Where did the 2000 Animal & Plant Biotechnology 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 Science in Animal & Plant Biotechnology graduates : -

How many were employed with six months after graduation ?

For those who pursued further studies, what programmes were they enrolled in ?

For 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 ?

What were their job titles ?

II. Employment Situations in 2000

Of the 29 graduates from this programme, 28 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.

	*BSC(APBT)*				HKU Overall*
	*2000*		*1999*		*2000*		*1999*
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents	28	100	21	100	2575	100	2475	100
Employed	12	43	13	62	2030	79	1928	78
Unemployed seeking F/T job	1	3.6	0	0	59	2.3	79	3.2
Further Studies	14	50	8	38	461	18	455	18
Emigrated/Returned to home country	0	0	0	0	2	0.1	4	0.2
Not seeking F/T job	1	3.6	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

Fourteen graduates proceeded to postgraduate studies. The tables below show the academic programmes that they pursued and their source of funding.

*Field of Study*	Academic Programme
*Field of Study*	PhD	M.Phil.	Master (Coursework)	Postgraduate Certificate	Bachelor's Degree
Accounting	-	-	-	-	1
Education	-	-	-	2	-
Medical Science	-	1	-	-	-
Science	1	7	1	-	-

No Response = 1

*Source of Funding*	No. of Graduates
Teaching Assistantship/Studentship	5
Scholarship & Teaching Assistantship/Studentship	4
Own Funds	4
Government Grant and 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	2000	1999
June	9.0%	10%
July	55%	30%
August	82%	40%
September	82%	60%
October	91%	70%
November	91%	80%
December	100%	100%

No Response = 1

V. Employment Sectors

The majority of graduates in Animal & Plant Biotechnology were employed in commerce & industry, while others were employed in educational institutions, community, social & personal services and the civil service.

	% of graduates
Sector	2000	1999
Commerce & Industry	75%	46%
Educational Institutions	8.3%	36%
Community, Social & Personal Services	8.3%	18%
Civil Service	8.3%	-

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income

The remuneration received by graduates in Animal & Plant Biotechnology is shown below.

	Basic Salary				Gross Income
	BSC(APBT)		HKU Average*		BSC(APBT)		HKU Average*
	2000	1999	2000	1999	2000	1999	2000	1999
Mean	$9,250	$9,665	$14,125	$14,480	$10,842	$9,949	$15,448	$15,716
Median	$9,000	$9,082	$12,000	$10,870	$11,000	$9,750	$13,000	$11,917
Minimum	$7,500	$6,000	$1,300	$1,000	$7,500	$6,000	$3,000	$3,000
Maximum	$11,000	$16,095	$58,000	$58,000	$13,158	$16,095	$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 Animal & Plant Biotechnology is shown in the following table.

*No. of job offers received*	No. of graduates (% of graduates)
One	2 (20%)
Two	5 (50%)
Three	2 (20%)
Five	1 (10%)

No Response = 2

VIII. Names of Employers and Job Titles

The job titles of graduates in Animal & Plant Biotechnology in full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below.

*Employers*	Job Titles
Civil Service -
HKSAR - Department of Health	Administrative Assistant

Educational Institutions -
The University of Hong Kong	Research Assistant

Community, Social and Personal Service -
Medic-pham Technology (Int'l) Ltd	Medical Sales Representative

Commerce and Industry -
BioTechnics International Ltd	Marketing Executive
Citibank	Office Supportive Worker
Fong On Medical Co Ltd	Sales Executive
Healing Plants Ltd	Product Consultant
Karl Thomson Group	Graphic Developer
Market Place	Accounting Executive
Planet Hollywood Hong Kong Ltd	Sales Executive
Tegent Technology Ltd	Technical Support
Organization's name not reported	Medical Inspector

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.

Further Information

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, 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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