Graduate Tracking Data Published

12 Eylül 2026 Cumartesi

Data on our University's graduates is held in the Graduate Information System, operated by the Department of Information Technologies. According to the system's 2026 figures, our University has produced 93,467 graduates to date.

93,467
Total Graduates
All time
3,913
2026 Graduates
Current year
81
Provinces
Place of residence
56.5%
Women
52,796 graduates
Distribution by degree level

More than half of our graduates hold an associate degree. The table reflects directly the structure of our University, whose vocational schools are spread across the district campuses.

Degree LevelWomenMenTotalShare
Associate25,32422,60547,92951.3%
Bachelor's21,90014,61536,51539.1%
Postgraduate1,4401,1762,6162.8%
Total52,79640,67193,467100%
Women outnumber men at every level

56.5 per cent of our graduates are women. This holds not only for the overall total but at each of the three degree levels. The difference is most pronounced at bachelor's level: of 36,515 graduates, 21,900 are women and 14,615 are men.

The 2026 cohort

Of the 3,913 students who graduated in 2026, 2,329 completed associate degree programmes, 1,371 bachelor's programmes and 213 postgraduate programmes.

By unit group

Among the 81,659 graduates for whom unit-level data is available, vocational schools rank first with 47,929. Thirteen faculties account for 29,706 graduates, the largest number being the Faculty of Education with 11,789. Schools account for 3,725 and the State Conservatory for 299.

Why graduate data matters

Whether a programme has met its educational objectives cannot be judged from course content and student grades alone. Where a graduate is employed, how far they can use the competences they acquired in working life, and how they assess the programme in retrospect are primary evidence in verifying programme outcomes. Graduate tracking is therefore one of the core mechanisms expected of institutions under both the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area and the evaluation criteria of the Higher Education Quality Council.

A maturing loop. Graduate numbers and demographic distribution are monitored and current. Data on graduate satisfaction and employment, however, is not yet collected regularly and comparably across the institution. Units including Giresun Vocational School, the Vocational School of Health Services and the Faculty of Theology have established their own graduate tracking committees. Bringing these practices together under a shared measurement framework at institutional level is among the priority development areas of our quality assurance system.
A note to our graduates

You can share your career information by updating your profile in the Graduate Information System. Every piece of data you share is used directly in improving the curriculum for the future students of the programme you graduated from.

Graduate Information System Graduate Tracking Page

Source: Graduate Information System (mezun.giresun.edu.tr), 2026 data.