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June 11, 2020 The coronavirus emergency "will weigh on the profile of the graduates protagonists of the 2021 Report and on their employment status". This was highlighted by the AlmaLaurea 2020 Report presented today at the Mur headquarters with the Minister of University and Research Gaetano Manfredi. 

After the conspicuous drop up to the 2013/14 academic year, from 2014/15 there was a resumption of enrollments which reached + 11.2% in 2018/19 compared to 2012/14. Despite this, from 2003/04 to 2018/19 universities have lost over 37 thousand freshmen, with a contraction of 11.2%. The drop in registrations is more pronounced in the southern areas (-23.6%), among the technical graduates of the professionals and among those who come from less favored family backgrounds, the report indicates, which is based on over 290 thousand graduates in 2019 of 75 Universities and that returns a photograph of their main characteristics. 

Average age for graduates in 2019 was 25.8 years
"The average graduation age for graduates in 2019 was 25.8 years: 24.6 years for first level graduates, 27.1 for single-cycle master's degrees and 27.3 years for master's degree graduates Therefore, the graduation age has decreased significantly compared to the pre-reform situation and continues to decrease in recent years: the average age was in fact 27.1 years in 2009, more than a year higher than the current situation".

The document, presented for the first time in the ministry of university and research with the participation of the minister Gaetano Manfredi, underlines that "regularity in studies, which measures the ability to conclude the degree course within the time limits set by the regulations, has seen a marked improvement in recent years. If 39.2% of graduates completed their studies in 2009, in 2019 the percentage reached 55.7%, in particular 61.0% among the two-year master's degrees, the 56.1% of first level graduates and 43.5% of single-cycle master's degrees - moreover - the report still says - if ten years ago to finish their studies with four or more years off course they were 15.8 out of 100 graduates, today they have almost halved (8.1%) ".

In addition, "there are significant differences with reference to the geographical distribution of the university: all other things being equal, compared to those who graduate in the North, those who obtain their qualification in the Center employ 12.5% ​​more and those who graduate in the South or in the islands 19.8% more ".

As far as the average degree mark is concerned, "is substantially unchanged in recent years (103.1 out of 110 in 2019, same value observed in 2009): 100.1 for first level graduates, 105.3 for master's degrees single cycle and 107.9 for two-year master's degrees. Among the two-year master's degree graduates the final mark is very high, in particular for an incremental effect compared to the performance obtained at the end of the first level course (in 2019 the average increase of the Graduation mark for the master's degree compared to the first level degree is 7.7 points out of 110) ".

Share of graduates with foreign citizenship was 3.7%
Finally, "the percentage of graduates with foreign citizenship was 3.7%. This is increasingly the young people from immigrant families and residents in Italy: as many as 42, 0% of graduates of non-Italian citizenship obtained a secondary school diploma in our country: this share was 28.2% in 2011 ", explains the report. 

With regard to the employment status of graduates, "the traditional gender and, above all, territorial differences are confirmed, showing, ceteris paribus, the best position of men (+ 19.2% more likely to be employed than women) and those residing or studying in the North (as regards residence, there is a + 40.0% probability of being employed compared to those residing in the South; as regards the geographical distribution of study, a + 63.7% of probability of being employed compared to those who studied in the
South) ". "The net monthly salary one year after graduation is, in 2019, on average equal to 1,210 euros for first level graduates and 1,285 euros for second level graduates". 

Half of our 'brains' point overseas
Almost half of our brains are ready to go abroad after graduation. According to the AlmaLaurea 2020 Report, willingness to work abroad is declared by 47.3% of graduates compared to 41.5% in 2009: it is 48.8% for first level graduates, 43.3% for single-cycle master's and 46.1% for two-year master's and 31.8% of those questioned by AlmaLaurea researchers say they are even ready to move to another continent. There is a widespread willingness to make frequent transfers (28.1%), but also to transfer one's residence (48.1%) while only 3.1% is not available for travel.

Milan-Bicocca, 84% of graduates find work after one year
Positive data on employment after graduation for students of the University of Milan-Bicocca: one year after graduation, the employment rate is at 83.9%, exceeding the national average by almost 10 percentage points (74.1%). And among the second-level graduates (master's and single-cycle courses) one year after graduation, the employment rate is 81.1%, confirming the detachment of almost 10 points from the national figure of 71.7 %. After five years from graduation, the percentage of employees rises to 93.3%, almost 7 points more than the average of the other Italian universities (86.8%).

Women have suffered a job crash
"Women are disadvantaged at work compared to men and have suffered a real job crash. In addition to women, the most sacrificed sector is the South". To launch the alarm cry is the president of Almalaurea, Ivano Dionigi, in the press conference that followed the presentation of the Report. "As for the right to study - underlined Dionigi - if the graduate earns 100, the graduate earns 140, that is 40% more and has a 13% greater probability of finding work".