# Stay rates

**Source**: https://www.tue.nl/en/impact/stay-rates
**Parent**: https://www.tue.nl/en/education/bachelor-college

## Stay rates of international alumni

TU/e has the highest stay rate of the universities in the Netherlands. Our international graduates easily find a job in the Netherlands, mainly as a consequence of our strong cooperation with industry. See below for the figures regarding the stay rates of our international alumni.\
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 *Last update: April 2, 2025*

- ### Stay rate of all international higher education students graduated in Eindhoven: 48.9%

  The stay rate in the Netherlands of all international higher education graduates of study city Eindhoven is 48.9% (5 years after graduation). That is by far the highest of all study cities in the Netherlands. The national average is 25%. Source: Nuffic, March 2025.
- ### Stayrate international TU/e master's students: 56%

  The stay rate in the Netherlands of international TU/e master's students is 56% (15 months after graduation). Source: Labor market position of TU/e alumni, SEO report 2022.
- ### Stay rate international TU/e PhDs: 52%

  The stay rate of TU/e international PhD graduates in the Netherlands is 52% (5 years after PhD date). Source: Stayrate of TU/e PhD graduates, TU/e, October 2024.
- ### Stay rate of international TU/e EngDs: 63%

  The stay rate in the Netherlands of TU/e international EngD graduates is 63% (measurement moment 2022, number is average of last 5 cohorts). Source: Analysis of PDEng alumni, Eindhoven University of Technology, 2022, TU/e.

- ### Percentage of TU-engineers in South-East Brabant graduated at TU/e: 82%

  Of all graduated master's students working in South-East Brabant (Dutch and international combined), from the four Dutch TUs, 82% are from TU/e (15 months after graduation). Source: Labour market position of TU/e alumni, SEO report 2018.