GRADUATE

EMPLOYMENT
SURVEY
畢業生就業問卷調查

2017

DEGREE
PROGRAMMES
學位課程
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
2017 DEGREE GRADUATES' DESTINATIONS 2
DESTINATION BY FACULTY & DEPARTMENT 3
SALARY ANALYSIS BY COURSE OF STUDY 4-7
SALARY ANALYSIS BY FACULTY & DEPARTMENT 8
DISTRIBUTION BY SALARY RANGE 9
SALARY ANALYSIS BY EMPLOYMENT SECTOR 9
NUMBER OF JOB APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED 10
MONTH TO SECURE THE FIRST JOB OFFER 10

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2017 DEGREE GRADUATES' DESTINATIONS

2.2%
Unemployed

6.3% 2.7%
Other
Full-time Further Study
83.1%
Employed/ Self-employed

5.8%
Engaged in
Temporary/
Part-time Job

* Temporary job here refers to a job with an employment

period of less than three months.

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 DESTINATION BY FACULTY & DEPARTMENT
Not seeking
Engaged in Employment/
Employed/ Full-time Total Total Response
Temp./Part-time Unemployed Emigrated/Returned
Self-employed Further Study Respondents Graduates Rate
Job to Country of Origin/
Others
Faculty of Applied
399 71.1% 55 9.8% 65 11.6% 24 4.3% 18 3.2% 561 655 85.6%
Science & Textiles
Applied Biology &
115 66.9% 9 5.2% 37 21.5% 4 2.3% 7 4.1% 172 203 84.7%
Chemical Technology
Applied Mathematics 26 70.3% 4 10.8% 5 13.5% 1 2.7% 1 2.7% 37 43 86.0%
Applied Physics 30 60.0% 5 10.0% 9 18.0% 5 10.0% 1 2.0% 50 62 80.6%
Institute of Textiles &
228 75.5% 37 12.3% 14 4.6% 14 4.6% 9 3.0% 302 347 87.0%
Clothing
Faculty of Business 547 83.3% 35 5.3% 44 6.7% 15 2.3% 16 2.4% 657 788 83.4%
Logistics and Maritime
141 80.1% 13 7.4% 11 6.3% 9 5.1% 2 1.1% 176 207 85.0%
Studies
Management and 130 86.7% 10 6.7% 6 4.0% 3 2.0% 1 0.7% 150 184 81.5%
Marketing
School of Accounting and 276 83.4% 12 3.6% 27 8.2% 3 0.9% 13 3.9% 331 397 83.4%
Finance
Faculty of Construction & 462 89.4% 15 2.9% 28 5.4% 5 1.0% 7 1.4% 517 573 90.2%
Environment
Building & Real Estate 165 91.2% 4 2.2% 8 4.4% 1 0.6% 3 1.7% 181 199 91.0%
Building Services
105 89.7% 1 0.9% 8 6.8% 2 1.7% 1 0.9% 117 130 90.0%
Engineering
Civil & Environmental
144 86.7% 7 4.2% 10 6.0% 2 1.2% 3 1.8% 166 185 89.7%
Engineering
Land Surveying & 48 90.6% 3 5.7% 2 3.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 53 59 89.8%
Geo-Informatics
Faculty of Engineering 668 83.4% 30 3.7% 57 7.1% 19 2.4% 27 3.4% 801 949 84.4%
Aeronautical & Aviation
31 77.5% 3 7.5% 1 2.5% 5 12.5% 0 0.0% 40 45 88.9%
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering 25 96.2% 1 3.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 26 32 81.3%
Computing 121 87.7% 6 4.3% 7 5.1% 2 1.4% 2 1.4% 138 161 85.7%
Electrical Engineering 107 86.3% 1 0.8% 8 6.5% 2 1.6% 6 4.8% 124 139 89.2%
Electronic & Information 117 73.6% 8 5.0% 26 16.4% 3 1.9% 5 3.1% 159 217 73.3%
Engineering
Industrial & Systems 166 85.6% 7 3.6% 8 4.1% 4 2.1% 9 4.6% 194 223 87.0%
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering 101 84.2% 4 3.3% 7 5.8% 3 2.5% 5 4.2% 120 132 90.9%
Faculty of Humanities 133 71.9% 15 8.1% 26 14.1% 2 1.1% 9 4.9% 185 219 84.5%
Chinese & Bilingual
Studies 88 74.6% 8 6.8% 15 12.7% 0 0.0% 7 5.9% 118 141 83.7%

