The University of Hong Kong

Careers Education and Placement Centre

Where did the 1996 B.Eng.- Civil & Structural (Environmental Engineering) graduates go?

I.Introduction

The information contained in this paper is extracted from the Graduate Employment Survey of 1996 to answer the following questions about Civil & Structural Engineering (Environmental Engineering) graduates : -

How were they employed six months after graduation ?
Of those who pursued further studies, what programmes did they follow ?
Of those who were employed full-time, how long did it take them to secure their first job offer ?
In which sectors were they employed ?
How much did they receive in salary ?
How many job offers did they receive ?
Who were their employers and what were their job titles ?

II. Employment Situation in 1996

Of the 8 respondents who reported to major in Civil & Structural (Environmental Engineering), 7 graduates (87.5%) were in full-time employment within six months of graduation. The remaining 12.5% (or 1 graduate) took up further studies. No-one was unemployed. (Table 1)

	Civil & Structural (Environmental Engineering)						HKU Overall *
	Total		Male		Female		HKU Overall *
	'96		'96		'96		'96
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents	8	100	7	100	1	100	2139	100
F/T employed	7	87.5	7	100	0	0	1743	81.5
P/T employed seeking F/T job	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	1.6
Unemployed seeking F/T job	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	1.6
Further studies	1	12.5	0	0	1	100	314	14.7
Emigration/home country	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.28
Not seeking F/T job	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.4

Table 1. Employment situation

* HKU overall refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.,B.S. and B.D.S. graduates.

III. Further Studies

There was only one respondent (or 13%) who pursued further studies. This graduate took up a Master course in the U.K.

Field of Study	Academic programme
Field of Study	Master (Coursework)
Civil & Structural Engineering	1

Table 2. Academic programmes

Source of Finance No. of Graduates
Own Fund 1
Table 3. Source of finance for further studies

Source of Finance	No. of Graduates
Own Fund	1

IV. Time Taken to Secure Employment

Among those in full-time employment, all were able to secure employment before the end of August 1996. (Figure 1)

Figure 1. Time taken to secure employment

V. Employment Sectors

71% (or 5 graduates) of the 1996 Civil & Structural (Environmental Engineering) graduates were employed in commerce & industry. The remaining 29% (or 2 graduates) joined the civil service. (Figure 2)

Figure 2. Employment sectors

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income

The remuneration received by 1996 Civil & Structural (Environmental Engineering) graduates is shown in Table 4.

	Basic Salary		Gross Income
	Civil & Structural (Envir.Eng.)	HKU Average *	Civil & Structural Engineering (Envir.Eng.)	HKU Average *
	'96	'96	'96	'96
Mean	$14,016	$14,457	$15,316	$15,902
Median	$13,800	$12,000	$15,450	$13,542
Minimum	$13,000	$3,000	$14,083	$5,500
Maximum	$15,455	$55,000	$18,057	$60,000

Table 4. Basic salary and gross income

* HKU average refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.,B.S. and B.D.S. graudates.

VII.Number of Full-Time Job Offers

71% of the graduates in full-time employment had more than one job offer. 57% reported having received three to five job offers (Figure 3).

Figure 3. No. of full-time job offers

VIII. Names of employers and Job titles

The job titles of the graduates who took up full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below.

Employers :	Job Titles :
CIVIL SERVICE -
* Civil Engineer Department	* Civil Engineering Graduate
* Highways Department	* Civil Engineering Graduate
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY-
* Maunsell Geotechnical Services Ltd	* Graduate Geotechnical Engineer
* Organisation’s name not reported	* Graduate Engineer

No Response = 3

Table 5. List of employers and job titles

Note :Some alumni have indicated willingness to talk to individual students about their work. Their contact telephone number can be obtained from counsellors at CEPC.

IX.

Similar information on graduates from other disciplines of study are available for reference in the Careers Library. Please enquire with the CEPC.

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Margaret Lee
Nelson Yip

September, 1997

The analysis is based on information provided by the respondents, and the Careers Education & Placement Centre should not be held responsible for any errors arising therefrom.

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