QS Graduate Employability Rankings
- September 24, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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QS Graduate Employability Rankings
Subject – Governance
Context – IISc. among top 500 global institutions in QS Employability rankings
Concept –
- The Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bengaluru, and six Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are among 12 Indian institutions that have figured in the top 500 universities in QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022.
- and OP Jindal Global University have figured in the 301¬500 category.
- While three central universities have made it to the list, among the private universities in the list are OP Jindal Global University, Sonepat, and BITS Pilani.
- The scores for the rankings are calculated on the basis of ability to produce graduates with the ‘soft skills’ required for the modern workplace.
- QS considered the following indicators and weightings to calculate the scores for GER 2022–employer reputation (30 per cent), alumni outcomes (25 per cent), partnerships with employers per faculty (25 per cent), employer-student connections (10 per cent) and graduate employment rate (10 per cent).