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Graduate outcomes

Methodology t1Draft for review by the ministry and native speakers

Platform data, not official statistics. Graduate outcomes methodology — version t1. The definitions are being agreed with the ministry; until the methodology is approved, the figures are not called national.

This methodology explains how the Platform learns what a graduate is doing 3, 6 and 12 months after graduation, and how employment rates are computed from that.

Reference points

  • The reference points are the end of the graduation month plus 3, 6 and 12 months. For a June 2026 graduation, for example, they are 30 September 2026, 31 December 2026 and 30 June 2027.
  • When the graduation month is unknown, July of the graduation year is used; such estimates are flagged and their share is shown next to the figure.
  • Dates are computed in Tashkent time.

Surveys

  • At each reference point the graduate receives a survey invitation: on the Platform, by email and, if connected, in Telegram. The link is single-use and works without signing in.
  • The response window is 45 days, with two reminders: after 7 and after 21 days.
  • The survey consists of a common core (the same for every university) and, if the university wishes, a block of its own. The core cannot be changed, so answers are comparable across universities and waves.
  • Only those who have not opted out of surveys and who accepted the consent to data processing that lists surveys are invited.

Employment status

The status questions follow the concepts of the International Labour Organization in a short form. The reference period is the last 7 days.

  • Employed — works for pay for an employer, including when temporarily away from their job (holiday, illness).
  • Self-employed — own business, sole proprietorship, self-employment, freelancing, work in a family business.
  • Looking for work — not working, looked for work or tried to start a business in the last 4 weeks (or has already found a job that starts within 3 months) and can start within 2 weeks.
  • Outside the labour force — not working and not looking for work, or looking but unable to start.
  • Studying — main activity: a master's, a doctorate, a second degree, etc.
  • Military or alternative service.
  • Parental leave.

If a graduate does several things, the main one counts — the one that takes most of their time.

Sources and precedence

The status comes from three sources:

  1. a survey answer;
  2. what the graduate marks in their account ("My status after graduation");
  3. a final hire through the Platform — after the undo window or once the graduate has accepted an offer.

The status at a reference point is the observation nearest to it within ±60 days. If two observations are equally near, precedence decides: the survey, then the graduate's own mark, then a hire through the Platform, then the university's list. If there is no observation in the window, the status at that point is unknown.

Rates

  • Employed = employed + self-employed.
  • Those studying, in service or on parental leave are shown separately and are not part of the denominator.
  • Employment rate = employed ÷ (employed + looking for work + outside the labour force).
  • Job related to the field — the share of the employed who said their job is closely or partly related to their field of study; the detailed split is shown in the survey results.
  • Formally employed — the share of the employed with an employment contract, a contract for work or services, or registration as a sole proprietor, self-employed person or company; "don't know" answers are not in the denominator.

Intervals

Every rate is shown with a 95% Wilson interval. For x employed out of n, with z = 1.96 and p = x / n:

  • centre = (p + z² / 2n) / (1 + z² / n);
  • half-width = z · √(p(1 − p) / n + z² / 4n²) / (1 + z² / n).

The interval shows how much the number could vary by chance. It does not account for bias from who chose to answer — that is why the response rate and coverage are shown alongside.

When a class is published

  • A class (graduation year) is published at a point once and whole: when every graduate of the year has reached the point and its ±60-day window has closed. For the class of 2026 that is 31 May 2027 at 3 months, 30 August 2027 at 6 months and 1 March 2028 at 12 months.
  • Until then the class is not shown at that point, even if most of it graduated in June. Otherwise its figures would grow month by month, and the difference between two days could show one graduate's status.
  • Once published, a class's figures change only when an account or an education record changes.

Publication thresholds

  • All figures pass the suppression rules: groups under 10 are hidden, numbers are rounded to 5.
  • For a government body, a university appears in the table only when every cell shown has at least 20 graduates with a known status and a response rate of at least 25 %.
  • Universities are listed alphabetically. There is no ranking and no sorting by employment rate.

Limitations

  • A hire through the Platform captures only jobs found on the Platform.
  • The mark in the account and survey answers are the graduate's own report.
  • Respondents may differ from non-respondents; the Platform does not weight its data.
  • Free-text answers (such as a job title) are never shown to universities or government bodies.