Italy: PhD graduates living abroad | Statista

In 2018, 32.1 percent of Italian doctoral graduates in physics lived abroad. This field of study registered the largest percentage of PhD graduates who moved abroad. In addition, 23.6 percent of people who achieved a doctorate in mathematics or computing left Italy to live in another country. In total, 13.2 percent of all Italian doctoral graduates moved abroad.

Share of Italian doctorate graduates living abroad in 2018, by field of study

Characteristic	Share of doctoral graduates
Physics	32.1%
Mathematics and computing	26.3%
Engineering, technology	19%
Chemistry	15.8%
Biology	14.7%
Economics and statistics	14.2%
Political science and civics	12.8%
Architecture and construction	12.5%
Geography and geology	11%
Languages, philological sciences, art and archeology	10.8%
Humanities, psychology and development studies	9.2%
Agriculture and veterinary	9.1%
Medical sciences	8.6%
Legal sciences	6.1%
Total	13.2%

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February 2021

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Italy

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2018

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Data refer to students who obtained their PhD in 2014.

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