National Academics Panel Study (Nacaps) 2018 

Survey Period: Feb 18, 2019 - Jun 7, 2024 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

Nacaps, the National Academics Panel Study, is a new longitudinal study of doctoral candidates and doctorate holders in Germany funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The project aims at providing nationwide cross-sectional and lo... morengitudinal data on doctoral candidates and doctorate holders in Germany regarding their study conditions as well as their career trajectories within and outside of academia. The Nacaps study series apply a panel design to multiple cohorts. Nacaps 2018 is the first cohort in this series of studies. In 2019, all doctoral candidates registered at 53 higher education institutions entitled to award PhDs/doctorates in Germany as off 01.12.2018 were invited to a first survey. Further panel waves follow at yearly intervals. Topics of the survey are e.g. the kind and structure of doctoral studies, motives for conducting doctoral studies, the mentoring situation, working and employment conditions, plans for career paths after the doctorate, international mobility, as well as individual characteristics of respondents. By covering these topics and by considering important indicators on young scholars, the Nacaps data provide important knowledge for national reporting (e.g. the federal report on young academics called “Bundesbericht wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs”), for local steering, as well as for numerous further stakeholders. Moreover, the data offer an opportunity to investigate scientific research questions in the field of academic careers. less

EUROGRADUATE 2022. 2nd phase of the European pilot survey of higher education graduates 

Survey Period: Mar 1, 2022 - Aug 6, 2023 Survey Data Type: Quantitative Data

EUROGRADUATE 2022 initiated the 2nd phase of a European pilot survey of higher education graduates. The number of participating countries increased from 8 to 17, covering more than half of the countries of the European Economic Area. EUROGRADUATE aims at ... morelaying the ground for a sustainable European graduate survey. This is an exciting initiative to map the impact that experiences of European graduates during their time as students have had on their professional lives and their lives as European citizens. The project explores how graduates studied, whether they are satisfied with their studies, which competencies they achieve, whether they travelled abroad, and what they did after graduation. The results will be used to compare the different higher education systems in Europe and identify ways in which they can better prepare young people for the world of work and their role in society. The results of the study will help universities to improve their study programmes and teaching methods, support future students in their study decisions and serve as a source of information for policy makers. At European level, this data will help to analyse progress in the realisation of the European Education Area. EUROGRADUATE 2022 was led by an international consortium of four partner organisations: German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW, Germany, coordination), Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS, Austria), Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market at the University of Maastricht (ROA, The Netherlands), and cApStAn linguistic quality control (Belgium). National research teams implemented the EUROGRADUATE survey 2022 in the participating countries. GESIS Leibniz Institute for Social Studies provided external quality assurance services to the project. The project ran from mid of December 2021 to mid of March 2025. less