Wollongong's outstanding graduate job prospects

Dec 14, 2004

EMBARGOED: 11pm Tuesday 14 December

The Graduate Careers Council of Australia has released its latest employment prospects for university students with the University of Wollongong scoring about 12 per cent over the national employment rate.

While the national employment for Australian residents is 79.7 per cent, UOW has an employment rate of 91.5 per cent for its graduates.

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton, described the result as outstanding and clearly demonstrated how competitive UOW graduates were in the Australian job market.

For further information contact the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton, on 4221 3909.

For more information, contact:

media@uow.edu.au
University of Wollongong
Ph: (02) 4221 5942; fax (02) 4221 3128