2026 Employment Competitiveness Report for Returning International Graduates

This report is for Chinese students and parents choosing a study destination, university and degree. It compares specific programs' employment outcomes, roles and employers at 13 representative universities in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia and Canada, and considers how those experiences may translate to China's employment market.

Sources were reviewed through October 2, 2026. Results retain their original cohorts, mainly graduates from 2024 and 2025.

Executive summary

From a career-planning perspective, evaluating an overseas offer requires considering target roles, coursework and available practical experience together. Whether a student wants to enter quantitative research, software development, auditing or brand operations affects the courses and internships they need, and determines which university resources will actually be useful.

HEDGE Education's assessment of these materials is that leading universities remain worth serious consideration, but a famous university and a program suited to an individual's career direction are separated by coursework, experience and the recruitment market. That gap is often overlooked.

The report reaches four main conclusions. First, comparisons must focus on specific programs. A university's finance master's, business analytics master's and MBA serve different roles and student starting points, so they cannot share one employment scorecard. Second, technical or analytical skills need verifiable outputs. Artificial intelligence in a course title does not replace programming, statistics, laboratory work or product projects. Third, overseas employment opportunities are strongly regional. A program's networks in New York or Toronto must be reconnected to local roles when returning to Shanghai. Fourth, returning to China and staying overseas need separate timelines. Both can be prepared in parallel, but work authorization and eligibility for graduate recruitment in China must be checked before graduation.

Start with the university comparisons in Chapter 2, identify degrees and roles using Chapter 3, then use Chapter 5's preparation checklist to identify gaps. Company names illustrate actual paths or provide job-search references; they are not hiring commitments.

1. Understand employment data first

More job seekers does not mean a matching increase in job offers

Public materials from Zhaopin's 2025 China Returnee Employment Survey Report show a 12% year-on-year increase in new overseas graduates seeking work in China on its platform, with master's graduates accounting for 80.9% of this group. These figures show that overseas master's degrees are already common among returnee job seekers on that platform. They cannot estimate the national returnee population or establish an increase in employers' hiring rates for returnees. [1][2]

For families, the more useful question is whether the degree enables students to apply for previously inaccessible roles or pass their selection processes with greater confidence. If the only addition is a qualification label, with no change in professional skills, internships or understanding of the work, it is difficult to assess the investment's added value.

What three types of evidence can tell us

Receiving an offer, accepting one and starting work are different measures. Some surveys include contract roles or internships; others count only job-seeking respondents. Three-, six- and nine-month outcomes cannot be directly ranked. This report therefore creates no composite employment score and does not equate higher percentages with better universities.

This report uses desk research from public sources, without student surveys or employer interviews. Universities were selected for prominence, subject representation and availability of public evidence, not as a comprehensive ranking. Suggested career directions in China and university-selection advice are HEDGE Education's analysis; specific figures and disclosed destinations have sources.

2. Comparing career paths at 13 universities

Universities and programs at a glance

The table helps locate programs. Detailed figures, employers and qualifications follow; master's outcomes do not apply to undergraduates at the same university.

United States: distinct technical and finance paths

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

MIT's two programs illustrate the importance of degree choice. The 2025 Master of Finance cohort had 117 graduates, of whom 104 sought work; 97.1% received offers within six months of graduation. Among accepted offers, Hong Kong accounted for 9.3% of locations and Shanghai for 4.1%. Explicitly listed full-time employers include Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs. Accepted-offer statistics include postgraduate internships or contract roles; the city shares are not return-to-China rates for Chinese graduates. [3]

MIT's 2025 Master of Business Analytics cohort had 80 graduates, of whom 66 sought work; 98.5% of job seekers accepted offers within six months, and 95.4% of accepted positions were in the United States. Employers included Palantir, BCG/BCGX and Microsoft. [4] Both programs can lead to demanding roles, but financial analysis and data science require different preparation. Students planning to return to China should compare coursework with target roles rather than merely comparing two degrees bearing the same university name.

Stanford University

The 2025 MBA report covered 426 graduates, including 268 job seekers. Within three months of graduation, 90% of job seekers received offers and 81% accepted them. Among accepted full-time offers, the main industries were technology at 35%, finance at 33% and consulting at 11%. This edition of the report did not list specific employer names. [5]

These results belong in the report precisely because they show that even a top university does not have every job seeker accept work at the same point. An MBA must be evaluated alongside a student's prior career experience; its outcomes cannot directly predict those of a conventional master's taken immediately after undergraduate study. Students planning to return to China should ask whether management education can build on their existing industry experience.

