Graduates employability study

The Department of Biomedical Engineering of the University of West Attica, Greece, in the year 2022 conducted an opinion study regarding real-world conditions, the job outlook and job satisfaction in the Biomedical Engineering (BME) sector in Greece. About 12% of the graduates of the BME Department participated in the study on the basis of an anonymous online questionnaire.

Results show that the time to first employment is very fast for both men and women. About 51.4% of men and 69.4% of women find their first job employment in the BME sector even before their graduation. The internship is considered important for first job placement by more than 50.6% of participants. BME jobs are perceived as most interesting (73.6%), in a good environment (71.9%), with satisfactory career prospects (45.9%), with satisfactory monthly net salary (44.2%) and satisfactory working hours (52.8%). Men are mostly employed in Service (40.5%), whereas women are mostly employed in Sales (33.3%). Most graduates with BSc degrees are employed in Service (39.1%) and Sales (21.8%), most graduates with MSc degrees are employed in Service (34.6%) and Hospitals/Health care centers (21.2%), and most graduates with PhD degree are employed in Academia and R&D (62.5%). Most well-paid participants (>1500 euros net salary) were PhD holders (71.5%), followed by MSc holders (25%) and BSc holders (16.2%). Maximum monthly salaries were found for those with more than 10 years of experience. In terms of the BME sector, the most well-paid participants (>1500 euros monthly net salary) are those working with R&D (86.7%), Sales (86.7%) and Management (60%).

There is a high demand for biomedical engineers in the labor market in Greece, despite the continuing economic recession that the country is suffering for the past 12 years.

The complete study can be found at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43683-022-00088-x