This short report considers the extent to which international (non-Irish domiciled) graduates return to their home continent for employment or further study, if they are not in employment in Ireland. It uses data from the Graduate Outcomes Survey of 2023 (Class of 2022). It should be noted that throughout the report the responses are based on survey data and sample sizes can be small.

The data shows that over seven in 10 international graduates who are in employment nine months after graduation were employed in Ireland. This analysis focuses on those three in 10 who were employed overseas; and also considers those in further study overseas. Given small sample sizes, countries are grouped into continents for part of the analysis.

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80% of International graduates are in Employment

80% of internationally domiciled graduates for the class of 2022 are in employment 9 months post graduation. 9% are in further study and 10% are unemployed.

71% of International graduates are employed in Ireland

The chart below displays the employment location for non-Irish domiciled graduates for the class of 2022: 71% (2,864) of those who are in employment are employed in Ireland, with 29% (1,173) employed overseas.

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The United States is the most common overseas country of employment

Non-Irish domiciled graduates from the Class of 2022 who are employed overseas are spread throughout the world. However the US is the country with the largest group with 135 employed there. Germany is the next most popular with 116 followed by Great Britain with 93 and France and Canada with 83 each.

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Non-Irish graduates of European domiciliary are most commonly employed in Europe

This chart shows that nearly half of all graduates employed overseas were employed in Europe, with just under a quarter employed in Asia.  The chart indicates that graduates who are employed outside Ireland after graduation tend to be in employment in the continent of their domiciliary of origin.

• 42% of all international graduates employed overseas were of European domiciliary and were employed in Europe.
• 5% who were of Asian domicile were employed in Europe.
• Asia was the most comment continent of employment for Asian graduates.
• 19% of international graduates employed overseas were of North American domiciliary and were employed in North America.

• 831 graduates out of 1,094 who work in the same continent of their continent of origin work in their country of origin.
• 264 international graduates work in the same continent of their origin but different country.

• 39% of international graduates who are employed in the same continent but different country than the country of origin reside in Europe i.e. from France, studied in Ireland and now works in Belgium

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Europe is the most common continent for further study

This chart shows that nearly over three quarters of graduates in further study overseas were in further study in Europe, with approx. 15% in further study in Asia.

• 48% of all international graduates in further study overseas were of European domiciliary and were in further study in Europe.
• 25% of all international graduates in further study overseas were of Asian domicile and were in further study in Europe.
• 10% of all international graduates in further study overseas were of Asian domicile and were in further study in Asia.