Computer Engineering

*Where did the 1999 Computer Engineering graduates go ?*
	Careers Education and Placement Centre

I. Introduction

The information in this paper is extracted from the Graduate Employment Survey of 1999 to answer the following questions about Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering graduates : -

How many were employed six months after graduation ?

Among those who pursued further studies, what programmes were they enrolled in ?

Among those who were employed full-time, how long did it take them to get their first job offer ?

In which sectors were they employed ?

How much salary did they receive ?

How many job offers did they receive ?

Who were their employers and what were their job titles ?

II. Employment Situations in 1999
Of the 61 graduates from this programme, 60 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.

	BENG(CE)				HKU Overall*
	1999		1998		1999		1998
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents	60	100	61	100	2475	100	2383	100
Employed	45	75	46	75	1928	78	1795	75
Unemployed seeking F/T job	1	1.7	1	1.6	79	3.2	157	6.6
Further Studies	14	23	14	23	455	18	413	17
Emigrated/Returned to home country	0	0	0	0	4	0.2	3	0.1
Not seeking F/T job	0	0	0	0	9	0.4	15	0.6

* 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
Fourteen graduates proceeded to postgraduate studies. The tables below show the academic programmes that they pursued and their sources of funds.

	Academic Programme
Field of Study	M.Phil.	Master (Coursework)
Computer Science	5	8
Electrical/Electronic Engineering	1

*Source of Funds*	No. of Graduates
Own Funds	7
Teaching Assistantship/Studentship	5
Government Grant & Loan	1
Scholarship & Teaching Assistantship/Studentship	1

IV. Time Taken to Secure Employment
The time taken for graduates to secure employment is shown below.

	% of new graduates who have secured employment
By the end of	1999	1998
May or before	11%	33%
June	50%	50%
July	73%	72%
August	84%	87%
September	93%	91%
October	98%	94%
November	100%	98%
December	100%	100%

No Response = 1

V. Employment Sectors
The majority of graduates in Computer Engineering were employed in commerce & industry, while others were employed in educational institutions and community, social & personal services.

	% of graduates
Sector	1999	1998
Commerce & Industry	93%	98%
Educational Institutions	5%	2%
Community, Social & Personal Services	2%	-

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income
The remuneration received by graduates in Computer Engineering is shown below.

	Basic Salary				Gross Income
	BENG(CE)		HKU Average*		BENG(CE)		HKU Average*
	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998
Mean	$11,901	$12,571	$14,480	$15,496	$12,571	$13,988	$15,716	$16,557
Median	$12,000	$12,200	$10,870	$12,300	$12,763	$14,083	$11,917	$13,325
Minimum	$6,000	$8,000	$1,000	$1,000	$6,000	$8,667	$3,000	$5,000
Maximum	$18,100	$23,100	$58,000	$58,000	$18,100	$23,100	$60,000	$59,000

* 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
The number of job offers received by graduates in Computer Engineering is shown in the following table.

*No. of job offers received*	No. of graduates (% of graduates)
One	15 (34%)
Two	16 (36%)
Three	7 (16%)
Four	2 (4.5%)
Five	1 (2.3%)
Six	2 (4.5%)
Eight or more	1 (2.3%)

No Response = 1

VIII. Names of Employers and Job Titles
The job titles of graduates in Computer Engineering in full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below.

*Employers*	Job Titles
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS -
The University of Hong Kong	Information Technology Programmer
The University of Hong Kong	Technician

COMMERCE & INDUSTRY -
ABC Ltd	Software Engineer
Azeus Systems Ltd	Junior Associate
Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd	Programmer
Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd	Programmer
Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd	Senior Technical Officer
Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd	Senior Technical Officer
Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd	Software Engineer
Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd	Technical Officer
Chevalier Group of Co	Programmer
City Telecom (HK) Ltd	Programmer
Control & Automation Ltd	Engineer
Diffinc Ltd	System Designer
EcVision Ltd	Associate Software Engineer
ELM Computer Technologies Ltd	Assistant Software Engineer
Fosson Ltd	Programmer
Gold Quest International Ltd	System Programmer
Hong Kong Intelligent Transport Services Ltd	System Develop Engineer
Hong Kong Intelligent Transport Services Ltd	System Develop Engineer
IBM (China/HK) Ltd	Information Technology Trainee
ICO Ltd	Programmer
Infotalk Corporation Ltd	Engineer
Integrated Corporation	Engineer
Kinetix System Ltd	Associate Consultant
Kinetix System Ltd	Associate Consultant
Muttiable Co	Information Technology Consultant
Netcast Information Ltd	Programmer
Network Computing Service	System Engineer
Peopleware Systems Ltd	Programmer
Peopleware Systems Ltd	Programmer
Peopleware Systems Ltd	Programmer
Polymedia Co Ltd	Software Engineer
PricewaterhouseCoopers	Consultant
Progressive Technology Ltd	Programmer
R G Digital Ltd	Web Programmer
Show Cyber Media Ltd	Information Technology Developer
Start Vision Networks Ltd	Programmer
Sun Microsystem of California Ltd	Associate System Support Engineer
Topdomain Network Ltd	Programmer
Winco (Pacific) Ltd	Computer Engineer
Organization's name not reported	Programmer
Organization's name not reported	Programmer
Organization's name not reported	System Developer

No Response = 1

Note : Some of the 1999 graduates indicated willingness to talk to individual students about their work. Contact numbers can be obtained from counsellors at the CePc.

XI. Similar information on graduates from other disciplines is available for reference in the Careers Library. Please contact the CePc for further details.

Careers Education and Placement Centre

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Cindy Chan

August, 2000

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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