The University of Hong Kong

Careers Education and Placement Centre

Where did the 1996 B.Eng. - Civil & Structural Engineering (Main Stream) 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 (Main Stream) majors : -

• 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 77 respondents who reported to major in Civil & Structural Engineering (Main Stream), 75 graduates (97%) were in full-time employment within six months of graduation. 2.6% (or 2 graduates) went on for further studies. No unemployment was reported. (Table 1)

* 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

The 2 graduates who pursued further studies went to the U.S.A. for a master course in civil and structural engineering (Table 2). Table 3 shows the source of finance for their studies.

Source of Finance	No. of Graduates
Own Fund	1

Table 3. Source of finance for further studies

No Response = 1

IV. Time Taken to Secure Employment

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

Figure 1. Time taken to secure employment

V. Employment Sectors

80% of the 1996 Civil & Structural Engineering (main stream) graduates were employed in commerce & industry, followed by 20% in civil service. (Figure 2)

Figure 2. Employment sectors

Figure 3. Employment sectors by sex

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income

Table 4 shows the basic salary and gross income that 1996 Civil & Structural Engineering (main stream) graduates received.

* 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

85% (or 64) of the graduates in full-time employment had two or more job offers. (Figure 4).

Figure 4. No. of full-time job offers

VIII. Names of employers and Job titles

The job titles of the 75 graduates who took up full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below.

No Response = 10

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.

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