Civil & Structural Engineering

*Where did the 1999 Civil & Structural Engineering (Environmental 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 Civil & Structural Engineering (Environmental Engineering) graduates : -

How many were employed six months after graduation ?

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 13 graduates from this programme, 12 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.

	BENG(CEEP)				HKU Overall*
	1999		1998		1999		1998
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents	12	100	10	100	2475	100	2383	100
Employed	12	100	10	100	1928	78	1795	75
Unemployed seeking F/T job	0	0	0	0	79	3.2	157	6.6
Further Studies	0	0	0	0	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.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	-	33%
June	36%	44%
July	73%	89%
August	91%	100%
September	100%	100%

No Response = 1

IV. Employment Sectors
The majority of graduates in Civil & Structural Engineering (Environmental Engineering) were employed in commerce & industry, while others were employed in the civil service.

	% of graduates
Sector	1999	1998
Commerce & Industry	67%	60%
Civil Service	33%	40%

V. Basic Salary and Gross Income
The remuneration received by graduates in Civil & Structural Engineering (Environmental Engineering) is shown below.

	Basic Salary				Gross Income
	BENG(CEEP)		HKU Average*		BENG(CEEP)		HKU Average*
	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998
Mean	$14,449	$15,023	$14,480	$15,496	$15,124	$16,579	$15,716	$16,557
Median	$12,800	$15,700	$10,870	$12,300	$13,867	$17,283	$11,917	$13,325
Minimum	$10,000	$8,000	$1,000	$1,000	$10,833	$8,667	$3,000	$5,000
Maximum	$19,000	$17,460	$58,000	$58,000	$20,583	$25,975	$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.

VI. Number of Full-Time Job Offers
The number of job offers received by graduates in Civil & Structural Engineering (Environmental Engineering) is shown in the following table.

*No. of job offers received*	No. of graduates (% of graduates)
One	6 (55%)
Two	3 (27%)
Three	2 (18%)

No Response = 1

VII. Names of Employers and Job Titles
The job titles of graduates in Civil & Structural Engineering (Environmental Engineering) in full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below.

*Employers*	Job Titles
CIVIL SERVICE -
HKSAR - Civil Engineering Department	Civil Engineering Graduate
HKSAR - Environmental Protection Department	Environmental Engineering Graduate
HKSAR - Environmental Protection Department	Environmental Engineering Graduate
HKSAR - Highways Department	Civil Engineering Graduate

COMMERCE & INDUSTRY -
China State Construction Engineering Corporation	Technical Assistant
Chun Wo Construction & Engineering Co Ltd	Graduate Engineer
Flour City Architectural Metals (Asia) Ltd	Quality Assurance Coordinator
Golden Associates (HK) Ltd	Environmental Engineer
Maunsell Consultants (Asia) Ltd	Graduate Engineer
Maunsell Consultants (Asia) Ltd	Graduate Engineer
Maunsell Consultants (Asia) Ltd	Graduate Engineer
Organization's name not reported	Marketing Executive

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.

VIII. 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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