Chinese Culture 12 54.5% 4 18.2% 4 18.2% 0 0.0% 2 9.1% 22 25 88.0%

English 33 73.3% 3 6.7% 7 15.6% 2 4.4% 0 0.0% 45 53 84.9%
Faculty of Health & Social
645 93.6% 18 2.6% 11 1.6% 7 1.0% 8 1.2% 689 783 88.0%
Sciences
Faculty of Health & Social # # # # # # # # # # 1 1 100.0%
Sciences
Applied Social Sciences 94 78.3% 11 9.2% 8 6.7% 4 3.3% 3 2.5% 120 139 86.3%
Health Technology &
122 97.6% 2 1.6% 0 0.0% 1 0.8% 0 0.0% 125 135 92.6%
Informatics
Rehabilitation Sciences 161 94.7% 1 0.6% 3 1.8% 2 1.2% 3 1.8% 170 194 87.6%
School of Nursing 240 98.0% 4 1.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.4% 245 278 88.1%
School of Optometry 27 96.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 3.6% 28 36 77.8%
School of Design 160 80.8% 19 9.6% 4 2.0% 7 3.5% 8 4.0% 198 238 83.2%
School of Hotel &
295 78.5% 43 11.4% 16 4.3% 9 2.4% 13 3.5% 376 466 80.7%
Tourism Management

TOTAL 3,309 83.1% 230 5.8% 251 6.3% 88 2.2% 106 2.7% 3,984 4,671 85.3%

# Graduate designations of some programmes, in which their numbers of graduates are small, are masked for privacy consideration.
* For groupings with small base, results should be interpreted with care.
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SALARY ANALYSIS BY COURSE OF STUDY
2017 2016 % Change of
Avg. Salary
(2017/2016)
No. of Grad. Avg. Salary No. of Grad. Avg. Salary

Faculty of Applied Science & Textiles

Applied Biology & Chemical Technology

12047 BSc Chemical Technology 4 # 8 $16,693 N/A

12447 BSc Chemical Technology Applied Biology with Biotechnology 42 $14,443 19 $12,319 17.2%

12051 BSc Applied Biology with Biotechnology N/A N/A 9 $13,731 N/A

12451 BSc Applied Biology with Biotechnology 29 $15,098 14 $13,450 12.2%

12054 BSc Food Safety & Technology N/A N/A 10 $13,263 N/A

12454 BSc Food Safety & Technology 36 $13,884 31 $13,859 0.2%

12455 BSc Chemical Technology 4 # 2 # N/A

Applied Mathematics

63023 BSc Investment Science 2 # 10 $17,258 N/A

63423 BSc Investment Science 24 $15,211 25 $13,946 9.1%

Applied Physics

11039 BSc Engineering Physics N/A N/A 2 # N/A

11439 BSc Engineering Physics 30 $15,221 36 $13,826 10.1%

Institute of Textiles & Clothing

14090 BA Fashion & Textiles N/A N/A 7 $16,314 N/A

14490 BA Fashion & Textiles 228 $14,809 202 $13,911 6.5%

Faculty of Business

Logistics and Maritime Studies

02004GSC BBA Global Supply Chain Management 1 # 2 # N/A

02402GSC BBA Global Supply Chain Management 74 $16,700 61 $14,804 12.8%

02004IST BBA International Shipping & Transport Logistics 3 # 2 # N/A

02402IST BBA International Shipping & Transport Logistics 63 $15,637 67 $14,494 7.9%

