Aarresaari (link opens in new tab), the career services network of Finnish universities, has been tracking the career paths of doctoral graduates since 2007. Their survey targets doctoral graduates who completed their degree three years earlier. You can find the career monitoring results (link opens in new tab) on the Vipunen.fi service and filter them by survey year, university and field of study.
Doctoral graduates generally find employment well. Of those who graduated from UEF between 2014 and 2020 (data collected 2017–2023), 96% were employed. Although the university is the largest single employer of doctoral graduates, over 60% find employment elsewhere. The most important employers include municipalities, companies and the state or state-owned enterprises. Other employers include universities of applied sciences, organisations and foundations.
A doctoral degree has brought many graduates concrete benefits, including higher pay and more demanding and meaningful work. Although a doctoral degree is not always directly reflected in salary or position, the overall picture is positive. Of those who responded to the survey, 90% feel they are able to make good use of what they learned in their current work, and 80% feel their tasks match the level of their education.
Academic career
If you are pursuing an academic career at the University of Eastern Finland, you can read more about academic career models and their qualification requirements on UEF intranet (link opens in new tab, UEF login required).