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Growing Employment and Higher Salaries: Unimore Among Italy's Best Universities According to AlmaLaurea 2025

The 27th AlmaLaurea Report, presented today, 10th June 2025, at an event hosted this year by the University of Brescia, reconfirms Unimore's position at the top in the region for the employment effectiveness of its degrees. Data collected and disseminated by AlmaLaurea, an inter-university consortium founded in 1994 with 81 participating Italian universities, provides a detailed picture of the impact of degrees on entering the job market. The survey annually involves thousands of graduates, whose career paths are analysed based on consistent criteria one and five years after graduation.

The 2025 edition focused on Unimore's 2023 first-level graduates, interviewed one year after completing their studies, and 2019 Master's graduates, interviewed one and five years after graduation. The survey was conducted on a large and representative sample: 3,256 first-level graduates, 1,882 two-year Master's graduates, and 494 single-cycle Master's graduates for the one-year analysis; 1,650 two-year Master's graduates and 528 single-cycle for the five-year analysis. In total, 10,138 Unimore graduates were involved.

Among 2023 first-level graduates who did not enrol in a subsequent degree programme, 84.5% of those interviewed were employed one year after graduating, an increase from 81.9% last year. This figure places Unimore at the top regionally and significantly exceeds the Emilia-Romagna average of 78.6%. Of those employed, 33.1% have a permanent contract, 32.1% have a fixed-term contract, while 9.5% are self-employed. Part-time work accounts for 15.0% of employed graduates (5.9% by choice, 9.1% involuntarily). The average monthly net salary is €1.486, an increase from €1.433 last year. Moreover, 63.9% of employed graduates consider their degree highly effective or effective for their job; 53.8% state they make extensive use of the skills acquired during their studies.

Regarding 2023 two-year Master's graduates, the employment rate one year after graduation reached 90.0%, an increase from 86.4% in the 2024 report. This once again puts Unimore ahead of other universities in Emilia-Romagna and above the regional average of 82.7%. Of those employed, 41.4% have a permanent contract, 20.0% have a fixed-term contract, and 2.7% are self-employed. Part-time work affects 6.7% of employed graduates (2.7% voluntarily, 4.0% involuntarily). The average monthly net salary stands at € 1.624, up from 1.523 in the previous report. Furthermore, 61.7% consider their degree effective or highly effective, and 56.0% report using their university skills extensively in their current employment.

The survey conducted five years after graduation on 2019 two-year Master's graduates shows an employment rate of 93.9%, a further improvement on last year's already excellent 93% (and, once again, ranking first in the region compared to other universities). The average monthly net salary reached €2.042; this indicator also significantly surpasses the €1,871 recorded last year. Of those employed, 77.9% have a permanent contract, 8.5% have a fixed-term contract, and 5.9% are self-employed. Part-time work affects only 2.7% of employed graduates (2.2% by choice, 0.5% by necessity). Additionally, 61.4% consider their degree effective or highly effective for their job; 55.6% use their university skills extensively. The private sector employs 71.0% of graduates, the public sector 27.9%, and the non-profit sector 1.2%. Services account for 66.7% of employed graduates, and industry for 32.8%.

Another significant indicator is the continuation of studies: among first-level graduates interviewed after one year, 60.9% were enrolled in a Master's degree programme, while 37.6% entered the job market directly. Among Master's graduates one year after completing their studies, 12.1% decided to pursue a specialisation or further postgraduate course.

The overall picture confirms the robustness of the Unimore model in relation to entering the world of work, with outcomes improving across almost all indicators compared to previous years. The comparison with the regional averages of Emilia-Romagna highlights superior performance in terms of both employability and remuneration, a factor that consolidates the position of the Modena and Reggio Emilia university within Northern Italy's academic landscape.

This growth is far from episodic; instead, it's part of a consistent trend that rewards the efficiency of the educational programmes and the interaction between university teaching and the production system. While AlmaLaurea data doesn't encompass the complexity of individual trajectories, it provides a solid and consistent source for evaluating the employment effectiveness of degrees and serves as a useful reference point for students, families, institutions, and businesses.

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