Top 10 Universities for Graduate Employability in 2019

As the fourth-oldest university in the world, having been founded by rebellious Oxford scholars in 1209, the University of Cambridge ranks among the top 10 universities in the world, and has regularly been ranked first and second in the UK, alongside Oxford.

Renowned for its traditional academic values and international outlook, it's also one of the leading higher-education institutions for teaching and research and ranks seventh this year for graduate employability, achieving some of the highest scores for employer reputation and alumni outcomes.

Eminent mathematicians, scientists, politicians, lawyers, philosophers, writers, actors, and heads of state have all graduated from Cambridge.

Located in Australia's cultural capital, the University of Melbourne regularly ranks as one of the leading universities in the world and the top five in Australia. With its array of cultural and sports activities on campus, it offers students a unique experience that stretches beyond just typical academic learning.

With an alumni of four Australian prime ministers and five governors-general, the University of Melbourne currently ranks sixth in the world for graduate employability, boasting scores in the top 25 for three indicators, including the highest score for graduate employment rate out of all the 10 universities in this list.

As a leading research university that's consistently ranked in the top 50 worldwide and among Australia's most prestigious, the University of Sydney offers the country's vastest range of disciplines, with momentous capacity in more than 20 major areas of research.

This year, it ranks fifth for graduate employability globally, achieving very high scores across all indicators, particularly for partnerships with employers and employer-student connections. Notable graduates of Sydney include Joan Sutherland, Malcolm Turnbull, Rose Byrne, Clive James and Germaine Greer, among others.

Famed for its global influence and academic standing, Harvard University is America's oldest higher-education institution, having been founded almost 400 years ago. Students and alumni of Harvard have won Pulitzer Prizes, Nobel Prizes, Academy Awards, and a total of 108 Olympic Medals.

Ranking fourth this year for graduate employability, Harvard University recieves the perfect scores for both employer reputation and alumni outcomes – which isn't surprising, given that it has proudly educated eight US presidents, several foreign heads of state, 62 living billionaires, 359 Rhodes Scholars and 242 Marshall Scholars.

The alma mater of 14 Nobel Laureates, 261 Olympic medalists and over 140 companies created based on technology developed by it, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) regularly ranks in the world's top 50 universities overall of the QS World University Rankings®, as well as consistently placing among the world’s best for arts and humanities, communications and media studies, education and training, archaeology, and more, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

It ranks joint second place with Stanford University in the graduate employability rankings this year, with its highest score featured in the alumni outcomes category.

Ranked second in the world in the QS World University Rankings®, Stanford University sits in the heart of Northern California's busy Silicon Valley, home to cutting-edge tech companies such as Google, Hewlett-Packard, and many others which are led and were founded by Stanford alumni and faculty, earning Stanford the nickname ‘the billionaire factory’.

Stanford ranks joint second for graduate employability this year along with UCLA, and with top five scores across three categories in the ranking: employer reputation, alumni outcomes, and partnerships with employers.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was established in 1861 as a small institution of scientific innovations. Today, it's an independent and private university, home to five different schools: architecture and planning; engineering; humanities, arts and social sciences; management, and science.

MIT claims first place in the world this year for graduate employability, achieving top five scores for its employer reputation and alumni outcomes.

Famous MIT alumni include world politicians, entrepreneurs and scientists, among whom include UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, celebrity businessman Mohamed Hadid, and former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang Díaz – to name a few.

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