Aalto University School of Business Career Services follows the labour market situation of our master's degree graduates one year after graduation and career development five years after graduation.
Career monitoring is conducted as a part of a national survey on academic graduates with the Aarresaari Career Services network representing 13 Finnish universities. The national results of the career monitoring are publicly available on the Ministry of Education and Culture's as a PowerBI report, where the results of last year's survey will be published next spring. From , you’ll find also other information about the placement after graduation.
The placement career survey one year after the graduation is our own survey for master's graduates, and most of the information on this page is based on data from this survey. The information on this page comes from our masters' who graduated in 2019 (respondents to the career monitoring survey in fall 2024, response rate 41%) or in 2023 (respondents to the placement career survey in fall 2024, response rate 37%).
Of all master's graduates in 2023 51% were female and 49 % male. Of the graduates 12% were international.
2023 School of Business master's graduate in career placement surveyI work towards decarbonizing the planet by advising companies how to be more sustainable. My work therefore feels very meaningful to me.
Almost all graduates who responded to the placement survey one year after graduation stated that their work is meaningful in many ways. The meaningfulness of the work is enhanced by the ability to positively impact others or help other people. Meaningfulness is also increased by learning new things, personal growth and development, appreciation of work, and responsibility, as well as the diversity and variability of tasks. Working in a field that graduates are passionate about, combined with the ability to help others grow, makes their work meaningful.
Many of the respondents felt that when the work is meaningful for the company, environment and society, it gives meaning to their own work, too.
They are also very happy with their degree in the terms of employment. They would also recommend the studies and say that the employers value the degree.
According to the placement survey, 79% of our students found employment before completing their studies.
One year after the graduation 91% of graduates were employed or were entrepreneurs, 4% had full-time doctorate studies and 1% other full-time studies. 4% of the respondents were unemployed.
Of the employed graduates, 90% found employment in Finland and 10% abroad. Of those who worked abroad, majority worked around Europe.
New graduates of Aalto University School of Business report working under more than a hundred different job titles. Above, you can see examples of some of them.
Majority of the graduates of Aalto University School of Business find employment in large (54%) and small & medium sized (25%) companies. Graduates get employment also from universities (8%), state (4%), non-profit organizations (3%), municipalities (2%), universities of applied sciences (1%) and 1% employ themselves. Some examples of our graduates' employers one year after graduation are shown below.
School of Business graduates are employed in a wide range of industries. The most popular industries include consultancy (27%), finance (13%) and public sector (universities, state, municipalities) (11%).
You can find all the industries after one year, and salaries one year and five years after the graduation in full-time employment below.
For our graduates, the most popular channels to find employment are social media (e.g. LinkedIn) (49%), job portals (e.g. Duunitori) (33 %) or organizations' own websites (26%). However, graduates use many ways to find the employment.
The top ten skills the respondents need the most in their current job, according to results of the career monitoring survey conducted five years after graduation in 2024, are presented below in the order of the importance.
Aalto graduates’ transition to working life and their experience of studies and careers are monitored annually through a career monitoring survey. The responses to the survey provide important information about the work life of graduates, both for current students and for young people considering their future studies. In addition, the information collected is used to develop Aalto University’s teaching and services.
Aalto University graduates feel that their degree is valued in the labour market.
The national career monitoring survey is carried out annually.
Here you can find School of Business alumni stories. Our alumni share their professional journeys and give advice and tips regarding working life. The stories have been sorted based on the alumni's majors.
Responses to career monitoring surveys will also be carefully taken into account in the development of teaching.
Aalto University Career Services follows the career development and labor market situation of their alumni.
Aalto University School of Business Career Services offer a wide range of services to our students.
