Student employment and study effort for engineering students

The aim of this paper is to examine which factors effect student employment and study effort in a setting where engineering students are financially supported both such that their education is free of cost but also such that they receive financial support for living costs while studying. In addition, we wish to answer if the full-time student is under demise in these settings as opposed to settings without financial support [1, 2]. The research consisted of a web-based survey amongst all students at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Employment had an influence on the study effort, but the majority studied full-time. Like in a study from Norway [3], the students in this survey had fewer employment hours and studied more than those in studies from e.g. UK and US [4, 5, 6]. Government financial support seems to limit the amount of hours university students spend on paid work but not the percentage of students who take on paid work. Thus, full-time studies with benefits of increased capabilities and experience gained through employment could be aided by proper policies.Additionally, one of the highest impacts on study activity was the perceived study environment. The engineering students have four hours of confrontation with an instructor for each five ECTS points course. It is to be expected as they generally spend a majority of their studying hours at the university. This study is to our knowledge the first to study student employment and study effort for Danish engineering students.