Carnegie Mellon University

In the Information Networking Institute's 2025 first full-time job profile, MSIN employers included Amazon, Meta, Databricks and Google, with San Francisco and Seattle the main locations. The official page did not provide graduate or job-seeker counts or a response rate, so this report does not calculate an employment rate. [6]

This path is useful for discussing systems, networking and software engineering skills. Graduates returning to China may explore platform development, cloud services or networking roles, but must demonstrate relevant technical work. The employer evidence belongs to MSIN and cannot be extended to all computing-related CMU programs.

Columbia University

This report uses the verifiable PDF for the Business School's 2024 MS in Financial Economics cohort, a different program from the Engineering School's MS in Financial Engineering. Of 24 graduates, 12 accepted full-time offers and 5 entered PhD study; other outcomes included internships, returning to a prior employer and missing information. Full-time employers included Barclays, PIMCO, PwC, S&P Global and Vanguard. The report did not specify one consistent post-graduation observation period. [7]

This small sample is better suited to showing different career paths than promoting a simple employment rate. It offers paths for students interested in quantitative work, economic analysis and financial research to investigate further. Those seeking general business management should recheck the curriculum. This section uses the 2024 cohort PDF without mixing in other cohorts.

United Kingdom: distinguish degree focus and pre-entry experience

University of Oxford

The 2024/25 MFE cohort had 76 students and a 96% reporting rate. Of 65 job seekers, 62 accepted offers within six months, reported by the university as 95%. Finance accounted for 82% of employment industries, with locations including the United Kingdom, other European countries and Asia. Listed employers included Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, McKinsey & Company, Agricultural Bank of China and Alibaba. [8]

This report demonstrates the existence of finance and cross-market career paths. A Chinese company's name does not automatically mean a job is located in mainland China. Students preparing to return should separately research domestic roles and use internships to confirm whether they want banking, investment, research or another function.

University of Cambridge

The 2024/25 MFin class had 89 students with an average of 4 years' work experience before entry. The official summary stated that 94% received offers and 85% accepted offers within three months of graduation. It did not specify the job-seeking denominator or response rate, nor publish the full employer list. [9]

The most significant feature is the students' starting point. Outcomes incorporate the contribution of prior work experience, making them more relevant to finance professionals seeking a different role or market. Undergraduates without full-time experience should not assume that a program called Master of Finance starts from the same position as Oxford's MFE or corresponding LSE programs.

Imperial College London

Disclosed outcomes for the 2024 on-campus MSc Business Analytics cohort showed 95% employed within six months of graduation, limited to job-seeking graduates who reported their outcomes. No counts or response rate were provided. The United Kingdom accounted for 56% of employment locations and Asia-Pacific for 30%; industries were finance at 38%, technology at 27% and consulting at 14%. Explicitly identified graduate employers included Amazon, Bloomberg, Google, HSBC and Huawei. [10]

Business analytics offers several industry options, but students must apply their skills in a specific setting. Returning graduates may investigate data analysis, business performance analysis and technology consulting. This is role-fit analysis, not hiring statistics for Chinese students at the employers above. The current course page uses the name Business Analytics & AI; this report retains the program name used in the 2024 cohort report.

London School of Economics and Political Science

LSE's 2025 report combines full-time MSc Finance and MSc Finance and Private Equity, covering 180 graduates with a 97% reporting rate and a disclosed 92% offer-acceptance rate within three months. It gives no specific job-seeker count, so the 180 graduates should not be used to calculate accepted offers. Employers included Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, McKinsey & Company, Bank of China and Meituan; locations included London, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Role examples included internships, so the results cannot uniformly be described as permanent full-time employment rates. [11]

Applicants must also distinguish specific finance roles. Aiming for trading, research, corporate finance or consulting affects course choices and internships. The breadth of company names is informative, but the list cannot tell us how many people each employer hired or how many were Chinese graduates.

