PHD EMPLOYMENT DATA BOOK 2020

PHD EMPLOYMENT: UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH SECTOR
PHD EMPLOYMENT FOCUS BY AREA TREND ANALYSIS WHO ARE THE PHD GRADUATES?
52% 43%
UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES PRIVATE SECTOR P.A.
5%
Politecnico di Milano is the main employer for those who work in universities and
research bodies (43%). Contracts in the university sector are less stable than the
private sector, although salaries reach 2,000 net euros per month. Satisfaction is
very high: 80% of Ph.Ds employed in universities and research institutes would enrol
in the program again; 92% say that their degree is necessary to perform their job.
39%
43%
WORK AT POLITECNICO
9%
80%
WOULD CHOOSE TO DO THEIR
PHD AGAIN
RESEARCH /
POST-DOC GRANT
34%
TYPE OF
CONTRACT
PROJECT - BASED
18%
HAVE A JOB THAT FITS WITH
THEIR STUDIES
94%
FIXED-TERM
€2,006
MONTHLY NET
SALARY
PERMANENT
92%
HAVE A JOB THAT REQUIRES
A PHD
12
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