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This chapter is part of a book based on the findings of a comparative study of the relationship between higher education and employment three to four years after graduation. The Career after Higher Education: a European Research Study (CHEERS) questioned graduates in 11 European countries and Japan about their socio-biographic background, course of study, transition to employment, current employment situation, competences and job requirements, job satisfaction, and regional and international mobility. In this chapter, the authors identify the extent to which content and process of higher education shape competences upon graduation and subsequent employment. The first part of the chapter looks at modes of teaching and learning favoured by higher education institutions, and the quality of course provisions and study conditions, as perceived by graduates retrospectively. The differences between countries, fields of study and types of programs in relation to these practices, course provisions and study conditions are examined. The second part investigates the impact of teaching and learning practices, and quality of provision, on the competences acquired as undergraduates, according to graduate retrospective assessment and income about four years after graduation.