Mechanical Engineering (Industrial Automation)

*Where did the 1999 Mechanical Engineering (Industrial Automation) 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 Mechanical Engineering (Industrial Automation) 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 19 graduates from this programme, 17 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.

	BENG(IA)				HKU Overall*
	1999		1998		1999		1998
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents	17	100	8	100	2475	100	2383	100
Employed	15	88	5	63	1928	78	1795	75
Unemployed seeking F/T job	0	0	2	25	79	3.2	157	6.6
Further Studies	2	12	1	13	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 further studies. The tables below show the academic programmes that they pursued and their sources of funds.

	Academic Programme
Field of Study	Master (Coursework)	Bachelor
Mechanical Engineering	1
Motors Engineering		1

*Source of Funds*	No. of Graduates
Own Funds	1
Government Grant & Loan	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	21%	20%
June	50%	60%
July	64%	60%
August	79%	80%
September	86%	100%
October	86%	100%
November	93%	100%
December	100%	100%

No Response = 1

V. Employment Sectors
The majority of graduates in Mechanical Engineering (Industrial Automation) were employed in commerce & industry, while others were employed in community, social & personal services, and the civil service.

	% of graduates
Sector	1999	1998
Commerce & Industry	79%	100%
Community, Social & Personal Services	14%	-
Civil Service	7%	-

No Response = 1

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income
The remuneration received by graduates in Mechanical Engineering (Industrial Automation) is shown below.

	Basic Salary				Gross Income
	BENG(IA)		HKU Average*		BENG(IA)		HKU Average*
	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998
Mean	$9,373	$10,500	$14,480	$15,496	$9,941	$12,625	$15,716	$16,557
Median	$10,000	$10,000	$10,870	$12,300	$10,808	$13,000	$11,917	$13,325
Minimum	$5,000	$9,000	$1,000	$1,000	$5,000	$10,292	$3,000	$5,000
Maximum	$12,595	$12,000	$58,000	$58,000	$12,595	$15,000	$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 Mechanical Engineering (Industrial Automation) is shown in the following table.

*No. of job offers received*	No. of graduates (% of graduates)
One	7 (50%)
Two	2 (14%)
Three	4 (29%)
Five	1 (7.1%)

No Response = 1

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

*Employers*	Job Titles
CIVIL SERVICE -
HKSAR - Census & Statistics Department	Survey Interviewer

COMMUNITY, SOCIAL & PERSONAL SERVICES -
Hong Kong Campus Crusade for Christ	Trainee

COMMERCE & INDUSTRY -
Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd	Trainee
Chun Wo Construction & Engineering Co Ltd	Graduate Engineer
Data Stream Ltd	System Coordinator
Hutchison Telecommunications (HK) Ltd	Engineer Trainee
Integrated Corporation	System Consultant
Know How Development Ltd	Project Engineer
LMS Asia Ltd	Merchandiser
Mate Star Industrial Ltd	Trainee
New Way Co	Assistant Sales Manager
Sunday Communications Ltd	Assistant Engineer
Tat Ming Metal Wave Co	Trainee

No Response = 2

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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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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