Formação e trabalho de mestres e doutores em química titulados no Brasil Master and doctors of chemistry from brazilian universities: training and jobs

• Main Authors: Mauro Mendes Braga, Sérgio de Azevedo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2002-07-01
• Series: Química Nova
• Subjects: chemistry graduates; evaluation; training and jobs
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422002000400028

<abstract language="eng">This article reports questions related to the training and jobs of chemistry graduates from Brazilian universities. It is focussed on academic and career paths and on relations between knowledge and work. The main questions addressed in this study were: what have been the paths since undergraduate education? what were graduates doing before their enrolment in master and doctoral programs? Which were their motivations for this? Where do graduates work now? How do they appraise some aspects of their graduate education? Did the degree enlarge their job opportunities and improve work quality? How much do they earn?