Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering

*Where did the 1999 Industrial & Manufacturing Systems 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 Industrial & Manufacturing Systems 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 60 graduates from this programme, 59 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.

	*BENG(IMSE)*				HKU Overall*
	1999				1999		1998
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents	59	100	57	100	2475	100	2383	100
Employed	56	95	45	79	1928	78	1795	75
Unemployed seeking F/T job	1	1.7	4	7.0	79	3.2	157	6.6
Further Studies	2	3.4	8	14	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
Two 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)
Industrial Engineering	1
Electrical/Electronic Engineering		1

*Source of Funds*	No. of Graduates
Own Funds	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	14%	19%
June	39%	43%
July	61%	67%
August	82%	83%
September	94%	93%
October	98%	93%
November	98%	93%
December	100%	100%

No Response = 7

V. Employment Sectors
The majority of graduates in Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering were employed in commerce & industry, while others were employed in the civil service.

	% of graduates
Sector	1999	1998
Commerce & Industry	98%	91%
Civil Service	2%	2%
Educational Institutions	-	7%

No Response = 8

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income
The remuneration received by graduates in Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering is shown in the table below.

	Basic Salary				Gross Income
	BENG(IMSE)		HKU Average*		BENG(IMSE)		HKU Average*
	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998
Mean	$10,405	$11,724	$14,480	$15,496	$11,877	$13,089	$15,716	$16,557
Median	$10,000	$10,400	$10,870	$12,300	$11,613	$12,417	$11,917	$13,325
Minimum	$7,000	$7,000	$1,000	$1,000	$7,000	$7,000	$3,000	$5,000
Maximum	$15,166	$30,585	$58,000	$58,000	$20,583	$30,585	$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 Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering is shown in the following table.

*No. of job offers received*	No. of graduates (% of graduates)
One	22 (47%)
Two	12 (26%)
Three	6 (13%)
Four	3 (6.4%)
Five	2 (4.3%)
Six	2 (4.3%)

No Response = 7

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

*Employers*	Job Titles
CIVIL SERVICE -
HKSAR - Education Department	Executive Assistant

COMMERCE & INDUSTRY -
Active Trading Ltd	Assistant Engineer
Actpro International (HK) Ltd	Assistant Engineer
Aiwa International Ltd	Purchaser
ASAT Ltd	Engineer
ATR	Project Engineer
Bead & Ferrite Electronics (HK) Ltd	System Engineer
Bosswin Industries Ltd	Project Engineer
Bosswin Industries Ltd	Project Engineer
Brother Plastic & Metal Manufacturing Ltd	Production Engineer
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd	Supplies Development Trainee
Chematco Ltd	Sales Engineer
Creative Master Ltd	Assistant Engineer
Friwo Far East Ltd	Engineering Assistant
GELEC (HK) Ltd	Sales Engineer
GELEC (HK) Ltd	Sales Engineer
Giordano Ltd	Management Trainee
Hop Shing Loong Lighting Ltd	Project Engineer
HPI Hong Kong Ltd	Assistant Project Engineer
Igarashi Electric Works (HK) Ltd	Quality Engineer
Intertek Testing Services	Assistant System Compliance Auditor
Jetta Co Ltd	Graduate Trainee
Johnson Electric	Project Engineer
Johnson Electric Engineering Ltd	Project Engineer
K B Electronics (HK) Ltd	Production Engineer
Ki Mee Kitchenware Ltd	Project Engineer
Kingdom Ltd	Sales Engineering
Kings Electric Co Ltd	Mechanical Engineer
Kong Sze Co Ltd	Mechanical Engineer
LSI Logic Hong Kong Ltd	Planner Trainee
Mattel	Tooling Engineer
Neo Village	Director
Ngpro China	Program Management Support Engineer
Nikkoh Trading (HK) Co Ltd	Marketing Executive
Nokia Mobile Phones Manufacturing (HK) Ltd	Project Engineer
Office Club	Business Analyst
Pacific Force Technology	Assistant Engineer
PricewaterhouseCoopers	Analyst
Smart Union	Assistant Costing Engineer
Toko Inc	Assistant to Manager
TQM Consultants	Assistant Consultant
Young Ocean Ltd	Quality Manager
Organization's name not reported	Assistant Project Engineer
Organization's name not reported	Graduate Trainee
Organization's name not reported	Product Officer
Organization's name not reported	Project Coordinator

No Response = 8

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.

IX. 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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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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