that seem to lead to more unemployed cases – 78 undergraduate and two masters – 8,665 students were graduated, most in public institutions (59 public vs 21 private).
The 80 courses with the highest percentage of students who enrolled in IEFP are mostly taught in polytechnic institutes (48), and the formation with the highest unemployment rate is social work at the Catholic University.
Infocurases has varied information on more than six thousand training in Portugal, and may be a help for students wishing to enter higher education: the calendar of applications for the next school year 2025/2026 runs from July 21 to August 4, with the results to be released on August 24.
