the most popular fields of study chosen by secondary school graduates in partner countries
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The most popular fields of study chosen by secondary school graduates in partner
countries
The most popular fields of study in 2008
Field of study Countries in which field was:The most popular The second most popular The third most popular
Medicine Spain
Turkey
Romania
Latvia
Portugal
Law Latvia
Portugal
Poland Turkey
Engineering TurkeyHumanistics DenmarkSocial Sciences Denmark
Sweden
Arts Programme SwedenScience Programme SwedenJournalism Spain LatviaEconomy Romania PortugalBusiness Economy DenmarkManagement and Marketing Romania
Teaching SpainBusiness Management Hungary
Sales and Marketing Hungary
Human resources HungaryInformatics PolandManagement Poland
Medicin
eLaw
Engin
eerin
g
Humanisti
cs
Socia
l Scie
nces
Business
Economics
Economics
Health
Nursing
Psychology
Manag
emen
t and M
arketi
ng
IT an
d computer
scien
ce
Business
Man
agem
ent
Touris
m and Cate
ring
Communication an
d Med
ia Stu
dies
Journali
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Manag
emen
t and M
arketi
ng
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1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
Number of countries in which the field was the most popular
The most popular
The most popular fields of study in 2013
Field of study Countries in which field was:The most popular The second most popular The third most popular
Medicine Spain
Turkey
Romania
Latvia
Portugal
Law Latvia
Portugal
Poland Turkey
Engineering TurkeyHumanistics DenmarkSocial Sciences Denmark
Sweden
Arts Programme SwedenScience Programme SwedenJournalism Spain LatviaEconomy Romania PortugalBusiness Economy DenmarkManagement and Marketing Romania
Teaching SpainBusiness Management HungarySales and Marketing HungaryHuman resources HungaryInformatics PolandManagement Poland
Medicin
eLaw
Engin
eerin
g
Humanisti
cs
Socia
l Scie
nces
Arts Pro
gramme
Scien
ce Pro
gramme
Journali
sm
Economy
Business
Economy
Manag
emen
t and M
arketi
ng
Teach
ing
Business
Man
agem
ent
Sales
and M
arketi
ng
Human re
source
s
Informati
cs
Manag
emen
t and M
arketi
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1
2
3
4
5
6
Number of countries in which the field was the most popular
The most popular
The most popular fields of study for girls in 2008
Field of study Countries in which field was:
The most popular The second most popular The third most popular
Advertising Latvia
Economics Latvia
Medicine SpainTurkey
Latvia
Engineering PortugalTurkey
Law Poland RomaniaTurkey
Humanistics Denmark
Social science Portugal Denmark
Business economic Denmark
Social Protection Portugal
Nursing
nuPsychology
Spain
Psychology Spain
Jurisprudence Hungary
Marketing Hungary
Communication Hungary
Management andMarketing
Romania
Economy Romania
Pedagogy Poland
Journalism Poland
Adverti
sing
Economics
Medicin
e
Engin
eerin
gLaw
Humanisti
cs
Socia
l Scie
nce
Business
economic
Socia
l Pro
tection
Nursing
Psychology
Jurispru
dence
Marketi
ng
Communication
Manag
emen
t and M
arketi
ng
Economy
Pedag
ogy
Journali
sm0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
Number of countries in which the field was the most popular
The most popular
The most popular fields of study for girls in 2013
Field of study Countries in which field was:The most popular The second most popular The third most popular
Nursing Spain
Turkey
Teaching Spain
Turkey
Faculties TurkeySocial Science Denmark
Poland
Humanistics DenmarkBusiness economics Denmark
Medicine Latvia PolandLaw Portugal LatviaJournalism Latvia SpainHealth PortugalArts and Humanities Portugal
Tourism and Catering Hungary
Communication HungaryPsychology HungaryEconomy RomaniaManagement and Marketing Romania
Medicine RomaniaPedagogy Poland
Nursing
Teach
ing
Facu
lties
Socia
l Scie
nce
Humanisti
cs
Business
