The University of Hong Kong

Careers Education and Placement Centre

Where did the 1996 B. Eng. - Civil & Structural 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 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

Out of 100 Civil & Structural Engineering graduates, 85 responded to our survey, representing a response rate of 85%. Of these, 97% were in full-time employment within six months of graduation. The remaining 3.5% (or 3 graduates) took up further studies. No-one was unemployed. (Table 1)

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

All of the 3 graduates who pursued further studies went to U.K. Table 2 shows the academic programmes they were engaged in and Table 3 shows the source of finance.

Table 2. Academic programmes

No Response = 1

Table 3. Source of finance for further studies

IV.Time Taken to Secure Employment

Among those graduates who were in full-time employment, 98% secured their first job offer before the end of August. The percentage increased to 100% by the end of September. (Figure 1)

Figure 1. Time taken to secure employment

V. Employment Sectors

79% of the 1996 Civil & Structural graduates were employed in commerce and industry. The remaining 21% joined the civil service. (Figure 2) Compared with other engineering disciplines, civil engineering had the highest percentage of graduates joining the civil service.

Figure 2. Employment sectors

Figure 3. Employment sectors by sex

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income

The remuneration received by 1996 Civil & Structural graduates is shown in Table 4.

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. graduates.

VII.Number of Full-Time Job Offers

84% of the graduates in full-time employment had more than one job offer. 61% reported having received three to eight or more job offers (Figure 4). Each Civil & Structural Engineering graduate on average received 3.1 job offers, the highest among all curricula..

Figure 4. No. of full-time job offers

VIII. Names of Employers and Job Titles

Of the 82 graduates in full-time employment. All of them worked as civil / structural engineering trainees. Their job titles and the names of their employers are listed below.

No Response = 13

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