Management & Marketing

02002MGT BBA Management N/A N/A 2 # N/A

02402MGT BBA Management 56 $15,799 44 $14,073 12.3%

02002MKT BBA Marketing N/A N/A 9 $19,600 N/A

02402MKT BBA Marketing 74 $15,874 47 $14,830 7.0%

School of Accounting & Finance

02002BAC BBA Accountancy 7 $19,970 46 $15,700 27.2%

02402BAC BBA Accountancy 162 $15,497 142 $14,628 5.9%

02002BAF BBA Accounting & Finance 1 # 15 $16,163 N/A

02402BAF BBA Accounting & Finance 68 $16,743 70 $15,257 9.7%

02002BFS BBA Financial Services N/A N/A 10 $16,269 N/A

02402BFS BBA Financial Services 35 $18,815 21 $16,908 11.3%

21045 BBA Accountancy 3 # 30 $13,752 N/A

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 SALARY ANALYSIS BY COURSE OF STUDY

2017 2016 % Change of

Avg. Salary
No. of Grad. Avg. Salary No. of Grad. Avg. Salary (2017/2016)

Faculty of Construction & Environment

Building & Real Estate

32105BEM BSc Building Engineering & Management N/A N/A 3 # N/A

32405BEM BSc Building Engineering & Management 35 $22,090 22 $22,795 -3.1%

32405PMT BSc Property Management 32 $16,463 22 $16,883 -2.5%

32105SUR BSc Surveying 1 # 1 # N/A

32405SUV BSc Surveying 97 $19,967 N/A N/A N/A

Building Services Engineering

33077 BEng Building Services Engineering N/A N/A 1 # N/A

33081 BEng Building Services Engineering N/A N/A 2 # N/A

33460 BEng Building Services Engineering 47 $19,663 N/A N/A N/A

33477 BEng Building Services Engineering 55 $20,098 N/A N/A N/A

33481 BEng Building Services Engineering 3 # N/A N/A N/A

Civil & Environmental Engineering

31069 BEng Civil Engineering N/A N/A 5 # N/A

31469 BEng Civil Engineering 102 $19,890 80 $19,872 0.1%

31073 BSc Environment & Sustainable Development 2 # 2 # N/A

31473 BSc Environment & Sustainable Development 19 $15,936 15 $13,580 17.4%

31070 BSc Environmental & Occupational Safety & Health N/A N/A 1 # N/A

31470 BSc Environmental & Occupational Safety & Health 21 $18,245 20 $16,780 8.7%

Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics

34014 BSc Geomatics N/A N/A 2 # N/A

34414 BSc Geomatics 48 $18,809 45 $16,401 14.7%

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

05004 BBA/BEng Business Administration and Engineering N/A N/A 34 $19,635 N/A

05407 BEng Air Transport Engineering N/A N/A 26 $15,265 N/A

Aeronautical & Aviation Engineering

48401 BEng Air Transport Engineering 31 $14,947 N/A N/A N/A

Biomedical Engineering

47001 BSc Biomedical Engineering N/A N/A 2 # N/A

47401 BSc Biomedical Engineering 25 $17,322 17 $16,705 3.7%

Computing

61031 BSc Computing 1 # 30 $18,191 N/A

61032 BSc/BBA Computing and Management 1 # 20 $16,455 N/A

61431FCS BSc Computing 43 $17,027 73 $15,684 8.6%

61031DLS BSc/BSc Computing and Geomatics N/A N/A 1 # N/A

61432DCS BSc/BBA Computing and Management 15 $19,099 N/A N/A N/A

61031FIS BSc Enterprise Information Systems 1 # 11 $20,966 N/A

61431FIS BSc Enterprise Information Systems 26 $16,916 N/A N/A N/A

61031FIT BSc Information Technology N/A N/A 1 # N/A

61431FIT BSc Information Technology 34 $17,507 N/A N/A N/A

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 SALARY ANALYSIS BY COURSE OF STUDY

