Senior Vice-Principal's Management Group University Planning Office

Graduate Destination Survey (GDS)

Graduate Destination Survey : Life after graduation. A snapshot at 30 April.

The Graduate Destination Survey (GDS) is part of the Australian Graduate Surveys suite of surveys, co-ordinated nationally by Graduate Careers Australia. The survey is conducted by each Australian tertiary institution using a common methodology.

The purpose of the survey is to find out from students who complete a qualification in a given year what type of work, further study or other activity they were engaged in four months after completion of their course. In this university, data are used in career guidance offered to current and prospective students, as well as in performance assessment. Survey data are also used as one of seven indicators in the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund distribution by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR).

2007 Life after graduation report - main destination outcomes for University of Melbourne graduates of 2006

2007 Preliminary GDS Report — Comparisons between The University of Melbourne and national outcomes for The University of Melbourne staff only.

2007 Preliminary GDS Report — Bachelor and postgraduate coursework graduates for The University of Melbourne staff only.

Faculty Reports

Faculty
Bachelor graduate reports
Postgraduate coursework reports
Architecture, Building and Planning
N/A
Arts
Economics and Commerce
Education
Engineering
Land and Food Resources
N/A
Melbourne Law School
Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Music
N/A
Science
N/A
Veterinary Science
N/A
Victorian College of the Arts
N/A
Melbourne Business School
N/A
N/A
School of Graduate Research
N/A
N/A

Detailed outcomes by Faculty and Course

National comparisons

Graduate Destinations - national data (restricted access):

Bachelor outcomes by forty fields of study

Bachelor outcomes by ten fields of study

Selected comparisons: University of Melbourne compared to other institutions (restricted access):

Report

Selected tables

National outcomes reports provided by Graduate Careers Australia (restricted access)

Previous years' reports:

The GDS report prior to the 2006 graduate year was published in a single report titled Life after Graduation.

2005 and earlier

For further information, please contact Suzanne Daroesman or Toni Waugh (Careers & Employment)

Other useful links:

top of page