Electrical & Electronic Engineering

*Where did the 1999 Electrical & Electronic 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 Electrical & Electronic 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 96 graduates from this programme, 93 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.

	*BENG(EEE)*				HKU Overall*
	1999		1998				1998
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents	93	100	89	100	2475	100	2383	100
Employed	76	82	68	76	1928	78	1795	75
Unemployed seeking F/T job	1	1.1	6	6.7	79	3.2	157	6.6
Further Studies	16	17	15	17	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
Sixteen 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)
Electrical/Electronic Engineering	11	4
Computer Science		1

*Source of Funds*	No. of Graduates
Teaching Assistantship/Studentship	8
Own Funds	5
Government Grant & Loan	2
Scholarship & Own Funds	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	19%	21%
June	54%	49%
July	88%	70%
August	93%	79%
September	99%	86%
October	100%	96%
November	100%	96%
December	100%	100%

No Response = 4

V. Employment Sectors
The majority of graduates in Electrical & Electronic Engineering were employed in commerce & industry, while others were employed in educational institutions and the civil service.

	% of graduates
Sector	1999	1998
Commerce & Industry	95%	89%
Educational Institutions	4%	5%
Civil Service	1%	3%
Community, Social & Personal Services	-	3%

No Response = 1

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

	Basic Salary				Gross Income
	BENG(EEE)		HKU Average*		BENG(EEE)		HKU Average*
	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998
Mean	$12,113	$12,756	$14,480	$15,496	$13,140	$13,950	$15,716	$16,557
Median	$11,380	$12,500	$10,870	$12,300	$12,958	$14,000	$11,917	$13,325
Minimum	$8,000	$6,000	$1,000	$1,000	$8,000	$7,583	$3,000	$5,000
Maximum	$20,000	$22,000	$58,000	$58,000	$20,400	$22,000	$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 Electrical & Electronic Engineering is shown in the following table.

*No. of job offers received*	No. of graduates (% of graduates)
One	21 (30%)
Two	21 (30%)
Three	16 (23%)
Four	6 (8.6%)
Five	5 (7.1%)
Six	1 (1.4%)

No Response = 6

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

*Employers*	Job Titles
CIVIL SERVICE -
HKSAR - Electrical & Mechanical Services Department	Electrical Engineering Graduate

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS -
The University of Hong Kong	Research Assistant

COMMERCE & INDUSTRY -
Andersen Consulting Co Ltd	Analyst
Andersen Consulting Co Ltd	Analyst
Asiasoft (HK) Ltd	System Engineer
Associated Engineers Ltd	Management Trainee
Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd	Account Executive
Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd	Graduate Programmer
Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd	Trainee Engineer
Dophen Engineering Co Ltd	Engineering Trainee
Dymek Asia Co	Technical Support Engineer
Echolink Design Ltd	Electrical Engineer
Echolink Design Ltd	Electrical Engineer
Expert System IVR (Asia) Ltd	Assistant Engineer
Fujitsu (HK) Ltd	Software Development Engineer
Fujitsu (HK) Ltd	Software Development Engineer
Fujitsu (HK) Ltd	Software Development Engineer
Gilman Office Automation	System Engineer
Hewlett Packard (HK) Ltd	Software Support Engineer
Hong Kong Intelligent Transport Services Ltd	System Develop Engineer
Hong Kong Intelligent Transport Services Ltd	System Develop Engineer
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd	System Analyst/Programmer
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd	System Analyst/Programmer
Hutchison Telecommunications (HK) Ltd	Engineer Trainee
Hutchison Telecommunications (HK) Ltd	Engineer Trainee
Hutchison Telecommunications (HK) Ltd	Engineer Trainee
Hyder Consulting Ltd	Graduate Engineer
Hyder Consulting Ltd	Graduate Engineer
I Merchants Ltd	System Consultant
IBM Corporation	System Service Representative
Ilink.net Ltd	System & Network Engineer
Integrated Corporation	Assistant Engineer
ITOK Technologies Ltd	Web Programmer
Jovian System Co Ltd	Multimedia Designer
KCR Corporation	Graduate Trainee
Lu & Associates Ltd	Assistant Engineer
Macrovien Telecom Ltd	Field Engineer
Mandarin Communication Ltd	Assistant Engineer
Micom Tech Ltd	Micro-processor Engineer
MTR Corporation	Graduate Engineer
Multiable Co Ltd	Analyst Programmer
Nextron Technology Ltd	Programmer
Ove Arup & Partners (HK) Ltd	Graduate Engineer
Parsons Brinckerhoff (Asia) Ltd	Assistant Engineer
Parsons Brinckerhoff (Asia) Ltd	Assistant Engineer
Parsons Brinckerhoff (Asia) Ltd	Assistant Engineer
PricewaterhouseCoopers	Analyst
Regal King Manufacturing Ltd	Project Engineer
Runway Net Service Ltd	System Administrator
Shinco Technology (HK) Ltd	Electronic Engineer
Shui On Building Material Ltd	Management Trainee
Shun Hing Electronic Trading Co Ltd	Programmer
Signal Communications Ltd	Engineer
Stu Manufacturing Ltd	Assistant Software Engineer
Sunday Communications Ltd	Assistant Engineer
Sunday Communications Ltd	Assistant Engineer
Team Concepts International Ltd	Assistant Software Engineer
The Hongkong Electric Co Ltd	Graduate Trainee
The Hongkong Electric Co Ltd	Graduate Trainee
TMF	Engineer
Toshiba Electronic Asia Ltd	Engineer
Tralaco Ltd	Engineer
UL International Ltd	Engineer
Unisys (HK/China) Ltd	Information Services Consultant
Uunet (HK) Ltd	Associate Network Engineer
VMT Instruments Ltd	Design Engineer
Vnet Information Co Ltd	Engineering Trainee
Vtech Group of Companies	Electronic Engineer
Zenix Technology	Harvard Designer
Organization's name not reported	Electrical Engineering Trainee
Organization's name not reported	Electrical Engineer
Organization's name not reported	Engineer
Organization's name not reported	Programmer

No Response = 3

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.

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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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