Singapore: consider technical roles alongside local work requirements

National University of Singapore

NUS's published appendix for its 2025 cohort survey listed undergraduate Computer Science among degrees with over 90% having secured employment approximately six months after graduation. This measure includes those already working, those who accepted offers but had not started, and those preparing to start a business. It is not equivalent to a permanent full-time employment rate; the public appendix did not give an exact rate or sample size for the degree. [12][13] The School of Computing separately listed recent graduate employers including Google, Grab, DBS Bank, J.P. Morgan and Microsoft, without separating a single degree or cohort. [14]

This shows that computing graduates can enter financial institutions as well as internet companies. International students hoping to remain in Singapore must separately meet work-pass requirements; those planning to return to China should connect technical training with domestic internships. These undergraduate outcomes do not apply to NUS taught master's degrees.

Nanyang Technological University

NTU's official material on 2025 graduate employment documented an Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduate entering a systems-engineering trainee role at Tata Consultancy Services. This report uses the case to show a path from engineering training to IT services, without calculating a degree employment rate. [15] The School of Biological Sciences' alumni destinations page, spanning multiple cohorts, separately listed Lonza Biologics, Johnson & Johnson, GSK, Amgen and A*STAR, covering biomanufacturing, research and related careers. [16]

These two sources concern different populations and cannot be combined into an NTU graduate-employer ranking. Engineering students should compare course projects and technical tools. Life-science students should further distinguish laboratory research, production quality and clinical support roles, checking whether an advanced degree or specialized training is needed.

Australia: supplement course-level career directions with practical experience

University of Melbourne

The Master of Information Technology's official careers page lists graduate employers including Accenture, NAB, Suncorp Group, Telstra and the Centre for Eye Research Australia, with roles in software development, data infrastructure and data science. The page provides no corresponding cohort, employment rate, sample size or hires by employer. [17]

These employers illustrate how IT professionals can enter banking, telecommunications, professional services and medical research. Students returning to China can broaden their industry options accordingly, but still need sufficiently specific technical projects. Those hoping to remain in Australia should check the availability of local practical opportunities and their own eligibility when choosing courses and early in their studies.

UNSW Sydney

The official undergraduate Computer Science course page lists employers that graduates have joined, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Canva and Atlassian. These are examples spanning multiple cohorts; the page gives no associated cohort, counts or employment rate. [18]

UNSW's Bachelor of Biotechnology (Honours) is a four-year degree including a research honours year and opportunities for work or research practice courses. [19] The faculty's careers page lists biotechnology alumni destinations including CSIRO, BioFoundry and Denova Sciences. The list spans cohorts and degree levels, with no single-cohort undergraduate employment rate. [20]

These two paths at the same university require quite different outputs. Computing emphasizes software and systems practice; biotechnology requires closer attention to experimental methods, research training and links to industry roles. Students planning to return to China should compare courses against target jobs and distinguish undergraduate entry routes from careers requiring further study.

Canada: pay particular attention to the geography of employment networks

University of Toronto

The Rotman Commerce report examined the 2024 undergraduate business cohort: 768 graduates, with an 81% survey response rate. Among job seekers, 93% were employed within nine months of graduation; 84% of reported employment locations were in Greater Toronto. The report also featured a 2024 graduate entering a commercial banking role at BMO. The long list at the end is titled corporate partners; this report does not relabel it as graduate employers. [21]

These results are directly relevant to students seeking business experience in Canada and show the importance of local networks. Those planning to return to China should separately learn about Chinese industries and recruitment processes. A high share of Greater Toronto employment cannot establish the degree's hiring rate in China.

What can we learn from these programs?

HEDGE Education considers the most useful outcome of university comparisons to be helping students rule out unsuitable options. Students without full-time experience should not set expectations using experienced-student programs; those with weak technical foundations should not assume a program suits them because its name is popular; and those clearly targeting China should not use overseas salaries or local employment shares as substitutes for expected earnings after returning.

Data transparency also matters. Disclosure of job-seeker counts, response rates and role types is more useful to families than an isolated high percentage. This report did not obtain consistent data on Chinese graduates being hired after returning to China, so it does not rank universities by returnee employment.

3. Turning degree training into an advantage when job hunting in China

A university name can help recruiters understand an educational background, but professional training must be demonstrated in tests, interviews and work samples. The following sections analyze degrees by role. Chinese employers in the table are job-search references, not a common graduate-destination list for the universities above. Check current vacancies to see whether an employer is hiring and accepts the relevant graduation dates.

Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence

These degrees have the advantage of demonstrable outputs: working code, stable systems and reproducible experiments can be tested. Students planning development careers in China should have at least one project whose design, implementation and testing they can explain. Algorithm research also requires consideration of mathematical foundations, research experience and the role's degree-level requirements.

Check course by course whether the curriculum covers the foundations needed for target roles. A popular program name with few technical courses may be less suitable for technical hiring than rigorous computing or statistics training. CMU's networking and MIT's business analytics programs both show clear destinations, but their skill sets are not interchangeable.

Data Science and Business Analytics

Business analytics can lead to finance, technology and consulting, but also creates the risk of applying broadly without identifying a strongest fit. Students should first choose an industry, then use data to solve a real problem within it. A reproducible customer-churn analysis, for example, should explain data cleaning, evaluation metrics, business interpretation and limitations, not just display attractive charts.

Returning graduates may consider data analysis, business performance analysis, risk analysis and some data-science roles. Algorithmic depth varies greatly by position; jobs containing the word data should not all be treated as one category.

Finance and Economics

Finance pathways especially need early differentiation. Investment banking, asset management, quantitative research, commercial banking and corporate finance use different knowledge and recruitment processes. Oxford MFE and LSE finance programs have broad employer coverage, but this does not choose a role for the student.

Students planning to return to China can prepare Chinese-language industry research or financial analysis before studying abroad and use internships to test whether they enjoy the work. Quantitative paths also require strong mathematics and programming. For applicants with work experience seeking a different finance role, programs such as Cambridge MFin offer a more relevant comparison.

Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing

Electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, control and materials students should plan around specific products and technical problems. A student who has designed circuits, conducted control experiments or tested materials needs to explain their responsibility and what they verified. Simply stating participation in an international team project gives too little information.

Roles in China may include R&D, testing, process engineering or technical support at telecommunications, smart-hardware, new-energy and manufacturing companies. Overseas experience may help with cross-border R&D and technical communication, but alignment between specialization, laboratory tools and job requirements remains a more direct screening factor.

Accounting, Management and Consulting

Entry routes into accounting and auditing are relatively identifiable; general management students need to choose a clearer industry or function. Deloitte China's graduate recruitment page lists audit, tax and consulting, illustrating different preparation paths within one employer. Applications for audit and technology consulting cannot use identical descriptions of skills. [22]

Consulting preparation can focus on structuring problems, analyzing data and communicating, without restricting attention to a few famous strategy consultancies. Internal business analysis, professional services and industry consulting also deserve investigation role by role.

Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals

Life-science careers cannot be reduced to joining a pharmaceutical company in China. Laboratory research, bioinformatics, clinical-development support, medical affairs and commercial roles require different knowledge and degrees. China careers pages of companies such as AstraZeneca are search starting points, but suitability for new graduates depends on the specific vacancy. [23]

Students targeting research should examine research methods, laboratory training and further-study opportunities. Those targeting industry should learn early whether roles require laboratory, statistical, medical or commercial skills. This report lacks sufficiently consistent subject-level data to rank university employment rates in this field.

Media, Marketing and Design

Applications in these fields should show employers both work and judgment. Marketing applicants can demonstrate user research, content testing and review; designers should explain the problem, process and iterations. Cross-cultural study is more likely to become an employment advantage when grounded in understanding specific users and markets.

Tencent's overseas graduate recruitment materials cover technical, product and design roles, and show that one company can have different locations and application routes. A shared company brand does not mean identical hiring requirements everywhere. [24]

Degrees and employer reference table

Overseas employers in the table come from the corresponding program sources in Chapter 2. Huawei and CATL recruitment materials identify Chinese employers only; they do not demonstrate established hiring channels from any particular university. [25][26]

4. Return to China or stay overseas?

When comparing the two paths, first ask what work you want to do and where, then whether university resources can help enter that market. If the target role is clearly in China, do not neglect domestic internships and graduate recruitment simply to preserve a vague overseas option. If you do want industry experience overseas, include local recruitment, living costs and work eligibility in the plan.

Practical conditions to check in five destinations

The following summarizes key rules at the time of verification, not complete application criteria. Permission to seek work or work does not mean securing a role, still less long-term residence.

