Published in 2022
14,921 fresh and 1,100 follow-up graduates from NUS, NTU, SMU and SUSS were surveyed in November 2021 and the overall response rates obtained were 75.2% and 71.6% respectively.
2021 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 2020 2021 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Arts, Design & Media 85.30% 91.20% 89.30% 87.30% 92.30% 92.6% 62.50% 61.60% 69.80% 62.40% 50.10% 69.3% $2,800 $2,944 $3,000 $3,200 $3,300 $3,500
Built Environment 91.60% 93.10% 92.00% 92.60% 93.90% 94.5% 88.60% 87.70% 87.30% 87.30% 72.50% 88.9% $3,300 $3,200 $3,400 $3,500 $3,500 $3,600
Business 94.30% 95.60% 94.50% 94.60% 95.30% 97.0% 88.20% 90.00% 89.70% 88.80% 76.00% 88.7% $3,200 $3,200 $3,450 $3,500 $3,500 $3,723
Dentistry 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.0% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 97.30% 100.00% 100.0% $4,050 $4,050 $4,050 $4,200 $4,200 $4,200
Education (NIE) 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.0% 100.00% 100.00% 99.40% 100.00% 99.10% 100.0% $3,525 $3,600 $3,800 $3,800 $3,800
$3,798
Engineering 86.20% 86.00% 89.50% 88.40% 93.60% 94.0% 79.70% 79.30% 84.10% 83.30% 71.60% 86.9% $3,400 $3,500 $3,600 $3,750 $3,900 $3,900
Health Sciences 95.50% 91.70% 95.80% 97.10% 97.40% 95.7% 87.10% 87.50% 83.80% 88.40% 83.30% 85.9% $3,375 $3,450 $3,489 $3,500 $3,500 $3,635
Humanities & Social Sciences 88.80% 85.40% 86.70% 88.00% 92.10% 91.2% 72.60% 69.40% 71.20% 74.50% 61.80% 75.6% $3,300 $3,300 $3,400 $3,500 $3,500 $3,550
Information & Digital Technologies 93.50% 94.00% 94.60% 95.40% 94.80% 97.8% 90.20% 89.80% 91.70% 92.70% 87.30% 93.7% $3,788 $4,000 $4,100 $4,400 $4,760 $5,000
Music 85.70% 73.30% 81.00% 82.60% 69.20% 82.4% 14.30% 26.70% 23.80% 39.10% 15.40% 35.3% $3,250 $2,225 $1,800 $3,500 $3,275 $3,100
Sciences 84.10% 82.20% 84.20% 86.90% 91.60% 91.7% 68.40% 64.90% 68.70% 71.50% 55.40% 75.8% $3,200 $3,250 $3,390 $3,500 $3,500 $3,600
Yale-NUS - 93.30% 90.40% 95.80% 90.90% 89.8% - 76.40% 80.70% 79.00% 68.20% 73.9% - $3,500 $3,700 $3,800 $4,038 $4,150
Follow-up Graduates
Architecture7 ** 93.20% 91.30% NA 100.00% 94.00% 97.7% 89.80% 86.40% NA 96.00% 91.00% 96.6% $4,000 $4,000 NA $4,100 $4,000 $4,000
Biomedical Sciences and Chinese Medicine 94.40% 92.00% 90.90% 95.20% 94.70% 90.9% 88.90% 80.00% 81.80% 85.70% 84.20% 77.3% $2,500 $2,950 $3,000 $3,000 $3,000 $3,100
Law 97.00% 95.80% 95.30% 97.00% 93.40% 97.9% 95.10% 92.30% 91.80% 95.00% 88.60% 95.5% $4,900 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,600
Medicine** 99.40% 100.00% 99.40% 99.60% 100.00% N.A. NA 100.00% NA 99.60% 100.00% N.A. $5,000 $5,000 NA $5,300 $5,250 N.A.
Pharmacy 99.10% 99.10% 96.60% 100.00% 99.30% 95.9% 97.20% 94.50% 93.20% 95.50% 93.70% 91.9% $3,600 $3,600 $3,650 $3,750 $3,700 $3,915
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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 2021 (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 2021 results detailed above are for NUS, NTU, SMU and SUSS.
