The National Graduate Tracking Mechanism (CYGraduates) will be collecting high-quality data on an annual basis from all graduates of Higher Education Institutions in Cyprus regarding their professional lives and lives as citizens after completing their education and training in Higher Education.
Specifically, the National Graduate Tracking Mechanism will collect data each year from two groups of graduates at levels 5, 6 and 7 of the National Qualifications Framework: (a) graduates one year after their graduation (T+1) and (b) graduates five years after their graduation (T+5). The data is collected through an online questionnaire in two languages (Greek and English) regarding graduates’ experiences during their studies in Higher Education, the teaching and learning methods used in the context of their studies, the skills they acquired, participation in international mobility and experiences of entering the labor market.
The development of CYGraduates is expected to contribute in:
- accessing high-quality data regarding graduates’ professional and social trajectories after completing their studies in Higher Education, which will be comparable to averages at national and European level,
- providing better career counseling and guidance to secondary and higher education students,
- revising existing programs of study of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and in their better interconnection with the needs of the labor market,
- designing and offer of new programs of study or new more flexible programs (e.g., micro-credentials) with the aim of reskilling and upgrading skills (upskilling).
A total of five data collection cycles (2022-2026) will take place in the context of the project “Development of a National Graduate Tracking Mechanism and Design and Implementation of an Employers’ Skills Survey”.
First cycle (2022)
The first cycle of the National Graduate Tracking Mechanism was addressed to graduates of the academic years 2016-2017 and 2020-2021. Data collection took place in February-March 2023.
More information regarding the first cycle can be found here
2022
2023
Second cycle (2023)
The second cycle of the National Graduate Tracking Mechanism addresses graduates of the academic years 2017-2018 and 2021-2022. Data collection will take place in Autumn 2023.
All Data Collection cycles (2022 – 2026)
Data collection of the National Graduate Tracking Mechanism takes place every year in Fall.
All data collection cycles of CYGraduates that will take place in the context of this project will be addressed to the graduates of the following academic years:
- Year 2022: Graduates of the academic years 2016-2017 (T+5) and 2020-2021 (T+1).
- Year 2023: Graduates of the academic years 2017-2018 (T+5) and 2021-2022 (T+1).
- Year 2024: Graduates of the academic years 2018-2019 (T+5) and 2022-2023 (T+1).
- Year 2025: Graduates of the academic years 2019-2020 (T+5) and 2023-2024 (T+1).
- Year 2026: Graduates of the academic years 2020-2021 (T+5) and 2024-2025 (T+1).
2022 - 2026
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