The US summary uses public guidance from university international-student offices; the other summaries cite relevant government pages. Recheck the official rules in effect and your individual circumstances before applying.

Is overseas experience worth bringing back?

Overseas experience worth considering should remain useful in the next job: real client projects, complete product delivery, research outputs, professional tools or cross-regional business experience. If an overseas role is distant from future goals and accepted only to extend a stay, it may offer less value than entering the target industry in China earlier.

Returning to China need not mean exclusively domestic business. Multinationals' China teams, Chinese companies' overseas operations, cross-border products and regional operations may require professional skills and cross-cultural collaboration. Judge the actual work, not how international the company name sounds.

5. Include job-search planning when choosing a university

Decision priorities for four student profiles

The following are hypothetical comparison scenarios, not HEDGE Education client cases.

University names are only a starting point for comparison, not evidence of individual admission feasibility. Prerequisites, grades, language, budget and professional experience require separate assessment.

Preparation from before application through after graduation

Preparation should begin particularly early for a one-year master's. Build a target-employer list before classes begin, then check each employer's recruitment start and accepted graduation dates. Employers define new graduates differently; do not rely only on your own assumption about your cohort.

6. Questions families ask most

For overseas graduates returning to China, does university ranking or degree subject matter more?

Both influence choices, but identify roles first, then assess how the university and degree can help. Roles with technical assessments require particular attention to courses and projects; those requiring industry understanding and communication call for internships and clear expression. No ranking number replaces either kind of preparation.

Is a one-year UK master's competitive when returning to China?

Duration alone cannot answer this. Consider the student's prior foundations, course training and preparation completed within the available time. Oxford, LSE and Imperial outcomes demonstrate different career paths, but cannot directly estimate Chinese graduates' hiring probabilities after returning. For one-year students, starting job preparation early is generally more prudent than waiting until after graduation to apply.

How should I choose between business and computing?

First consider whether you want to do the corresponding work long term. Computing usually requires continuous technical practice; business must be divided into finance, accounting, analytics, marketing and management. If the main motivation is reported high pay, try courses and small projects to experience the work before choosing a degree.

If a university lists many major employers, does that mean they are easy to join?

No. The list shows disclosed destinations and usually provides no individual hiring probability. Distinguish full-time jobs, internships, collaborative projects and individual alumni stories. This report preserves those distinctions and does not relabel corporate partners as graduate employers.

Can I work overseas first and return to China later?

This can be a planning path, but both job and work-eligibility requirements must be met. HEDGE Education recommends choosing the first experience around your future work goals while retaining access to recruitment information in China. Ask what the experience enables you to do, rather than simply how many years you spent overseas.

How does HEDGE Education understand career-oriented study-abroad planning?

This report recommends working back from target roles to degrees and universities, putting courses, internships, recruitment dates and work eligibility into one plan. University reputation deserves consideration, as does the student's ability to develop demonstrable skills. Clarifying these issues when choosing a university is generally easier than addressing them only after graduation.

Compilation notes

Compiled by HEDGE Education, this report draws on universities' public employment reports, official course and career pages, government work-authorization guidance and attributed recruitment-market materials. Analysis supports study-abroad and career planning and does not replace individual admission, hiring or work-eligibility assessment.

Rights in university, employer and government materials cited in the text belong to their respective owners. When quoting this report's original analysis, the suggested attribution is HEDGE Education, Employment Competitiveness Report for Returning Overseas Graduates, October 2026 edition. When citing statistics, also retain the original university, program, cohort and observation period.

References

Sources appear in order of first citation. Web research was current through October 2, 2026; dynamic pages may continue to change. Corporate recruitment pages provide job-search references, not evidence for university employment rates.

[1] Zhaopin · 2025 China Returnee Employment Survey Report, public excerpt . Public excerpt, pages 3–4; the PDF is hosted by a third party, with figures separately cross-checked against Economic Net reporting.

[2] Economic Net · Zhaopin report shows record numbers of returnees seeking jobs in China . February 2, 2026; cross-checks the 12% and 80.9% measures.

[3] MIT Sloan · 2025 Master of Finance Employment Report . Pages 3–5; 2025 cohort, six-month observation; full-time employers are distinguished from accepted-offer figures that include internships.

