Published in 2020
14,612 full-time and 1,106 follow-up graduates from NTU, NUS, SMU and SUSS were surveyed in November 2019 and the overall response rates obtained were 78.1% and 74.8%, respectively.
2019 GES Employment Rates and Salaries of NTU, NUS, SMU and SUSS Graduates by Course Clusters
Source: MOE
FULL-Time Graduates
Course/Institution Clusters Overall Employment Rate Full-Time Permanent Employment Rate Gross Monthly Median Salary
2016 2017 2018 2019 2016 2017 2018 2019 2016 2017 2018 2019
Arts, Design & Media 85.30% 91.20% 89.30% 87.30% 62.50% 61.60% 69.80% 62.40% $2,800 $2,944 $3,000 3,200
Built Environment 91.60% 93.10% 92.00% 92.60% 88.60% 87.70% 87.30% 87.30% $3,300 $3,200 $3,400 $3,500
Business 94.30% 95.60% 94.50% 94.60% 88.20% 90.00% 89.70% 88.80% $3,200 $3,200 $3,450 $3,500
Dentistry 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 97.30% $4,050 $4,050 $4,050 $4,200
Education (NIE) 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 99.40% 100.00% $3,525 $3,600 $3,800 $3,800
Engineering 86.20% 86.00% 89.50% 88.40% 79.70% 79.30% 84.10% 83.30% $3,400 $3,500 $3,600 $3,750
Health Sciences 95.50% 91.70% 95.80% 97.10% 87.10% 87.50% 83.80% 88.40% $3,375 $3,450 $3,489 $3,500
Humanities & Social Sciences 88.80% 85.40% 86.70% 88.00% 72.60% 69.40% 71.20% 74.50% $3,300 $3,300 $3,400 $3,500
Information & Digital Technologies 93.50% 94.00% 94.60% 95.40% 90.20% 89.80% 91.70% 92.70% $3,788 $4,000 $4,100 $4,400
Music 85.70% 73.30% 81.00% 82.60% 14.30% 26.70% 23.80% 39.10% $3,250 $2,225 $1,800 $3,500
Sciences 84.10% 82.20% 84.20% 86.90% 68.40% 64.90% 68.70% 71.50% $3,200 $3,250 $3,390 $3,500
Yale-NUS - 93.30% 90.40% 95.80% - 76.40% 80.70% 79.00% - $3,500 $3,700 $3,800
Follow-up Graduates
Architecture7 ** 93.20% 91.30% NA 100.00% 89.80% 86.40% NA 96.00% $4,000 $4,000 NA $4,100
Biomedical Sciences and Chinese Medicine 94.40% 92.00% 90.90% 95.20% 88.90% 80.00% 81.80% 85.70% $2,500 $2,950 $3,000 $3,000
Law 97.00% 95.80% 95.30% 97.00% 95.10% 92.30% 91.80% 95.00% $4,900 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000
Medicine** 99.40% 100.00% 99.40% 99.60% NA 100.00% NA 99.60% $5,000 $5,000 NA $5,300
Pharmacy 99.10% 99.10% 96.60% 100.00% 97.20% 94.50% 93.20% 95.50% $3,600 $3,600 $3,650 $3,750
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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 2019 (i.e. approximately 6 months after completing their final examinations).
2. The Joint Graduate Employment Survey is conducted by the six Autonomous Universities (NTU, NUS, SIT, SMU, SUSS and SUTD) every year to collect information on the employment status of graduates around six months after the completion of their final examinations. Due to their different academic calendars, NUS, NTU, SMU and SUSS conduct their surveys in November each year, while SUTD and SIT conduct their surveys in February and March respectively. The 2019 results detailed above are for NUS, NTU, SMU and SUSS. The 2017 are for NUS, NTU and SMU only.
3. Appendix lists all courses under each course cluster. Course-level employment indicators can be found in the respective AUs’ web publications at www.moe.gov.sg/education/post-secondary/.