2017 2016 % Change of

Avg. Salary
(2017/2016)
No. of Grad. Avg. Salary No. of Grad. Avg. Salary

Electrical Engineering

41070 BEng Electrical Engineering 5 # 6 $20,445 N/A

41470 BEng Electrical Engineering 75 $19,742 45 $19,194 2.9%

41081 BEng Transportation Systems Engineering 1 # 2 # N/A

41481 BEng Transportation Systems Engineering 26 $17,564 18 $16,255 8.1%

Electronic & Information Engineering

42070 BEng Electronic & Information Engineering 4 # 26 $17,168 N/A

42470 BEng Electronic & Information Engineering 56 $16,137 43 $16,125 0.1%

42079 BEng Electronic Engineering N/A N/A 1 # N/A

42479 BEng Electronic Engineering 1 # 3 # N/A

42480 BSc Information Security 32 $18,009 N/A N/A N/A

42077 BSc Internet & Multimedia Technologies 2 # 15 $15,492 N/A

42477 BSc Internet & Multimedia Technologies 22 $16,107 23 $15,683 2.7%

Industrial & Systems Engineering

02004 BSc Logistics Engineering & Management N/A N/A 2 # N/A

05003PEM BEng Product Engineering with Marketing N/A N/A 2 # N/A

05403PEM BEng Product Engineering with Marketing 17 $16,250 31 $14,346 13.3%

45085 BEng Industrial & Systems Engineering 4 # 3 # N/A

45485 BEng Industrial & Systems Engineering 37 $16,210 29 $15,052 7.7%

45087 BEng Product Engineering with Marketing N/A N/A 3 # N/A

45461FTM BEng Product Engineering with Marketing 39 $16,101 N/A N/A N/A

45495FTM BEng Product Engineering with Marketing 3 # 42 $14,991 N/A

45092 BSc Enterprise Engineering with Management N/A N/A 2 # N/A

45492 BSc Enterprise Engineering with Management 33 $17,546 26 $17,838 -1.6%

45494 BSc Logistics Engineering & Management 33 $16,200 45 $14,547 11.4%

Mechanical Engineering

05003PDE BEng Product Analysis & Engineering Design N/A N/A 2 # N/A

05403PDE BEng Product Analysis & Engineering Design 30 $15,775 21 $14,519 8.6%

43078 BEng Mechanical Engineering 2 # 9 $16,939 N/A

43478 BEng Mechanical Engineering 69 $17,688 64 $17,701 -0.1%

Faculty of Humanities

Chinese & Bilingual Studies

72416 BA Bilingual Studies 35 $14,609 44 $12,880 13.4%

72018 BA Chinese & Bilingual Studies N/A N/A 2 # N/A

72418 BA Chinese & Bilingual Studies 53 $16,363 34 $13,588 20.4%

Chinese Culture

77403 BA Bilingual Interdisciplinary Chinese Studies 12 $13,255 14 $13,119 1.0%

English

71018 BA English Studies for the Professions N/A N/A 1 # N/A

71418 BA English Studies for the Professions 33 $13,796 33 $16,285 -15.3%

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 SALARY ANALYSIS BY COURSE OF STUDY

2017 2016 % Change of

Avg. Salary
No. of Grad. Avg. Salary No. of Grad. Avg. Salary (2017/2016)

