Sweden creates jobs for graduates - graduate jobs

Graduates keen to take up jobs in the engineering sector have some good news in store as Swedish company Scania and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, are investing in increased co-operation between academia and industry.

It is believed that this mutual understanding will generate more job vacancies and enable close dialogue to occur about future core expertise requirements and research.

Taking into consideration the agreement, Scania, which already employs10,500 people, feels the need to recruit around 300 to 600 staff on an yearly basis who have BSc or MSc qualification in engineering.

"Highly qualified engineering and graduate education are the basis for maintaining and developing research and the automotive industry in Sweden," said Leif Östling, Scania's President and CEO.

Currently only 3,000 engineers working with Scania have a proper technical degree.

This makes the KTH an important recruitment platform for the automotive company.

Copyright Press Association 2011