Ministry of Education, Singapore

GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY

The Graduate Employment Survey (GES) is conducted annually to survey the employment conditions of the graduates, about six months after their graduation. The Ministry of Education publishes the results of the key employment indicators of the survey every year to provide prospective students with timely and comparable data to assist them in making informed course decisions. 12,998 graduates from the three publicly-funded universities were surveyed and the overall response rate obtained was 75%. MOE has taken all reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of the data but will not be liable for any inaccuracies. Students should make use of the data below at their own discretion.

NTU: 2011 GES Employment Rate1 and Salary of Graduates By Bachelors Degree
Overall Degree
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Employment Rate Employment3 Rate (%) (%) 97.5 90.5 N.A. 89.9 75.8 90.8 94 95.7 87.4 90.3 84.8 93.8 87.9 88.5 98.1 81.1 93.8 89.7 83.5 91 N.A. 92.2 86.2 81.2 N.A. 79.1 87.2 90.9 91.4 100 100 96.3 87.4 N.A. 88.9 72.7 88.4 94 94 85.1 87.2 84.8 90.6 83.6 86.8 98.1 55.8 87.7 80.3 76.9 81.1 N.A. 84.4 84.5 71.8 N.A. 75.1 82.1 87.9 91.4 100 100

Full-Time Permanent

Basic Monthly Salary4 ($) Mean 2819 3092 N.A. 3419 2949 3076 2959 3436 3331 3082 2933 2946 2836 3002 2822 2408 2872 2840 3037 2754 N.A. 2995 2821 2779 N.A. 2778 2842 2945 3069 2958 2945 Median 2700 3000 N.A. 3500 2850 3000 3000 3200 3000 3000 3000 3000 2900 2900 2800 2500 3000 2800 2925 3000 N.A. 3075 2900 2800 N.A. 2800 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 Mean 2,900 3,245 N.A. 3,489 3,094 3,276 3,115 3,577 3,425 3,243 3,034 3,196 3,047 3,152 2,906 2,563 3,044 2,960 3,209 2,976 N.A. 3,125 3,055 2,981 N.A. 2,956 3,125 3,024 3,226 3,407 3,381

Gross Monthly Salary5 ($) Median 2,700 3,000 N.A. 3,500 3,000 3,200 3,000 3,250 3,200 3,100 3,000 3,200 3,000 3,000 2,800 2,500 3,100 2,900 3,150 3,100 N.A. 3,200 3,150 3,000 N.A. 2,950 3,100 3,000 3,200 3,300 3,300 25th Percentile 2,700 2,700 N.A. 3,100 2,800 3,000 2,800 3,000 2,900 2,900 2,800 2,900 2,800 2,800 2,800 2,350 2,775 2,500 2,800 2,775 N.A. 2,950 2,675 2,600 N.A. 2,600 2,800 2,700 2,800 3,300 3,300 75th Percentile 2,900 3,600 N.A. 3,900 3,500 3,500 3,400 3,800 3,500 3,500 3,300 3,500 3,300 3,385 3,000 3,000 3,300 3,200 3,500 3,200 N.A. 3,450 3,403 3,250 N.A. 3,200 3,200 3,300 3,500 3,500 3,600

College of Business (Nanyang Business School) Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours programme) Business (3-yr direct Honours programme) Business and Computing** College of Engineering Aerospace Engineering Bioengineering Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science Electrical & Electronic Engineering Environmental Engineering Information Engineering and Media Materials Engineering Mechanical Engineering Maritime Studies College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences Art, Design & Media Chinese Communication Studies Economics English Literature Linguistics and Multilingual Studies** Psychology Sociology College of Science Biological Sciences Biomedical Sciences** Chemistry & Biological Chemistry Mathematical Sciences Physics & Applied Physics Mathematical Sciences & Economics National Institute of Education (NIE) Arts (with Education) Science (with Education)

Source: Graduate Employment Survey conducted by NTU Additional Notes: 1. The employment rates refer to the number of graduates employed as a proportion of economically active graduates (i.e. graduates who have entered the labour market) as at 1 Nov 2011 (i.e. approximately 6 months after completing their final examinations). 2. Overall employment includes all types of full-time and part-time/temporary employment. 3. Full-time permanent employment refers to employment of at least 35 hours a week and where the employment is not temporary. It includes those on contracts of one year or more. 4. Basic monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises basic pay before deductions of the employees CPF contributions and personal income tax. Employers CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, overtime payments, commissions, allowances, other monetary and lump sum payments, and payments-in-kind are excluded. 5. Gross monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises the basic salary, fixed allowances, overtime pay and commissions. Employers CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, other lump sum payments, and payments-in-kind are excluded. 6. National Institute of Education (NIE) is an autonomous institute of NTU. 7. **: No data is shown due to the small number/proportion of respondents.

8. The above table reflects the preliminary results of the employment survey. Frequently Asked Questions: 1. What is the difference between mean and median salaries? The Mean monthly salary is an average of the salaries of the full-time permanently employed graduates. The Median monthly salary is the salary of the 'central' (i.e. 50th Percentile) graduate in the set of full-time permanently employed graduates when they are arranged in a sequential order by salary. It is useful to refer to these 2 indicators together. The median is a useful reference when the salary data is not evenly distributed (e.g. when the group contains graduates with exceptionally low or high salaries, especially when the number of respondents is relatively small). For example, although the median gross monthly salary for the Business course offered by NTU shows that 50% of the graduates are earning $3,000 or less, the mean gross monthly salary is about $3,245. This indicates that there are some high earners who have raised the mean salary. In contrast, the mean gross monthly salary of Information Engineering and Media graduates is relatively similar to the median gross monthly salary. This indicates that salaries are more evenly distributed on both sides of the median for this group of graduates. 2. What do the 25th and 75th percentile Gross Monthly Salaries indicate? If there are 100 students from that course who responded, then the 25th percentile (i.e. the lower quartile) Gross Monthly Salary indicates that 75 graduates earn more than that salary and 25 graduates earn more than the 75th percentile (i.e. the upper quartile) of the Gross Monthly Salary indicated.