Euchems‐Newsletter

EuCheMS supports employment survey of European chemists

Two thirds of chemical companies currently have difficulty in filling vacancies. Some shortages arise from a mismatch between the requirements of industry and taught courses, e. g. academia focuses on synthetic chemistry but 40 percent of EU chemical production involves formulation chemistry.

The American Chemical Society (ACS) regularly publishes an employment survey in Chemical & Engineering News. Data are collected from ACS members working within the USA. The survey results clearly show in which sub-discipline the graduates received their highest qualification and in which sub-discipline they are working after starting their professional career. It would be of utmost interest for decisions within the EU to access similar numbers.

A European employment survey in chemistry was recently initiated by the European Chemistry Thematic Network Association (ECTNA). This survey is supported by EuCheMS, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, the European Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Education Network and the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic). The survey will be web-ba

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