Where did the 2000 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 2000 to answer the following questions about Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering graduates : -

 

II. Employment Situations in 2000

Of the 64 graduates from this programme, 60 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.

 

 
BENG(IMMSE)
HKU Overall*
 
2000
1999
2000
1999

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No. of respondents

60

100

59

100

2575

100

2475

100

Employed

50

83

56

95

2030

79

1928

78

Unemployed seeking F/T job

3

5

1

1.7

59

2.3

79

3.2

Further Studies

5

8.3

2

3.4

461

18

455

18

Emigrated/Returned to home country

0

0

0

0

2

0.1

4

0.2

Not seeking F/T job

2

3.3

0

0

23

0.9

9

0.4

* 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

Five 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)

Postgraduate Certificate

Computer Science

-

1

1

Industrial Engineering

2

-

-

No response = 1

 

Source of Funds

No. of Graduates

Government Grant & Loan

1

Own Funds

2

Teaching Assistantship/Studentship

1

No response = 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

2000

1999

May or before

9.8%

14%

June

51%

39%

July

73%

61%

August

85%

82%

September

93%

94%

October

98%

98%

November

98%

98%

December

100%

100%

No Response = 9

 

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 and educational institutions.

 

% of graduates

Sector

2000

1999

Commerce & Industry

89%

98%

Community, Social and Personal Service

6.7%

2%

Educational Institutions

4.4%

-

No Response = 5

 

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(IMMSE)

HKU Average*

BENG(IMMSE)

HKU Average*

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

Mean

$11,696

$10,405

$14,125

$14,480

$12,565

$11,877

$15,448

$15,716

Median

$11,500

$10,000

$12,000

$10,870

$12,458

$11,613

$13,000

$11,917

Minimum

$7,000

$7,000

$1,300

$1,000

$8,000

$7,000

$3,000

$3,000

Maximum

$16,075

$15,166

$58,000

$58,000

$17,150

$20,583

$74,967

$60,000

* 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

16 (40%)

Two

8 (20%)

Three

10 (25%)

Four

5 (13%)

Eight or more

1 (2.5%)

No Response = 10

 

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

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS -

  • St Clare's Primary School
  • Certificate Master
  • The University of Hong Kong
  • Research Assistant
  •    

    COMMUNITY, SOCIAL AND PERSONAL SERVICE –

  • Hong Kong Productivity Council
  • Associate Consultant
  • Hong Kong Productivity Council
  • Associate Consultant
  • Hong Kong Productivity Council
  • Associate Consultant
  •    

    COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY –

  • Asia Terminals Ltd
  • Commercial Officer
  • ASM Automation Assembly Ltd
  • Production Engineer
  • Astec Custom Power (HK) Ltd
  • Program Coordinator
  • Automated Systems (HK) Ltd
  • Assistant Customer Engineer
  • Canon Marketing (HK) Company Limited
  • Marketing Assistant
  • Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd
  • Occupation’s name not reported
  • Cha Textiles Ltd
  • Network Administrator
  • Elec & Eltek International Co Ltd
  • Engineer
  • Elec & Eltek International Group
  • Engineer
  • Emerson Energy System
  • Product Support Engineer
  • HAESL
  • Planning Trainee
  • Hang Fung Group
  • Programmer
  • Harbouring
  • Quality Auditor Trainee
  • Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co Ltd
  • Planning Engineer Trainee
  • Hongkong International Terminals Ltd
  • Assistant Terminal Planner
  • HSBC
  • MPF Servicing Officer
  • HSBC
  • Counter Services Assistant
  • Inlooktech.com
  • Software Development Officer
  • Itel (HK) Ltd
  • Officer
  • KB Electronics (HK) Ltd
  • Production Engineer
  • Morder Terminal Ltd
  • Assistant Supervisor
  • Motorola Semiconductors Hong Kong Ltd
  • Engineer
  • Motorola Semiconductors Hong Kong Ltd
  • Engineer
  • Nestle Dairy Farm Hong Kong Ltd
  • Manufacturing Engineering Trainee
  • Nestle Dairy Farm Hong Kong Ltd
  • Material Planner
  • Pacific Century Cyberworks
  • Assistant Consultant
  • Pacific Century Cyberworks
  • Assistant Consultant
  • Pacific Century Cyberworks
  • Assistant Consultant
  • River Trade Terminal Co Ltd
  • Assistant Officer
  • River Trade Terminal Co Ltd
  • Assistant Officer
  • Roctec Technology Ltd
  • Programmer
  • Roctec Technology Ltd
  • Support Engineer
  • Shipley Asia Ltd
  • Material Planner
  • T E Electronic Ltd
  • Product Designer
  • The Hong Kong & China Gas Co Ltd
  • Market Analyst
  • Television Broadcasts Ltd
  • Reporter
  • Conmex Group Ltd
  • Operations Trainee
  • Ocdeanic shipping company
  • Clerk
  • Organization’s name not reported
  • Engineer
  • Organization’s name not reported
  • Project Engineer
  • Organization’s name not reported
  • System Administrator
  • Organization’s name not reported
  • Trainee
  • No Response = 2

    Note : Some of the 2000 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, 2001

     

    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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