Where did the 2000 Cognitive Science 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 Cognitive Science graduates : -

II. Employment Situations in 2000

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

 

 
BCOGSC
HKU Overall*
 
2000
1999
2000
1999

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No. of respondents

28

100

31

100

2575

100

2475

100

Employed

21

75

23

74

2030

79

1928

78

Unemployed seeking F/T job

1

3.6

3

9.7

59

2.3

79

3.2

Further Studies

6

21

5

16

461

18

455

18

Emigrated/Returned to home country

0

0

0

0

2

0.1

4

0.2

Not seeking F/T job

0

0

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

Six 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

Advanced Diploma/Diploma

Arts

-

-

-

1

Computer Science

1

-

-

-

Social Science

2

-

1

-

Social Work

-

1

-

-

 

 

Source of Funds

No. of Graduates

Own Funds

3

Teaching Assistantship/Studentship

2

Full Scholarship

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

15%

18%

June

50%

36%

July

80%

55%

August

90%

77%

September

95%

82%

October

100%

95%

November

100%

100%

No Response = 1

 

V. Employment Sectors

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

 

% of graduates

Sector

2000

1999

Commerce & Industry

71%

73%

Civil Service

14%

-

Educational Institutions

9.5%

18%

Community, Social & Personal Services

4.8%

9%

 

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income

The remuneration received by graduates in Cognitive Science is shown below.

 

Basic Salary

Gross Income

BCOGSC

HKU Average*

BCOGSC

HKU Average*

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

Mean

$11,121

$10,845

$14,125

$14,480

$12,335

$12,901

$15,448

$15,716

Median

$11,000

$10,000

$12,000

$10,870

$11,917

$11,523

$13,000

$11,917

Minimum

$8,000

$5,500

$1,300

$1,000

$8,625

$8,500

$3,000

$3,000

Maximum

$18,000

$19,050

$58,000

$58,000

$19,500

$26,417

$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 Cognitive Science is shown in the following table.

No. of job offers received

No. of graduates (% of graduates)

One

5 (25%)

Two

7 (35%)

Three

2 (10%)

Four

4 (20%)

Six

1 (5%)

Eight or more

1 (5%)

No Response = 1

  

VIII. Names of Employers and Job Titles

The job titles of graduates in Cognitive Science in full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below.

Employers

Job Titles

CIVIL SERVICE –

  • HKSAR – Social Welfare Department
  • Employment Assistance Coordinator
  • HKSAR – Social Welfare Department
  • Employment Assistance Coordinator
  • Radio Television Hong Kong
  • Assistant New Media Officer v
    •    

    EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS –

  • The University of Hong Kong - Department of Medicine
  • Research Assistant
  • The University of Hong Kong
  • Project Assistant
    •    

    COMMUNITY, SOCIAL AND PERSONAL SERVICE –

  • Shatin Cumberland Preslayterian Church
  • Secretary
    •    

    COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY –

       
  • Asia Market Intelligence Ltd
  • Researcher
  • Cathay Pacific Airways
  • Air Hostess
  • City Telecom (HK Limited)
  • Account Manager
  • CWOW.com Ltd
  • Junior Web Designer
  • Dreamage Ltd
  • Web designer
  • Expoman.com Ltd
  • Web Programmer
  • GoldenSand (Holdings) Limited
  • Secretary
  • Grey Worldwide
  • Copywriter
  • Kinetix Systems Ltd
  • Associate Consultant
  • Laws Textile Industrial Ltd
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Oriental Press Limited
  • Web Producer
  • R&L Advertising Promotion (China) Ltd
  • Marketing Assistant
  • Realvision Telecom Limited
  • Associated Software Specialist
  • The Prudential Assurance Co Ltd
  • Insurance Consultant
  • Wireless Future Ltd
  • Associate Creative Specialist

    • 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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    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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