The University of Hong Kong

Careers Education and Placement Centre

Where did the 1996 M.Arch. 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 M.Arch. 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 52 M.Arch. graduates, 26 responded to our survey, representing a response rate of 50%. Of these, 89% were in full-time employment within six months of graduation. 7.7% (or 2 graduates) went on for further studies. The remaining 1 graduate (3.8%) was still looking for full-time employment at the time of the survey in December 1996 (Table 1).

	M.Arch.												HKU Overall (Taught Masters)
	Total				Male				Female
	'96		'95		'96		'95		'96		'95		'96		'95
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents	26	100	33	100	15	100	24	100	11	100	9	100	98	100	77	100
F/T employed	23	88.5	33	100	14	93.3	24	100	9	81.8	9	100	88	89.8	74	96.1
P/T employed seeking F/T job	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.0	1	1.3
Unemployed seeking F/T job	1	3.8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9.1	0	0	2	2.0	1	1.3
Further studies	2	7.7	0	0	1	6.7	0	0	1	9.1	0	0	4	4.1	0	0
Emigration/home country	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.0	1	1.3
Not seeking F/T job	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.0	0	0

Table 1. Employment situation

III. Further Studies

Table 2 shows the programme of study pursued by the graduate who took up further studies, and Table 3 shows the source of finance.

Field of Study	Academic programme
	Adv.Diploma/Diploma	Others
Civil & Structural Engineering	1
Others		1

Table 2. Academic programmes

Source of Finance	No. of Graduates
Own Fund	1
Full Scholarship	1

Table 3. Source of finance for further studies

IV. Time Taken to Secure Employment

All the graduates were able to secure employment before the end of September 1996.

Figure 1. Time taken to secure employment

V. Employment Sectors

All the 1996 M.Arch. graduates were employed in commerce and industry.

Figure 2. Employment sectors

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income

The remuneration received by 1996 M.Arch. graduates is shown in Table 4.

	Basic Salary				Gross Income
	M.Arch.		HKU Average *		M.Arch.		HKU Average *
	‘96	‘95	‘96	‘95	‘96	‘95	‘96	‘95
Mean	$24,657	$23,818	$25,246	$22,948	$26,545	$25,553	$27,483	$25,256
Median	$24,000	$23,000	$24,000	$23,000	$26,650	$24,917	$24,850	$23,900
Minimum	$20,000	$20,000	$10,000	$10,400	$21,667	$23,000	$10,000	$11,267
Maximum	$32,000	$29,000	$70,000	$62,665	$34,667	$31,417	$87,000	$79,665

Table 4. Basic salary and gross income

* income received by taught master graduates

VII. Number of Full-Time Job Offers

61% of the M.Arch. graduates had more than one job offer. (Figure 3)

Figure 3. No. of full-time job offers

VIII. Names of employers and job titles

The job titles of the 23 graduates who took up full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below. (Table 5)

Employers :	Job Titles :
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY -
* Andrew Lee King Fun & Associates	* Architectural Assistant
* Architects & Engineering Ltd	* Graduate Architect
* Chau, Ku & Leung Architects & Engineers Ltd	* Assistant Architect
* CYS & Associates	* Assistant Architect
* D.Heung & Associates Architects & Engineers	* Architectural Assistant
* Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers(HK) Ltd	* Assistant Architect
* Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (HK) Ltd	* Architectural Assistant
* Ho & Partners Architects	* Assistant Manager
* Hsin Yieh Architects & Associates Ltd	* Architectural Assistant
* Hsin Yieh Architects & Associates Ltd	* Architectural Assistant
* Kwan & Associates Architects Ltd	* Architectural Officer
* Kwan Architects & Associates	* Architectural Officer
* Kwan Associates & Architects	* Architectural Officer
* L C T Associates	* Architectural Assistant
* Leung & Chow Architects Planners Ltd	* Architectural Assistant
* Ling Chan & Partners	* Assistant Architect
* Ronald Lu & Partners (H.K.) Ltd	* Architectural Assistant
* WCWP International Ltd	* Architectural Assistant
* Wong & Ou Yang (HK) Ltd	* Assistant Architectural Designer
* Wong Tung & Partner Ltd	* Architectural Assistant
* Wong Wah Sang Architect All Arts Ltd	* Assistant Architect
* Organisation’s name not reported	* Architectural Assistant
* Organisation’s name not reported	* Assistant Architectural Designer

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.

Margaret Lee
Nelson Yip

August, 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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