4. Overall employment rate refers to the number of graduates working on a full-time permanent, part-time, temporary or freelance basis, as a proportion of graduates in the labour force (i.e. those who were working, or not working but actively looking and available for work).
5. 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.
6. Gross monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises basic salary, overtime payments, commissions, fixed allowances and other regular cash payments, before deductions of the employee’s CPF contributions and personal income tax. Employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, lump sum payments, and payments-in-kind are excluded.
7. Data on Biomedical Sciences and Chinese Medicine, Law, Medicine, and Pharmacy graduates are obtained from a follow-up survey on
2018 graduates after they have completed their one-year practical law course/pupillage/housemanship/first-year residency/practical
training. Data on architecture graduates are obtained from a follow-up survey on 2016 architecture graduates after they have completed
their practical training.
8. **: No data is shown for certain years due to the small number of graduates and/or low response rates.
Appendix: List of Course Clusters and Courses
Course Clusters NTU NUS SIT SMU SUSS SUTD
Arts, Design
& Media Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) Bachelor of Arts (Industrial
Design)Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Digital Art and Animation- - -
Bachelor of Communication
Studies (Hons)Bachelor of Arts/Arts
(Hons)/Social Sciences
(majors in Theatre Studies
and Communications and
New Media)Bachelor of Arts in Game
Design
Bachelor of Arts with
Honours in Communication
Design
Bachelor of Arts with
Honours in Interior Design
Built
EnvironmentBachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Civil Engineering)Bachelor of Arts
(Architecture)- - - Bachelor of Science
(Architecture and
Double Degree in Bachelor Sustainable Design)
Double Degree in Bachelor Sustainable Design)
of Engineering (Hons) (Civil
Engineering) and Bachelor
of Arts (Hons) in EconomicsBachelor of Engineering (Civil
Engineering)
Bachelor of Science (Project
and Facilities Management)
Bachelor of Science (Real
Estate)
Business Bachelor of Accountancy
(Hons)
Bachelor of Business
AdministrationBachelor of Accountancy
with HonoursBachelor of Accountancy Bachelor of Accountancy -
Double Degree in Bachelor
of Accountancy (Hons) and
Bachelor of Business (Hons)Bachelor of Business
Administration
(Accountancy)Bachelor of Professional
Studies in Culinary Arts
ManagementBachelor of Business
ManagementBachelor of Science in
Finance
Bachelor of Business (Hons) Bachelor of Business
Administration
(Accountancy) (Hons)Bachelor of Hospitality
Business with HonoursBachelor of Science in
Marketing
Bachelor of Science (Hons)
(Maritime Studies)Bachelor of Business
Administration (Hons)
Dentistry - Bachelor of Dental Surgery - - - -
Education
(NIE)Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
(Education)- - - - -
Bachelor of Science (Hons)
(Education)
Engineering Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Aerospace
Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering
(Biomedical Engineering)Bachelor of Science in
Electrical Engineering &
Information Technology- - Bachelor of Engineering
(Engineering Product
Development)
Double Degree in Bachelor
of Engineering (Hons)
(Aerospace Engineering)
and Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
in EconomicsBachelor of Engineering
(Chemical Engineering)Bachelor of Science in
Chemical EngineeringBachelor of Engineering
(Engineering Systems and
Design)
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Bioengineering)Bachelor of Engineering
(Electrical Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Chemical
Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Chemical And
Biomolecular Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering
(Engineering Science)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Mechanical
Design Engineering
Double Degree in Bachelor
of Engineering (Hons)
(Chemical And Biomolecular
Engineering) and Bachelor
of Arts (Hons) in EconomicsBachelor of Engineering
(Environmental Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Mechatronics
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Electrical &
Electronic Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering
(Industrial and Systems
Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Aeronautical
Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Environmental
Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering
(Materials Science and
Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Aerospace
Systems
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Information
Engineering & Media)Bachelor of Engineering
(Mechanical Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Marine
Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Information
Engineering & Media)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Naval
Architecture
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Materials
Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Offshore
Engineering
Double Degree in Bachelor
of Engineering (Hons)
(Materials Engineering) and
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
EconomicsBachelor of Engineering with Honours in Mechanical
Design and Manufacturing
Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Mechanical
Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Electrical Power
Engineering
Double Degree in Bachelor
of Engineering (Hons)
(Mechanical Engineering)
and Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
in EconomicsBachelor of Engineering with Honours in Sustainable
Infrastructure Engineering
(Land)
Health
Sciences- Bachelor of Science (Nursing) Bachelor of Science with
Honours in Nursing Practice- - -
Bachelor of Science (Nursing)
(Hons)Bachelor in Science
(Occupational Therapy)
Bachelor of Science
(Pharmacy)Bachelor in Science
(Physiotherapy)
Bachelor in Science
(Diagnostic Radiography)
Bachelor in Science
(Radiation Therapy)
Humanities &
Social
SciencesBachelor of Arts (Hons) in
ChineseBachelor of Arts (excluding majors in Theatre Studies and Communications & New
Media)Bachelor of Arts with
Honours in Criminology and SecurityBachelor of Social Science - -
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
EconomicsBachelor of Arts (Hons)
(excluding majors in Theatre Studies and Communications
& New Media)Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
EnglishBachelor of Environmental
Studies (specialisation in Environmental Geography)
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
HistoryBachelor of Social Sciences
(excluding majors in Theatre
Studies and Communications
& New Media)
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
Linguistics And Multilingual
Studies
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
Philosophy
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
Psychology
Information
& Digital
TechnologiesDouble Degree in Bachelor
of Business (Hons) and
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Computer Science)Bachelor of Computing
(Communications and
Media)Bachelor of Science in
Computer Science in RealTime Interactive SimulationBachelor of Science
(Information Systems)- Bachelor of Engineering
(Information Systems
Technology and Design)
Double Degree in Bachelor
of Business (Hons) and
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Computer
Engineering)**Bachelor of Computing
(Computational Biology)Bachelor of Science with
Honours in Computing
Science
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Computer
Engineering)Bachelor of Computing
(Computer Science)Bachelor of Science in
Computer Science and Game Design
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Computer Science)Bachelor of Computing
(Electronic Commerce)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Information and
Communication Technology
(Information Security)
Bachelor of Computing
(Information Security)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Information and
Communication Technology
(Software Engineering)
Bachelor of Computing
(Information Systems)
Bachelor of Engineering
(Computer Engineering)
Bachelor of Science (Business
Analytics)
Law - Bachelor of Laws - Bachelor of Laws - -
Medicine - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery - - - -
Sciences Bachelor of Science (Hons)
in Biological SciencesBachelor of Applied Science Bachelor of Science with Honours in Food and Human Nutrition - - -
Double Degree in Bachelor
of Science (Hons) in
Biomedical Sciences and
Bachelor of Medicine
(Chinese Medicine)Bachelor of Applied Science
(Hons)
Bachelor of Science (Hons)
in Chemistry & Biological
ChemistryBachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science (Hons)
in Mathematical SciencesBachelor of Science (Computational Biology)
Bachelor of Science (Hons)
in Mathematics &
EconomicsBachelor of Science (Hons)
Bachelor of Science (Hons)
in Physics/Applied PhysicsBachelor of Environmental Studies (specialisation in Environmental Biology)
Yale-NUS - - Bachelor of Arts with
Honours- - - -
Bachelor of Science with
Honours
Frequently Asked Questions:
1. What is median salary?
The median monthly salary is the salary of the ‘central’ (i.e. 50th Percentile) graduate in a set of full-time permanently employed graduates when they are arranged in a sequential order by salary. 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).
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 the 75th percentile (i.e. the upper quartile) indicates that 25 graduates earn more than the gross monthly salary indicated.
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