For future graduates in digital technologies, understanding career prospects after graduation is essential. This survey provides a concrete picture of what EURECOM graduates do after completing their studies and how quickly they integrate into the job market.

Survey methodology

This survey was conducted in May 2025 among 286 EURECOM graduates: 177 from the 2023 class and 109 from the 2024 class. Through 53 structured questions, we collected detailed information about the respondents' profiles, their training path at EURECOM, and any additional training they pursued after graduation. Graduates also shared their professional situation one year after graduation and at the time of the survey.

Training aligned with professional aspirations and market needs

The results demonstrate excellent alignment between our graduates' career paths and their initial aspirations: more than 8 out of 10 graduates report satisfaction with this match. Notably, 44% hold positions involving responsibilities similar to those of a research engineer.

Graduates emphasize that their intellectual curiosity, appetite for continuous learning, and methodological rigor are major assets in achieving their professional goals. They believe they have developed the necessary skills to meet job market requirements. This perception is reflected in their satisfaction rate with their EURECOM training, which reaches 82% this year.

High-value expertise areas 

Analysis of employment sectors shows a strong presence of graduates in cybersecurity, which accounts for 42% of current positions. Digital technology and innovation consulting also represent a significant share of professional outcomes, at 22%.

Other employment outcomes for the 2023 and 2024 graduating classes include next-generation networks, academic research, and software development.

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Rapid professional integration and attractive compensation

The training provided at EURECOM promotes rapid and sustainable professional integration. The majority of our graduates find employment within 3 months of graduation. In parallel, 20% choose to continue their academic path, particularly through MS/MSc programs or doctoral studies.

While more than half of graduates work in France (54%), a significant proportion (46%) build their careers internationally. The private sector remains the main employer, representing 90% of professional opportunities.

Our graduates' preferred employment selection criteria are, in order of importance: alignment between the position and their professional project, the sector of activity, and compensation level (determining factors for 68% of them). In their first job, gross annual compensation is predominantly between €40,000 and €49,000, with an average salary of €50,000 (excluding bonuses and premiums). 

Remarkable professional integration indicators

Twelve months after graduation, 90% of our graduates are professionally active, either full-time or part-time. The figures demonstrate a particularly dynamic market for our profiles: 79% find employment within 3 months of graduation. At the time of the survey, nearly 9 out of 10 respondents are professionally active, with 7 out of 10 on permanent contracts.

Professional experience plays a decisive role in accessing employment. Thus, 36.7% of our graduates obtain their first position through internships completed during their training.

These results illustrate the relevance of EURECOM's pedagogical model, which combines academic excellence with practical application of the teachings provided. The alignment between our training programs and labor market needs, combined with the aspirations of our digital engineering students, translates into successful professional integration and promising career paths.

In line with our commitment to continuous improvement and tracking graduates’ career paths, the Class of 2025 will soon be invited to participate in the next professional integration survey. Graduates will shortly receive all the information needed to contribute to updating these key indicators.

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I am truly excited about the year ahead for EURECOM.

After an intense and rewarding 2025, we are entering a new phase, one where many of our ambitions are becoming tangible.

2026 will be a year of bold steps forward together with our consortium members, reflecting the mindset of all our talented colleagues on campus!

This year marks a symbolic milestone with the graduation ceremony of our very first cohort of EURECOM Engineer Degree graduates on March 13. This moment will both be a source of pride and a strong validation of our academic vision. I am confident that the technical expertise, international exposure, and human values they have gained at EURECOM set them up optimally to build impactful careers, and, hopefully, to change the world even if just a little.

Second, our international and collaborative DNA continues to grow.

Over the past year, EURECOM has strengthened its academic and industrial partnerships worldwide, expanded student mobility opportunities, and welcomed talents from all continents.
In 2026, this openness will remain a strategic priority, because innovation rarely happens in silos (and never on one continent alone).

Third, research excellence and innovation are accelerating.

Our strong presence at major international events such as WAICF, MWC, and the AI Summit, combined with the many awards received in 2025, clearly demonstrates the impact and visibility of our research.

Perhaps one figure best illustrates the talent density among our Faculty, no fewer than 35% of our professors were listed in the 2025 Stanford World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking. Research activity was also impressive, with 2025 having the highest R&D project turnover since EURECOM’s founding 33 years ago, with many of these projects being carried out in collaboration with EURECOM’s consortium members. Among the collected excellence awards, perhaps a special mention to the European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award 2025, granted to the Odeuropa project in the Research category, a powerful reminder that cutting-edge research can also carry deep cultural and societal meaning.

Looking ahead, 2026 is poised to become another turning point for our school and shared campus. Many examples come to mind, but let us cite only a few here.

The launch of EURECOM’s AI Center, to be housed in the brand-new Alpha building will provide much more than additional space. It will be a strategic hub designed to strengthen interactions between researchers, students, and industry partners, and to accelerate AI innovation pertaining to all key EURECOM expertise domains in autonomous systems, future communication (6G) and transport networks, cybersecurity, life sciences and beyond. For infrastructure, the EURECOM AI Center will be supported by the newly deployed CIRCALIS computing center for AI experimentation and fueled in part by the SUNRECOM solar farm on campus. For the future networks area, the campus will accelerate the deployment of advanced experimentation tools via the EU-wide SLICES initiative where EURECOM is a key actor.

In parallel, we are launching a Joint Lab with EDHEC for Quantum in information and communications systems, further reinforcing our positioning at the intersection of engineering, management, and breakthrough technologies. This initiative responds directly to the expectations of new generations of students and partners, who increasingly seek hybrid skills and real-world impact.

Beyond buildings, joint labs initiatives, and projects, what truly makes EURECOM special is its people.

The strong sense of community, the engagement in wide-ranging initiatives (including non-tech related such as Pink October, the shared victories and defeats during the Sophia Games), and the national HappyAtSchool ranking where EURECOM once more appeared in the top 3 all remind us that excellence is strongest when it is built together, in a supportive and welcoming environment.

As we step into 2026, our ambition remains clear:

to continue building, with its consortium members, a truly unique international institution that combines scientific excellence, high-level education, values openness, and responsible innovation, in service of our students, partners, and society.

I wish you all a very happy, inspiring, and successful year ahead, filled with bold ideas, meaningful collaborations, and shared achievements.

Best wishes for 2026,

Prof. David Gesbert
Director of EURECOM