Faculty of Health & Social Sciences

Faculty of Health & Social Sciences

06405 BSc Applied Ageing Studies 1 # 24 $15,306 N/A

Applied Social Sciences

54439SW BA Social Work 59 $20,176 41 $19,604 2.9%

54039SPA BA Social Policy & Administration N/A N/A 1 # N/A

54439SPA BA Social Policy & Administration 35 $14,736 44 $14,021 5.1%

Health Technology & Informatics

55002MLS BSc Medical Laboratory Science 1 # N/A N/A N/A

55408 BSc Medical Laboratory Science 39 $28,431 38 $27,866 2.0%

55003 BSc Radiography 1 # N/A N/A N/A

55403 BSc Radiography 81 $31,949 85 $31,014 3.0%

Rehabilitation Sciences

51056 BSc Physiotherapy N/A N/A 5 # N/A

51456 BSc Physiotherapy 82 $29,786 92 $29,208 2.0%

51057 BSc Occupational Therapy N/A N/A 1 # N/A

51457 BSc Occupational Therapy 79 $29,760 69 $28,564 4.2%

School of Nursing

53082 BSc Mental Health Nursing N/A N/A 54 $31,384 N/A

53482 BSc Mental Health Nursing 60 $31,428 N/A N/A N/A

53055 BSc Nursing 1 # 168 $30,216 N/A

53455 BSc Nursing 179 $31,556 N/A N/A N/A

School of Optometry

52044 BSc Optometry 1 # 26 $30,015 N/A

52444 BSc Optometry 26 $33,183 N/A N/A N/A

School of Design

73016 BA Design 1 # 5 # N/A

73416 BA Design 110 $14,293 111 $14,064 1.6%

73432 BA Digital Media 19 $14,628 18 $14,119 3.6%

73036 BA Interactive Media N/A N/A 1 # N/A

73436 BA Interactive Media 30 $14,971 32 $14,810 1.1%

School of Hotel & Tourism Management

24027 BSc Hotel Management N/A N/A 1 # N/A

24429 BSc Hotel Management N/A N/A 61 $14,856 N/A

24442HMH BSc Hotel Management 103 $17,903 103 $15,861 12.9%

24460 BSc Hotel Management 58 $15,983 N/A N/A N/A

24430 BSc Tourism Management N/A N/A 57 $14,129 N/A

24442HMT BSc Tourism Management 45 $15,330 63 $14,260 7.5%

24461 BSc Tourism Management 55 $14,215 N/A N/A N/A

24437 BSc Convention & Event Management N/A N/A 47 $13,577 N/A

24462 BSc Convention & Event Management 34 $13,581 N/A N/A N/A

* For groupings with small base, results should be interpreted with care. Certain programmes are not shown on the table given their small numbers of graduates and for the privacy consideration.
# The salary information was not released for privacy consideration.

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SALARY ANALYSIS BY FACULTY & DEPARTMENT
2017 2016 % Change of
Avg. Salary
No. of Grad. Avg. Salary No. of Grad. Avg. Salary (2017/2016)

Faculty of Applied Science & Textiles 399 $14,787 375 $13,966 5.9%

Applied Biology & Chemical Technology 115 $14,486 93 $13,619 6.4%

Applied Mathematics 26 $15,429 35 $14,892 3.6%

Applied Physics 30 $15,221 38 $13,822 10.1%

Institute of Textiles & Clothing 228 $14,809 209 $13,991 5.8%

Faculty of Business 547 $16,218 568 $14,969 8.3%

Logistics and Maritime Studies 141 $16,248 132 $14,636 11.0%

Management & Marketing 130 $15,842 102 $15,001 5.6%

School of Accounting & Finance 276 $16,380 334 $15,090 8.5%

Faculty of Construction & Environment 462 $19,493 411 $18,792 3.7%

Building & Real Estate 165 $19,738 133 $19,060 3.6%

Building Services Engineering 105 $19,975 108 $19,829 0.7%

Civil & Environmental Engineering 144 $19,089 123 $18,403 3.7%

Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics 48 $18,809 47 $16,666 12.9%

