The DHZW Graduate Panel series investigates the long-term educational and professional trajectories of higher education graduates in Germany. The 2001 Graduate Panel recruited university graduates who obtained their first degree from a German university in 2001. At baseline, over 8,000 graduates participated in the study. Data were collected from participants three times: within a year after graduation between 2002 and 2003, four years later between 2006 and 2007 and finally 10 years after graduation between 2011 and 2012.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
8,103 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2002
Primary Institutions
German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (Deutsche Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung, DZHW)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) now known as Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt, BMFTR)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups