Employment Trends and Forecast (2017-2021) for Engineering Students in a Double Degree Joint Programme

This study reports on the employment data between 2017 and 2021 for the engineering students in a double degree joint programme between a university in Beijing and a university in London. The purpose was to use regression analysis to forecast the employment outcomes of the joint programme graduates for 2021. Data were collected from five cohorts of students from 2017 to 2021. The researcher found that although there had been an increase in employment rate before 2020, the year 2020 was the watershed where the employment rate went down both in work and in postgraduate education. The impact of COVID-19 might be the major reason for such a decrease. Data analysis also shows that other factors influencing employment results include place of origin and countries (overseas graduate schools). Furthermore, the regression analysis model forecasts the employment rate for 2021 graduates.