<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Some engineering students would love to work for Google, a new global ranking shows.Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Some engineering students would love to work for Google if they got the chance.</li><li>Universum asked college students what employers they most want to work for.</li></ul><p>Google ranked as the No. 1 most desirable employer for engineering students around the world in a new ranking from Universum.</p><p>The US <a target="_blank" href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CGBD2024">unemployment rate</a> for young college grads is climbing, and <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/white-collar-jobs-remote-office-workers-cant-get-hired-2024-9">job opportunities are cooling</a>. Many workers are <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/quit-job-great-resignation-big-stay-changing-jobs-market-2023-5">holding tight onto their positions</a>.</p><p>Still, soon-to-be graduates or students preparing for the future are excited to hopefully work for particular companies. Engineering students worldwide find Google, Microsoft, and Mercedes-Benz Group as attractive employers.</p><p>Universum, an employer branding specialist, creates annual <a target="_blank" href="https://universumglobal.com/rankings/wmae/">World's Most Attractive Employers</a> rankings using what thousands of students of varying college grade levels and countries said their up to top five ideal employers were.</p><p>China, Italy, India, and the US were four of the nine countries that student participants were from; the survey collection varied among countries but took place between September 2023 and May 2024.</p><p>"Airbus made a remarkable jump of 10 spots, bolstered by its appeal amidst the struggles of competitor Boeing," a Universum press release said about the ranking among engineering students. "However, there was a notable decline in interest in manufacturing roles."</p><p>Below are the top 15 companies that engineering students from different countries said they really want to work for.</p>