For decades, it has been thought that engineers should only enter the job market in Chile once they have graduated.

A recent study we published on employability in partnership with the School of Engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC-Chile) suggests this may not be the case.

Conducted in 2020, the study showed that more than 70% of companies surveyed were willing to hire engineering students starting from the fourth year of graduation (junior year). Currently, engineering students take five and a half years to graduate.

The study highlights the connection between the professional career and the academic progress of students and could potentially represent a “break” in the paradigms used in the Chilean market.

Integration is delighted to have had the opportunity to partner with PUC-Chile and to have contributed to the future of professionals in the engineering space. See below some publications in the press about this partnership and the results of this study: