- Posted on 5 Nov 2026
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Employment rates have climbed for three years running, with law and nursing graduates reaching 100 per cent for employment outcomes.
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) graduates are landing jobs quickly and keeping them, with our undergraduates having the highest medium-term full-time employment rate of any university in Sydney, reaching 93.7 per cent.
The Graduate Outcomes Survey (GOS) shows full-time employment rates for UTS graduates have climbed steadily over the past three years and are above the national average. After a sector-wide drop in 2025, labour force participation for UTS graduates rebounded in 2026 to sit well above the national average.
Law and nursing graduates both achieved 100 per cent full-time employment, while business and management, creative arts, and humanities, culture and social science are also significantly outpacing the sector.
Dean of the Faculty of Health Professor Zee Upton said "nursing graduates achieving 100 per cent full-time employment reflects the quality of our clinical partnerships and the demand for our work-ready nurses.
“It gives us a strong basis for continuing our approach in our new three-year faculty strategy."
This is a powerful endorsement of the education we provide and the strength of our industry connections.
In the Graduate Outcomes Survey-Longitudinal (GOS-L), UTS domestic undergraduates had a medium-term full-time employment rate of 93.7 per cent, up from 90.7 per cent in 2025 and above the Universities Australia (UA) national average of 92.1 per cent. UTS international undergraduates reached 86.0 per cent, ahead of the national average of 84.9 per cent. Domestic postgraduate coursework graduates achieved 95.1 per cent, in line with the national average of 95.0 per cent.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Kylie Readman said the results demonstrated UTS’s strong focus on ensuring education was linked to future workforce needs and job readiness of our graduates.
“This is a powerful endorsement of the education we provide and the strength of our industry connections,” she said. “We are delighted our graduates find work quickly, especially in a challenging job market. For them to still be thriving in their professions three years on shows they are competitive.
“These results tell us the skills students develop at UTS keep paying off.”
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