The DHZW Graduate Panel series investigates the long-term educational and professional trajectories of higher education graduates in Germany. The 2005 Graduate Panel recruited university graduates of traditional courses and Bachelor's degrees who obtained their first degree from a German university in 2005. At baseline, over 11,000 graduates participated in the study. Data were collected from participants three times: within one year of graduation, between 2010 and 2012, and finally in 2016.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
10,165 (graduates)
1,622 (Bachelor's graduates)
Age at first data collection
Varied (graduates)
Varied (Bachelor's graduates)
Participant year of birth
Varied (graduates)
Varied (Bachelor's graduates)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2006
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