NUS graduates enjoy high employment rate and better salaries
Higher starting salaries[1] for fresh graduates in full-time permanent employment from 22 courses and better employment rates for fresh graduates from 13 courses
Full employment for fresh graduates from Accountancy (Hons), Dentistry, Nursing and follow-up graduates from Medicine
Close to 9 in 10 fresh graduates from Business, Computing, Design & Environment and Engineering employed within 6 months of completing their final exams
Graduates of the National University of Singapore (NUS) continue to enjoy high employment rates and competitive salaries in 2014. In particular, NUS fresh graduates from 22 courses in full-time permanent employment achieved higher starting salaries[1], while employment rates for fresh graduates in 13 courses have improved.
These results were based on the latest Joint Graduate Employment Survey 2014, which was jointly conducted by NUS and two other autonomous universities.
Professor Tan Eng Chye, NUS Deputy President (Academic Affairs) and Provost, said, "The latest Graduate Employment Survey reflects the consistently strong industry demand for NUS graduates. At NUS, we remain committed to adapt our education to better prepare our graduates for a faster-paced workplace in the future. In tandem, the University is also expanding our career preparation programmes, broadening our engagement with industry partners and adding new leadership development courses through our Centre for Future-ready Graduates. These initiatives will ensure that our students possess expertise and perspectives that are important and relevant to businesses and industries. In doing so, we hope to maintain the high employability of NUS graduates."
Close to 9 in 10 NUS fresh graduates secured employment within 6 months after final exams; Almost full employment for follow-up NUS graduates
A total of 6,090 full-time fresh NUS graduates from the Class of 2014 and 725 follow-up NUS graduates participated in the joint survey. The overall employment rate[2] for fresh graduates from NUS was about 89%, which is comparable to last year. Fresh graduates from Accountancy (Hons), Dentistry, Nursing, and Medicine graduates who have completed their housemanship, enjoyed 100% overall employment rates. Close to 9 in 10 fresh graduates from Business, Computing, Design & Environment, and Engineering were employed within 6 months of completing their final exams. Similarly, follow-up graduates from Architecture, Law and Pharmacy achieved more than 90% overall employment rates.
In addition, graduates from 13 courses in Social Sciences, Business, Computing, Dentistry, Engineering, Nursing, Real Estate and Science recorded an improvement in employment rates in 2014, compared to 2013. Please refer to the Annex 1 for the list of the courses in which fresh graduates have achieved higher employment rates compared to 2013.
Higher salaries for NUS fresh graduates and follow-up graduates in full-time permanent employment
The survey also revealed that the mean gross monthly salary of fresh graduates from NUS in full-time permanent employment was $3,Saadiah Rahmat in 2014, which is 3.7% higher than that in 2013.
The median gross monthly salary of fresh NUS graduates in full-time permanent employment was $3,200 in 2014, which is 6.7% higher than that in 2013.
Fresh graduates from 22 courses in Arts and Social Sciences, Business, Computing, Engineering, Nursing, Real Estate and Science have achieved improvement in starting salaries. Please refer to Annex 2 for the list of courses in which fresh graduates have achieved higher starting salaries compared to 2013.
The mean gross monthly salary for follow-up NUS graduates in full-time permanent employment was $4,711, which is 2% higher than that in 2013. The median gross monthly salary for these graduates was $4,750, which is 5.6% higher than that in 2013. In addition, follow-up graduates from Architecture and Pharmacy enjoyed higher mean and median gross monthly salaries than in 2013.
[1] Starting salary refers to graduates ' median gross monthly salary.
[2] The overall employment rate refers to the number of graduates working in full-time permanent, part-time and temporary employment, as a proportion of economically-active graduates. Economically-active graduates refer to those who are working, and those who are not working but are actively looking and available for work.
