{"id":2010,"date":"2025-01-15T06:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/15\/education-report-shows-graduates-study-in-low-demand-fields\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T06:31:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:31:01","slug":"education-report-shows-graduates-study-in-low-demand-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/15\/education-report-shows-graduates-study-in-low-demand-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Education report shows graduates study in low-demand fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1258400\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_university-320x200.jpg?v=1735324073\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_university-scaled.jpg?v=1735324073\" alt=\"Education report shows graduates study in low-demand fields\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shutterstock_university-960x600.jpg?v=1735324074\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Shutterstock]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The latest annual report by the National Authority for Higher Education (ETHAAE) has unveiled significant disparities in Greek higher education compared to EU averages.<\/p>\n<p>Greece has a smaller percentage of students pursuing primary education disciplines, while the percentage of students in natural sciences, mathematics and statistics courses points toward 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 programs in high-demand areas like information technology, where Greece trails at 4% compared to the EU\u2019s 5.3%.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, health sciences, a globally in-demand sector, represent just 8.5% of Greek students, starkly below the EU\u2019s 14.1%. Agriculture graduates comprise 4.7%, more than double the EU average.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/economy\/1258400\/education-report-shows-graduates-study-in-low-demand-fields\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Shutterstock] The latest annual report by the National Authority for Higher Education (ETHAAE) has unveiled significant disparities in Greek higher education compared to EU averages. 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