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2017 GRADUATEEMPLOYMENT REPORT

CURRENT STATISTICS FOR FUTURE DECISIONS

Source: Graduate Employment Survey jointly conducted by NTU, NUS, SIT, SMU and SUTD

7 in 10Employed

BEFORE Graduation

$3,910Average GrossMonthly Salary

93.9%Overall

Employment Rate

1in 2Get 2 to 5job offers

Graduates from Singapore Management University’s (SMU) 14th cohort have again registered a high and stable overall employment rate^ of 93.9% and higher starting salaries across all six of the university’s degree programmes.

The results were revealed in an annual Joint Graduate Employment Survey (GES) conducted by SMU and the other Autonomous Universities.

77.6% or 1,380 of the 1,779 SMU alumni who graduated in 2017 took part in the survey.

The survey showed that 93.9% of SMU graduates in the labour force gained employment within six months after completing their final examinations.65.4% were offered jobs before graduation, an 11.3 percentage point increase as compared to the 2016 cohort. Of those who received job offers, 31.9%landed full-time employment through internships, which are compulsory for SMU undergraduates.^The overall employment rate refers to the number of graduates working in full-time permanent, part-time or temporary employment, as a proportion of graduates in the labour force (i.e. those who are working, and those who are not working but are actively looking and available for work) as at 1 November 2017.

ENTER A UNIVERSITY WITH STRONG CAREER OUTCOMES, BECOME THE TOPEMPLOYERS’ CHOICE

Today’s undergraduates,tomorrow’s trailblazers

Source: Graduate Employment Survey jointly conducted by NTU, NUS, SIT, SMU and SUTD 1

SMU STUDENTS TODAY – TOP-NOTCH TALENTS TOMORROW

Overall employment rate between local universities

NUS89.4 %

NTU87.2 %

SMU93.9 %


* Full-Time 2017 LLB Graduates surveyed and likely to be doing practical law course (PLC)/Pupilage or reading in chambers. Those on PLC are to be classified as ‘Economically Inactive’ and left out of the computation of GES 2017 statistics. The figures in this segment feature responses from 2017 graduates who reported they were employed, not on PLC.

Employment rate of 2017 SMU graduates within 6 months of graduation

98.0%

School ofAccountancy

95.1%

School ofInformation Systems

93.3%

Lee Kong ChianSchool of Business

91.3%

School ofSocial Sciences

91.3%

School ofEconomics

90.0%*School of

Law

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Similar to the previous year, the top three industries of employment for SMU graduates were “Financial and Insurance”, “Information & Communication”, and “Legal, Accounting and Auditing”, with ‘Financial and Insurance’ maintaining its position as the highest paid industry with an average gross monthly salary of $4,649.

The top 10 industries where 84.3% of our graduates are employed includes:

26.9% Financial and Insurance16.1% Information & Communication12.8% Legal, Accounting and Auditing8.0% Business and Management Consultancy5.3% Advertising Services and Market Research3.8% Public Administration and Defence3.5% Logistics and Supply Chain Management2.8% Administrative and Support Servicies Activities2.6% Education2.6% Retail

61.6% Legal, Accounting and Auditing21.2% Financial and Insurance4.0% Business and Management Consultancy2.0% Information & Communication 1.5% Logistics and Supply Chain Management9.7% Others

29.2% Financial and Insurance12.5% Information & Communication 10.9% Business and Management Consultancy9.4% Advertising Services and Market Research5.8% Logistics and Supply Chain Management32.2% Others


Lee Kong ChianSchool ofBusiness

Job offers by industry

Job offers by industry across Schools

Source: Graduate Employment Survey jointly conducted by NTU, NUS, SIT, SMU and SUTD 3

48.4% Information & Communication 25.0% Financial and Insurance4.8% Business and Management Consultancy3.7% Public Administration and Defence3.2% Legal, Accounting and Auditing14.9% Others

42.9% Legal, Accounting and Auditing14.3% Administrative and Support Services Activities14.3% Information & Communication 14.3% Public Administration and Defence14.3% Real Estate

16.2% Education11.1% Financial and Insurance11.1% Information & Communication 10.1% Business and Management Consultancy9.1% Public Administration and Defence42.4% Others

42.3% Financial and Insurance7.7% Business and Management Consultancy7.7% Information & Communication 7.7% Public Administration and Defence6.3% Maritime / Shipping28.3% Others

School ofEconomics

School ofInformation

Systems

School ofSocial

Sciences

School ofLaw


Job offers by industry across Schools

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WE PUSH YOU TO AIM HIGHERTO MAKE YOU A HIGH FLYER

Source: Graduate Employment Survey jointly conducted by NTU, NUS, SIT, SMU and SUTDSource: Graduate Employment Survey jointly conducted by NTU, NUS, SIT, SMU and SUTD

40.9%


52.2%


50.1%


47.4%


39.4%

School ofEconomics

71.5%

School ofLaw

1 in 2 SMU graduates received multiple job offers.

5

% of graduates who received multiple job offers

Mean monthly starting salaries across universities

SMU$3,910

$3,500 Median

Mean

NUS$3,659

$3,500 Median

Mean

NTU$3,487

$3,306 Median

Mean

FROM A TOP-RANKING UNIVERSITY TO A TOP INCOME EARNER

$3,643NTU – Bachelor of Business (Hons)

$4,504

$4,388

SMU - Bachelor of Business Management (Cum Laude and above)

NUS – Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons)

$3,379NTU – Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Economics

$4,737SMU – Bachelor of Science in Economics (Cum Laude and above)

$3,443NUS – Bachelor of Social Sciences*

$5,287

$5,121

SMU – Bachelor of Laws (Cum Laude and above)

NUS - Bachelor of Laws


*At NUS, Economics is offered by the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

NUS – Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems)

$4,305

$4,192$4,160

SMU – Bachelor of Science (Information Systems) (Cum Laude and above)

NTU – Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) (Computer Science)

$3,443

$3,938

$3,309

SMU – Bachelor of Social Science (Cum Laude and above)

NTU – Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Sociology

NUS – Bachelor of Social Sciences

$4,089

$3,166$3,744

SMU – Bachelor of Accountancy (Cum Laude and above)

NTU – Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons)

NUS – Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) (Hons)School ofAccountancy




School ofEconomics

School ofLaw

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SMU is the first amongst the local universities to make internships compulsory. Over 10,000 companies across 21 countries have employed SMU interns. As a result, our students graduate ahead in terms of practical and hands-on experience.81.1% of the 2017 graduates completed more than 1 internship.

ONE STUDENT, MULTIPLE INTERNSHIPS

% of graduates who completed 2 or more internships


85.3%


69.7%


86.1%


64.7%


86.7%

School ofEconomics

85.8%

School ofLaw

7

2.3 Average number of internships completed by 2017 SMU graduates

% of graduates who landed full-time employment through internships

FROM INTERNSHIP TO FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT

1 in 3 SMU graduates landed full-time employment through internships


54.0%


25.5%


26.5%


24.2%


32.4%

School ofEconomics

14.3%

School ofLaw

8

TOP 7 REASONS TO CHOOSE SMU

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