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Each year numerous students receive their diplomas in various programmes
from our institutions. For example, in the Vocational Training Sector
there are more than 425 graduates ready for the job market.
Some examples are:
|
Programs
|
Graduates
(1999)
|
Placement
Rate
|
|
Industrial
Design
|
16
|
74%
|
|
Soldering
(various)
|
49
|
73%
|
|
Mechanic
(various)
|
40
|
72%
|
|
Electrotechnology
(various)
|
40
|
66%
|
|
Note
that 57% of graduates contacted had found a job in the Lower
St. Lawrence and Gaspé regions.
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The Rimouski Cégep (Cégep
de Rimouski) produces 629 graduates per year, 430
find jobs immediately. Here are some examples:
|
Programs
(Technical)
|
Graduates
(1999)
|
Placement
Rate
|
|
Civil
Engineering
|
27
|
100%
|
|
Mechanical
Engineering
|
28
|
94%
|
|
Building
Mechanics
|
15
|
100%
|
|
Industrial
Maintenance
|
17
|
100%
|
|
Electronics
|
40
|
100%
|
|
Informatics
|
32
|
100%
|
|
Note
that 65 % found a job in the region.
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At the Université
du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), its various levels
produce 915 Bachelors, Masters, Doctoral and other diplomas annually.
Again, here are a few examples:
|
Bachelor
Degrees
|
Graduates
(1999)
|
Placement
Rate
|
|
Electromechanical
System Engineering
|
42
|
100%
|
|
Informatics
|
13
|
98%
|
|
Management
|
26
|
75%
|
|
Accounting
Sciences
|
52
|
85%
|
|
The
analysis of the data with respect to placement rate must
take into account that a good proportion of the graduates
continue their studies. It is not possible, however, to
supply placement statistics for students of our university,
as no data have been collected in recent years.
|
|
Short
Programmes and Certificates
|
Graduates
(1999)
|
|
Informatics
|
5
|
|
Management
|
21
|
|
Informatics
Management
|
4
|
|
Financial and Commercial Services
|
2
|
|
Organizational
Systems Information
|
2
|
|
Masters
and Doctoral Levels
|
Graduates
(1999)
|
|
Project
Management
|
1
|
|
Regional
Development
|
8
|
|
Maritime
Resource Management
|
14
|
|
Oceanography
|
12
|
|
Accounting
|
7
|
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