Graduate Employment Survey 2009 (published 2010)

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The latest graduate employment survey reports are out.

The 2009 batch of graduates from NUS, NTU and SMU were asked about their starting pay and whether they were employed on a permanent basis.

The highest starting salaries come from the 4-year Information Systems Management programme at Singapore Management University. Those who graduated from this course with at least a Cum Laude (“with honour”) got a median starting pay of $4,000. One quarter of them earn $4,600 and above. However, only 72.2% of them are employed on a full-time permanent basis.

The worst performing course is the NTU Art, Design & Media. A mere 61.7% of the graduates are permanently employed. Half of them earned $2,300 and less.

Here are the rankings:

Top Median Gross Monthly Salaries (in brackets are the 75th-percentile salaries)

  1. SMU Information Systems Management (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $4,000 ($4,600)
  2. SMU Economics (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,200 ($4,000)
  3. SMU Economics (4-yr programme) – $3,000 ($3,763)
  4. NUS Business Administration (Honours) – $3,000 ($3,600)
  5. SMU Business Management (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,000 ($3,500)
  6. NUS Chemical Engineering – $3,000 ($3,500)
  7. NUS Industrial & Systems Engineering – $3,000 ($3,450)
  8. NUS Dental Surgery – $3,000 ($3,400)
  9. NTU Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering – $3,000 ($3,300)
  10. NTU Aerospace Engineering – $3,000 ($3,250)
  11. NTU Arts (with Education) – $3,000 ($3,200)
  12. NUS Information Systems – $2,975 ($3,250)
  13. NTU Physics & Applied Physics – $2,950 ($3,000)
  14. NUS Computer Engineering – $2,900 ($3,440)
  15. NTU Chemistry & Biological Chemistry – $2,900 ($3,300)
  16. NUS Computer Science – $2,900 ($3,290)
  17. NTU Computer Science – $2,900 ($3,250)
  18. NTU Science (with Education) – $2,900 ($3,200)
  19. NTU Computer Engineering – $2,900 ($3,200)
  20. NUS Mechanical Engineering – $2,900 ($3,200)
  21. NUS Science (Honours) – $2,900 ($3,200)

The Dumping Grounds by Starting Pay (Gross Monthly)

  1. NTU Art, Design & Media – $2,300 ($2,800)
  2. NTU Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours programme) – $2,400 ($2,500)
  3. NUS Business Administration (Accountancy) – $2,400 ($2,500)
  4. NUS Applied Science – $2,500 ($2,500)
  5. NUS Science – $2,500 ($2,600)
  6. NUS Arts – $2,500 ($2,600)
  7. NUS Business Administration (3-yr programme) – $2,500 ($2,700)
  8. SMU Social Sciences (4-yr programme) – $2,500 ($2,850)
  9. NTU Maritime Studies – $2,500 ($2,900)
  10. SMU Accountancy (4-yr programme) – $2,500 ($2,950)
  11. NUS Nursing – $2,550 ($2,700)
  12. NTU Environmental Engineering – $2,600 ($2,900)
  13. NTU Communication Studies – $2,600 ($2,900)
  14. NUS Real Estate – $2,600 ($3,000)
  15. NUS Applied Science (Honours) – $2,600 ($3,000)
  16. SMU Accountancy (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $2,600 ($4,000)

Top Permanent Employment Rate (in brackets are the average salaries)

  1. NUS Nursing – 100.0% ($2,568)
  2. NTU Science (with Education) – 100.0% ($3,030)
  3. NTU Arts (with Education) – 100.0% ($3,109)
  4. NUS Dental Surgery – 100.0% ($3,176)
  5. NTU Chinese – 98.0% ($2,756)
  6. NUS Business Administration (Accountancy) – 97.1% ($2,448)
  7. SMU Accountancy (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – 96.8% ($3,586)
  8. NUS Computer Engineering – 95.7% ($2,890)
  9. SMU Accountancy (4-yr programme) – 95.3% ($3,073)
  10. NUS Applied Science (Honours) – 94.7% ($2,674)
  11. NTU Computer Science – 94.3% ($2,930)
  12. NUS Material Science and Engineering – 93.8% ($2,880)
  13. NUS Civil Engineering – 92.9% ($2,801)
  14. SMU Economics (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – 92.6% ($3,606)
  15. NUS Industrial & Systems Engineering – 92.5% ($3,099)
  16. NUS Business Administration (Honours) – 92.1% ($3,389)
  17. NUS Information Systems – 91.1% ($2,918)
  18. NTU Civil Engineering – 90.8% ($2,769)
  19. NTU Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours programme) – 90.0% ($2,529)

The Dumping Grounds by Employability

  1. NTU Art, Design & Media – 61.7% ($2,431)
  2. NUS Environmental Engineering – 63.2% ($2,667)
  3. NUS Communication and Media – 70.8% ($2,536)
  4. SMU Social Sciences (4-yr programme) – 72.0% ($2,613)
  5. SMU Information Systems Management (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – 72.2% ($3,754)
  6. SMU Social Sciences (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – 73.3% ($2,673)
  7. NTU Materials Engineering – 75.3% ($2,745)
  8. NUS Arts – 75.9% ($2,511)
  9. NTU Environmental Engineering – 76.3% ($2,777)
  10. NUS Science – 76.5% ($2,525)
  11. NUS Computing – 76.9% ($2,841)
  12. NUS Applied Science – 76.9% ($2,393)
  13. NTU Physics & Applied Physics – 77.8% ($2,900)
  14. NTU Communication Studies – 78.2% ($2,562)
  15. NTU Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering – 78.6% ($2,990)
  16. NTU Mechanical Engineering – 79.1% ($2,794)

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  2. Radhalakshmi Vinchurkar on

    I want to know about other private Universities in Singapore like East Asia School of Business(EASB)and of campuses housed in EASB but branches of UK universities like UWIC and Edinburgh etc. Please Reply.

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