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PhD holders in natural sciences, maths record lowest employment rate

PhD graduates in the fields of natural sciences, mathematics and statistics recorded the lowest employment rate last year at 19.6 per cent, says Deputy Higher Education Minister Senator Datuk Mohammad Yusof Apdal.

He said of all the PhD graduates in the field last year, only 28 of them managed to secure a job, in addition to two other fields namely engineering, manufacturing and construction with 38 graduates (26.6 per cent) and business, administration and law with 30 graduates (21 per cent).

“The ministry through the Higher Education Institution career centre always strives to help these graduates to get a suitable career...

“The ministry will also study new proposals and initiatives that can be implemented to help PhD graduates secure employment that commensurate with their academic qualifications,” he said at the Dewan Negara yesterday.

He said based on the data of the graduate tracer study, a total of 25,014 PhD graduates completed their studies from 2011 to last year, whereas in 2022 alone, 2,872 graduates were recorded.

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