[4] MIT Sloan · 2025 Master of Business Analytics Employment Report . Pages 3–6; 2025 cohort; the employer table is not the same as the Capstone partner-company table.

[5] Stanford GSB · MBA Employment Report 2025 . PDF pages 2–5; graduate and job-seeker counts, three-month outcomes and industries.

[6] Carnegie Mellon University · Information Networking Institute Career and Internship Outcomes . First Destination Career Highlights 2025; uses MSIN first full-time job information.

[7] Columbia Business School · Employment Report 2024 MS in Financial Economics . Pages 2–3; Financial Economics, not Financial Engineering; uses the 2024 cohort PDF.

[8] University of Oxford Saïd Business School · Oxford MSc Financial Economics Employment Report Class of 2024／25 . Pages 3–5; 65 job seekers, 62 accepting offers within six months.

[9] Cambridge Judge Business School · Master of Finance Career Outcomes Employment Report 2026 . The public web summary covers 2024/25; the full report available on request was not used.

[10] Imperial Business School · MSc Business Analytics Career Impact . Uses the page's 2024 on-campus program outcomes; the current page title includes AI.

[11] London School of Economics and Political Science · MSc Finance and MSc Finance and Private Equity Employment Report 2025 . Pages 3–4 and 9–11; two programs combined; role examples include internships.

[12] National University of Singapore · Joint Autonomous Universities Graduate Employment Survey 2025 Annexe A . Appendix linked from official NUS news; undergraduate degrees with over 90% having secured employment.

[13] National University of Singapore · NUS Graduates Demonstrate Resilience in a Cautious Job Market . March 5, 2026; definition of secured employment in the 2025 GES and explanation of the university-wide sample.

[14] NUS Computing · Frequently Asked Questions . What companies employ NUS Computing graduates; examples of recent employers across the school.

[15] Nanyang Technological University · NTU Class of 2025 Sees Steady Employment Outcomes . March 5, 2026; page 2 features an Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduate joining TCS.

[16] NTU School of Biological Sciences · Career Prospects and Development . Industries and employers of school alumni across cohorts, not single-cohort hiring statistics.

[17] University of Melbourne · Master of Information Technology Career Outcomes . Course careers page; lists graduate employers and roles without cohort-level employment rates.

[18] UNSW Sydney · Bachelor of Science Computer Science . Future careers; multi-cohort examples of undergraduate computing graduate employers.

[19] UNSW Sydney · Bachelor of Biotechnology Honours . Course structure, research honours year and practical course opportunities.

[20] UNSW Science · STEM Careers Biotechnology . Biotechnology section; alumni employers across cohorts and degree levels.

[21] University of Toronto Rotman Commerce · 2024–2025 Employment Report . Printed pages 6–7, 15 and 19; 2024 cohort, 81% response rate.

[22] Deloitte China · Graduate Program . Official graduate recruitment areas; not evidence of university graduate destinations.

[23] AstraZeneca · AstraZeneca in China . China careers portal; suitability for new graduates depends on the specific vacancy.

[24] Tencent Careers · 2027 Global Campus Recruitment FAQ . August 11, 2026 announcement; verifiable through the official search index; the page loads dynamically.

[25] Huawei · Huawei Careers . Recruitment portal; campus recruitment information cross-checked through the official site's search index.

[26] CATL · 2025 Environmental, Social and Governance Report . Talent recruitment section; used only to verify campus recruitment activities, not to infer destinations from particular universities.

[27] American University International Student and Scholar Services · Optional Practical Training Overview . University international-student office guidance; OPT durations and degree-related requirements.

[28] UK Government · Graduate Visa Overview . Graduate visa duration distinguished by application dates before and from January 1, 2027.

[29] Singapore Ministry of Manpower · Eligibility for Employment Pass . Current and 2027 new-application salary thresholds, age progression and COMPASS.

[30] Australian Trade and Investment Commission · Temporary Graduate Visa Subclass 485 . Government Study Australia portal; work-stream durations and basic requirements.

[31] Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada · About the Post Graduation Work Permit . Eligible master's programs and the three-year PGWP; certificate/diploma programs do not fall under this master's rule.

[32] Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Post Graduation Work Permit Who Can Apply . Language and other eligibility conditions by degree level.