Biomedical Engineering job outlook in Greece

Read below the abstract of the upcoming study of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) regarding the BME sector job outlook in Greece!

The study: The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) of the University of West Attica has conducted a survey regarding the BME sector job outlook in Greece. About 12% of the Department’s graduates from 1989 till 2022 have participated in the study, which was completed during the winter of 2022.

Results: Results show that BME graduates can easily find job placement even before their graduation. In fact, it is quite impressive that more than half of the participants (55.8%) have found their first job placement in the BME market before finishing their BME studies. The internship seems to be a catalyst for the smooth transition of students to the real-world labor market. Almost 50% of the students have retained or upgraded their position at the same employer even after the completion of their internship period. The BME jobs are perceived as most interesting (73.6%), in a good environment (71.9%), with satisfactory career prospects (45.9%), with satisfactory monthly net salary (44.2%) and satisfactory working hours (52.8%). The employment in different BME sectors showed that men are mostly employed in Service (40.5%), whereas women are mostly employed in Sales (33.3%). Most graduates with BSc degree are employed in Service (39.1%) and Sales (21.8%), most graduates with MSc degree are employed in Service (34.6%) and Hospitals/Health care centers (21.2%), and most PhD graduates are employed in Academia, Research and Development (62.5%). The time to first employment was very fast for both men and women. About 51.4% of men and 69.4% of women found their first job employment before graduation. Based on study level, time to first job placement was fastest for BSc holders (56% found placement before graduation), followed by MSc holders (53.8%) and PhD holders (37.5%). Finally, first job placement before graduation was faster for those employed in Service, Sales and as Application Specialists (63.5%, 55.2% and 50% respectively). Most well-paid participants (>1500 euros net salary) were PhD holders (71.5%), followed by MSc holders (25%) and BSc holders (16.2%).  Maximum monthly salaries were found for those with more than 10 years of experience. In terms of BME sector, most well-paid (>1500 euros monthly net salary) are those working with R&D (86.7%), Sales (86.7%) and Management (60%).

Conclusions: There is a high demand for biomedical engineers in the labor market in Greece, despite the continuing economic recession that the country is suffering from the past 12 years.

The detailed study will be announced during the following weeks!!!