Faculty of Engineering 668 $17,205 678 $16,593 3.7%

Faculty of Engineering N/A N/A 60 $17,742 N/A

Aeronautical & Aviation Engineering 31 $14,947 N/A N/A N/A

Biomedical Engineering 25 $17,322 19 $17,447 -0.7%

Computing 121 $17,409 136 $16,794 3.7%

Electrical Engineering 107 $19,241 71 $18,338 4.9%

Electronic & Information Engineering 117 $16,634 111 $16,113 3.2%

Industrial & Systems Engineering 166 $16,582 185 $15,209 8.9%

Mechanical Engineering 101 $17,156 96 $17,352 -1.1%

Faculty of Humanities 133 $14,984 128 $14,145 5.9%

Chinese & Bilingual Studies 88 $15,666 80 $13,299 17.8%

Chinese Culture 12 $13,255 14 $13,119 1.0%

English 33 $13,796 34 $16,559 -16.7%

Faculty of Health & Social Sciences 645 $29,035 648 $27,606 5.2%

Faculty of Health & Social Sciences 1 # 24 $15,306 N/A

Applied Social Sciences 94 $18,150 86 $16,683 8.8%

Health Technology & Informatics 122 $30,845 123 $30,041 2.7%

Rehabilitation Sciences 161 $29,773 167 $28,982 2.7%

School of Nursing 240 $31,488 222 $30,500 3.2%

School of Optometry 27 $32,917 26 $30,015 9.7%

School of Design 160 $14,455 167 $14,184 1.9%

School of Hotel & Tourism Management 295 $15,947 332 $14,756 8.1%

TOTAL 3,309 $19,041 3,307 $18,047 5.5%

# The salary information was not released for privacy consideration.

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 DISTRIBUTION BY SALARY RANGE
% of Total
2017

25.0% 23.6% 23.6% 2016

22.4%
21.2%
20.1%
20.0%

16.0%

15.0% 14.3%
12.8%

10.0% 9.3% 9.0%

8.7%
7.3%
5.8%
4.5%
5.0%

0.9%
0.4%
0.0%
$8,000- $10,000- $12,000- $14,000- $16,000- $18,000- $20,000- Above
$9,999- $11,999- $13,999- $15,999- $17,999- $19,999- $21,999- $21,999-

Total No. of Employed Degree Graduates in 2017: 3,309

Total No. of Employed Degree Graduates in 2016: 3,307

SALARY ANALYSIS BY EMPLOYMENT SECTOR

2017 2016 % Change of
Avg. Salary
(2017/2016)
Employment Sector No. of Grad. Avg. Salary No. of Grad. Avg. Salary

Community/Social Services 716 $26,979 713 $25,745 4.8%

Business Services/Real Estate 663 $15,331 661 $14,619 4.9%

Engg./Archi./Technical Services 370 $17,639 344 $16,980 3.9%

Trading/Wholesale & Retail 288 $16,842 266 $15,643 7.7%

Manufacturing 256 $16,204 288 $15,358 5.5%

Transport/Storage/Telecomm. 241 $16,372 229 $15,518 5.5%

Financial Institution/Insurance 182 $19,018 159 $16,845 12.9%

Construction 178 $20,457 206 $19,561 4.6%

Hospitality/Tourism 166 $16,564 199 $14,855 11.5%

Education 165 $14,370 167 $13,999 2.6%

Government 75 $22,605 69 $23,093 -2.1%

Others/Information N. A. 9 $15,312 6 $14,394 6.4%

TOTAL 3,309 $19,041 3,307 $18,047 5.5%

* For groupings with small base, results should be interpreted with care.

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 NUMBER OF JOB APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED

80.9%

12.4%

4.1%
2.6%
2017

78.8%

13.8%

4.0%
3.4%
2016

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

1 to 20 21 to 40 41 to 60 61 or above

MONTH TO SECURE THE FIRST JOB OFFER

99.2% 100.0%
97.0%
100.0% 92.3%
84.7% 100.0%
97.0% 99.3%
91.9%
80.0% 83.5%
71.2%

70.0%
60.0%

50.5%
48.4%
40.0% 30.0%
29.8%

20.0%

2017 2016
0.0%

By end of May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

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