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 2018/2019/2020 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 2016/2017/2018 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 NUS NTU SMU SUTD SIT SUSS
Arts, Design
& Media Bachelor of Arts (Industrial
Design)Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) - - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Art and Animation -
Bachelor of Arts/Arts
(Hons)/Social Sciences
(majors in Theatre Studies and Communications and
New Media)Bachelor of Communication
Studies (Hons)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 Arts
(Architecture)Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Civil Engineering)- Bachelor of Science
(Architecture and Sustainable Design)Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Civil Engineering-
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil
Engineering)Double Degree in Bachelor
of Engineering (Hons) (Civil
Engineering) and Bachelor
of Arts (Hons) in EconomicsBachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Sustainable
Infrastructure Engineering
(Building Services)
Bachelor of Science (Project
and Facilities Management)
Bachelor of Science (Real
Estate)
Business Bachelor of Business
AdministrationBachelor of Accountancy
(Hons)
Bachelor of Accountancy - Bachelor of Accountancy
with HonoursBachelor of Accountancy
Bachelor of Business
Administration
(Accountancy)Double Degree in Bachelor
of Accountancy (Hons) and
Bachelor of Business (Hons)Bachelor of Business
ManagementBachelor of Professional
Studies in Culinary Arts
ManagementBachelor of Science in
Finance
Bachelor of Business
Administration
(Accountancy) (Hons)Bachelor of Business (Hons) Bachelor of Hospitality
Business with HonoursBachelor of Science in
Marketing
Bachelor of Business
Administration (Hons)Bachelor of Science (Hons)
(Maritime Studies)Bachelor of Business
Administration in Food
Business ManagementBachelor of Human Resource Management
Bachelor of Science in Supply
Chain Management
Engineering Bachelor of Engineering
(Biomedical Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Aerospace
Engineering)- Bachelor of Engineering
(Engineering Product
Development)Bachelor of Science in
Electrical Engineering &
Information Technology-
Bachelor of Engineering
(Chemical Engineering)Double Degree in Bachelor
of Engineering (Hons)
(Aerospace Engineering)
and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in EconomicsBachelor of Engineering
(Engineering Systems and
Design)Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
(Electrical Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Bioengineering)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Chemical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
(Engineering Science)Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Chemical And
Biomolecular Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Mechanical
Design Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
(Environmental Engineering)Double Degree in Bachelor
of Engineering (Hons)
(Chemical And Biomolecular
Engineering) and Bachelor
of Arts (Hons) in EconomicsBachelor of Engineering with Honours in Mechatronics
Bachelor of Engineering
(Industrial and Systems
Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Electrical &
Electronic Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Aeronautical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
(Materials Science and
Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Environmental
Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Aerospace Systems
Bachelor of Engineering
(Mechanical Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Information
Engineering & Media)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Marine Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Materials
Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Naval Architecture
Double Degree in Bachelor
of Engineering (Hons)
(Materials Engineering) and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in EconomicsBachelor of Engineering with Honours in Offshore Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Mechanical
Engineering)Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering
Double Degree in Bachelor
of Engineering (Hons)
(Electrical and Electronic
Engineering) and Bachelor
of Arts (Hons) in EconomicsBachelor of Engineering with Honours in Electrical Power Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Sustainable
Infrastructure Engineering
(Land)
Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Systems Engineering (ElectroMechanical Systems)
Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Telematics
(Intelligent Transportation
Systems Engineering)
Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Pharmaceutical
Engineering
Bachelor of Food Technology
with Honours
Health
SciencesBachelor of Science (Nursing) - - - Bachelor of Science with
Honours in Nursing-
Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (Hons) Bachelor in Science with Honours (Occupational Therapy)
Bachelor of Science
(Pharmacy)Bachelor in Science with
Honours (Physiotherapy)
Bachelor in Science with
Honours (Diagnostic
Radiography)
Bachelor in Science with
Honours (Radiation Therapy)
Humanities &
Social SciencesBachelor of Arts (excluding
majors in Theatre Studies
and Communications &
New Media)Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
ChineseBachelor of Science
(Economics)- Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Criminology and Security -
Bachelor of Arts (Hons)
(excluding majors in
Theatre Studies and
Communications & New
Media)Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
EconomicsBachelor of Social Science
Bachelor of Environmental
Studies (specialisation in
Environmental Geography)Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
English
Bachelor of Social Sciences
(excluding majors in
Theatre Studies and
Communications & New
Media)Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
History
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
Linguistics And Multilingual
Studies
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
Philosophy
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
Psychology
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
Public Policy and Global Affairs
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
Sociology
Bachelor of Science (Hons)
(Sport Science and Management)
Double Major in Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English Literature and Art History
Double Major in Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Psychology and Linguistics & Multilingual Studies
Double Major in Bachelor of
Arts (Hons) in Economics and Psychology
Double Major in Bachelor of
Arts (Hons) in Economics
and Public Policy & Global
Affairs
Double Major in Bachelor of
Arts (Hons) in Psychology
and Media Analytics
Information & Digital Technologies Bachelor of Computing
(Computer Science)Double Degree in Bachelor
of Business (Hons) and
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Computer Engineering)Bachelor of Science
(Information Systems)Bachelor of Engineering
(Information Systems
Technology and Design)Bachelor of Science in
Computer Science in RealTime Interactive Simulation-
Bachelor of Computing
(Information Security)Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Computer
Engineering)Bachelor of Science with
Honours in Computing
Science
Bachelor of Computing
(Information Systems)Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Computer Science)Bachelor of Science in
Computer Science and Game
Design
Bachelor of Engineering
(Computer Engineering)Double Degree in Bachelor
of Engineering (Hons)
(Computer Science) and
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
EconomicsBachelor of Engineering in
Information and
Communications Technology
(Software Engineering)
Bachelor of Science
(Business Analytics)Double Degree in Bachelor
of Business (Hons) and
Bachelor of Engineering
(Hons) (Computer Science)Bachelor of Engineering in
Information and Communications Technology
(Information Security)
Bachelor of Science (Data
Science and Analytics)
Sciences Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science (Hons)
in Biological Sciences- - - -
Bachelor of Science
(Computational Biology)Bachelor of Science (Hons)
in Chemistry and Biological
Chemistry
Bachelor of Science (Hons) Bachelor of Science (Hons)
in Mathematical Sciences
Bachelor of Environmental
Studies (specialisation in
Environmental Biology)Bachelor of Science (Hons)
in Mathematics and Economics
Bachelor of Science (Hons)
in Physics and Applied Physics
Bachelor of Science (Hons)
in Biomedical Sciences
Bachelor of Science in
Environmental Earth
Systems Science (Hons)- - - -
Double Degree in Bachelor
of Science (Hons) in
Biomedical Sciences and
Bachelor of Medicine
(Chinese Medicine)
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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