Graduate Tracking

Graduate Tracking
 
Graduate data is the strongest external evidence that programme outcomes have actually been met. Our University’s graduate tracking infrastructure is operated through the Graduate Information System.
93,467 graduates81 provinces2026 data

Whether a programme has achieved 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 constitute 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.

Our Graduates in Numbers
 
Current figures published by the Graduate Information System as of 2026
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
 
Degree LevelWomenMenTotalShare
Associate25,32422,60547,92951.3%
Bachelor’s21,90014,61536,51539.1%
Postgraduate1,4401,1762,6162.8%
Total52,79640,67193,467100%
Women account for 56.5 per cent of our graduates and men for 43.5 per cent. At both associate and bachelor’s level the number of women exceeds the number of men.
The 2026 Cohort
 
3,913 graduates in total
2,329
Associate
2026 graduates
1,371
Bachelor’s
2026 graduates
213
Postgraduate
2026 graduates
Distribution by Unit Group
 
81,659 graduates for whom unit-level data is available

The weight of vocational schools in the total reflects directly the structure of our University, whose campuses are spread across the districts of the province.

Unit GroupWomenMenTotal
Vocational Schools25,32422,60547,929
Faculties (13 units)18,24211,46429,706
Schools3,725
State Conservatory299
Within the faculties the largest number of graduates belongs to the Faculty of Education, with 11,789 (39.7 per cent of all faculty graduates).
Where Graduate Tracking Sits in Quality Processes
 
Graduate data serves as evidence at three distinct levels
At programme level
Used to verify whether programme outcomes have in fact been met; graduate opinion is required evidence in applications for programme accreditation.
At unit level
Forms the evidence base for the learning and teaching section of unit self-evaluation reports and provides grounds for curriculum revision.
At institutional level
Reported in the Institutional Self-Evaluation Report as an indicator of external stakeholder engagement and of performance in contribution to society.
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. Several of our units have established their own graduate tracking committees and begun to administer surveys; bringing these practices together under a shared measurement framework at institutional level is among the priority development areas of our quality assurance system. This page presents verified data only, and gives no figures for areas that have not yet been measured.
Graduate Information System
Update your profile and share your career information. Every piece of data you share is used in improving the curriculum for the future students of your programme.
Source: Graduate Information System (mezun.giresun.edu.tr), 2026 data. The system is operated by the Department of Information Technologies.