Number of UCD graduates out of work one year after leaving doubles

THE number of graduates out of work in the first year after leaving the country’s biggest university doubled in the last two years.

Just 1.3% of University College Dublin (UCD) primary degree holders who graduated in 2000 were seeking employment up to a year later, compared to 2.6% last year. The figure was 1% for 1998 graduates.

According to the UCD Careers and Appointments Office annual report 2002, the biggest proportion of job seekers were 5.5% of those who received an engineering degree last year. Almost 4% of those with law degrees were looking for a job, but all who received medicine, veterinary or related degrees were either working or in further study.