Education report shows graduates study in low-demand fields

The latest annual report by the National Authority for Higher Education has unveiled significant disparities in Greek higher education compared to EU averages, reports Ekathimerini.

Greece has a smaller percentage of students pursuing primary education disciplines, while the percentage of students in natural sciences, mathematics and statistics courses points towards an oversaturation (9.3% versus 6.9% in the EU). This imbalance has led to surplus graduates in low-demand fields, with limited creation of programmes in high-demand areas like information technology, where Greece trails at 4% compared to the EU’s 5.3%.

In engineering, Greece reports 20.2% of students versus 15.5% in the EU, but the employment market is struggling to absorb them locally despite opportunities abroad. Meanwhile, health sciences, a globally in-demand sector, represent just 8.5% of Greek students, starkly below the EU’s 14.1%. Agriculture graduates comprise 4.7%, more than double the EU average. Similarly, social sciences, journalism, and information graduates make up 13%, well above the EU average (9.7%). Greece averages 35 students per faculty member, triple the EU norm.
Full report on the Ekathimerini site