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• United States

  88–96% at QS top 20 STEM; 70–82% at mid-tier taught master’s

• United Kingdom

  82–94% at Russell Group; wider spread at post-92 universities

• Canada

  U of T / UBC / McGill / Waterloo 90%+; colleges far lower

• Australia

  Go8 universities 85–93%; non-Go8 varies with course

• Germany

  TU9 engineering 90%+ into German industry within 18 months if language is in place

• Ireland

  Trinity and UCD strong into multinationals; overall master’s conversion is good in tech/pharma

• New Zealand

  University of Auckland and Otago strong for a small system

• Netherlands

  Delft / Eindhoven / Wageningen very high into specialised industry

• France

  Top écoles 90%+; public university master’s more mixed

• Singapore

  NUS / NTU 90%+ within six months for STEM

• United Arab Emirates

  NYUAD / Khalifa research-level strong; branch campuses vary with the home brand

• Sweden

  KTH / Chalmers engineering strong into Nordic industry

• Italy

  Politecnico di Milano design/engineering strong; variable elsewhere

• Japan

  Todai / Kyoto / Tokyo Tech high into research and industry for Japanese-capable grads

• South Korea

  KAIST / POSTECH very high into research and chaebol labs

• Malaysia

  University of Malaya respectable regionally; branch campuses inherit home-brand outcomes only if the degree is the home degree

• Finland

  Aalto tech/design strong

• Switzerland

  ETH / EPFL among the highest in Europe for engineering

• Spain

  Business schools place; public university English MSc more mixed

• Hong Kong SAR

  HKU / HKUST / CUHK very strong into finance and Asia roles

• Belgium

  KU Leuven ~90% research/STEM; taught master’s more mixed

• Denmark

  DTU STEM high 80s–90s; humanities lower

• Norway

  NTNU engineering strong; taught social science weaker

• Austria

  TU Wien engineering high 80s; others mixed

• Poland

  Technical unis ~80%+; medicine depends on licensing

• Portugal

  Technical/Nova business better than average taught MA

• Taiwan

  NTU/NTHU STEM strong; English-only taught master’s mixed

• China

  Tsinghua/Peking/Fudan/SJTU STEM very strong domestically

• Czechia

  Technical unis ~80%+; others mixed

• Hungary

  Medicine depends on licensing; technical mixed

• Saudi Arabia

  KAUST research placement is strong; others mixed

• Qatar

  Branch campuses inherit home-brand outcomes in part; local labour is sponsor-gated

• Thailand

  Domestic strong; international-grad stay-back weak

• Türkiye

  METU/Boğaziçi/Koç engineering stronger

• South Africa

  UCT/Wits/Stellenbosch strong domestically

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