economics
Medicin
eLaw
Journali
smHea
lth
Arts an
d Humanities
Touris
m and Cate
ring
Communication
Psychologic
al
Economy
Manag
emen
t and M
arketi
ng
Medicin
e
Pedag
ogy0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
Number of countries in which the field was the most popular
The most popular
The most popular fields of study for boys in 2008
Field of study Countries in which field was:The most popular The second most popular The third most popular
IT HungaryLatvia
Medicine Turkey SpainLatvia
Economics LatviaEngineering Spain TurkeyLaw Portugal TurkeySocial science DenmarkBusiness Economics DenmarkHumanistics DenmarkHealth PortugalManufacturing PortugalAgriculture SpainCommunication HungaryBusiness Management Hungary
Marketing PolandManagement PolandArchitecture RomaniaEconomy RomaniaIT and computers science Romania
Administration Poland
IT
Medicin
e
Economics
Engin
eerin
gLaw
Socia
l scien
ce
Business
Economics
Humanisti
cs
Health
Manufac
turing
Agricu
lture
Communication
Business
Man
agem
ent
Archite
cture
Economy
IT an
d computer
s scie
nce
Manag
emen
t
Administrati
on
Marketi
ng0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
Number of countries in which the field was the most popular
The most popular
The most popular fields of study for boys in 2013
Fields of study Countries in which field was:The most popular The second most popular The third most popular
IT Latvia
Engineering SpainPolandPortugalTurkey
RomaniaLatvia
Architecture Latvia
Law Turkey Romania
Social Science Denmark Portugal
Business Economics Denmark
Humanistics Denmark
Arts and Humanities Portugal
Medicine Spain
Design Spain
MechanicalEngineering speciality
Hungary
Business Management Hungary
Marketing Hungary
IT and computer science Romania
Transport Poland
Informatics Poland
IT
Engin
eerin
g
Archite
cture Law
Socia
l Scie
nce
Business
Economics
Humanisti
cs
Arts an
d Humanities
Medicin
e
Deesig
n
Mechan
ical
Business
Man
agem
ent
Marketi
ng
IT an
d computer
Transp
ort
Informati
cs0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
Number of countries in which the field was the most popular
The most popular
Which fields of study create unemployed graduates?
•Journalism•Humanistics•PR (public relations)•Education•Psychology •Law •Communication•Economy•Agricultural studies
Which fields of study are a chance to a good job and a high salary?
1. Portugal:- Computer Engineering- Engineering Sciences- Guidance in Computer Engineering and Computing- Basic Studies of Pharmaceutical Sciences- Dentists- Medicine- Pharmaceutical Sciences2. Hungary:- Engineering- Finance, accounting- IT
3. Spain: - Technical and technological studies 4. Romania:- IT and computer science5. Denmark:- Law - Economics- Medicine6. Latvia:- IT - Architecture- Dentistry - Medicine (surgeons)- Law - Engineers7. Sweden:- Natural Science8. Turkey:- Medicine9. Poland:-Transport - Finance- Construction - Biotechnology
Best Master’s Degree for jobs:
• 1. Medicine• 2. Computer Science• 3. Electrical Engineering• 4. Mathematics• 5. IT• 6. Occupational Theraphy• 7. Health Care Administration• 8. Nursing• 9. Economics
Great future of STEM jobs:
• S – science• T – technology• E – engineering• M - maths
Worst Master’s Degree for jobs:
• 1. Library and Information Science• 2. Music• 3. Education• 4. Biology• 5. Chemistry• 6. Counselling• 7. History• 8. Sociology• 9. Marketing and Management• 10. Human Resources Management
Conclusions:
• Medicine, law and social sciences are still the most popular
• A significant growth is noticed in popularity of IT, computing, technical and engineering fields
• Students carefully observe the changes in the labour market choosing the fields which offer them a chance to good job and money
• There is still a big group of fields of study that generates future unemployed young people.
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