Ministry of Education, Singapore

GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
16,630 fresh and 1,145 follow-up graduates from NUS, NTU, SMU and SUSS were surveyed in November
2023 and the overall response rates obtained were 74.0% and 58.7% respectively.
2023 GES Employment Rates1 and Salaries of NUS, NTU, SMU and SUSS Graduates2 by Course Cluster3
Fresh Graduates

Course Cluster
Arts, Design &Media
Built Environment

Proportion of Graduates in the Labour Force who wereIn Full-Time Permanent
Employed4
Employment5
2021
2022
2023
2021
2022
2023

Gross Monthly Median Salary62021

2022

2023

92.6%

90.3%

84.0%

69.3%

72.2%

67.8%

$3,500$3,500$3,740

94.5%

95.5%

91.6%

88.9%

89.6%

87.2%

$3,600$3,750$4,000Business^

97.0%

95.9%

93.2%

88.7%

91.0%

88.3%

$3,723$4,100$4,150Dentistry

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%$4,200$4,200$4,550

Education (NIE)

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%$3,798$4,200$4,269Engineering

94.0%

94.5%

86.2%

86.9%

91.7%

82.9%

$3,900$4,600$4,500

Health SciencesHumanities & Social
Sciences
Information &Digital
Technologies^
Music

95.7%

96.7%

97.6%

85.9%

92.9%

95.9%

$3,635$3,700$3,910

91.2%

91.4%

87.7%

75.6%

80.3%

78.3%

$3,550$3,800$4,015

97.8%

95.0%

90.5%

93.7%

93.2%

88.7%

$5,000$5,625$5,500

82.4%

85.7%

70.8%

35.3%

28.6%

50.0%

$3,100$3,590$4,000Sciences

91.7%

90.4%

86.9%

75.8%

80.6%

79.0%

$3,600$3,900$4,000

Yale-NUS

89.8%

89.0%

89.1%

73.9%

82.1%

84.6%

$4,150$5,000$4,300

Follow-up Graduates
Architecture7 **

97.7%

96.0%

N.A.

96.6%

92.0%

N.A.

$4,000$4,400N.A.

Biomedical Sciences
and Chinese
Medicine7

90.9%

100.0%

96.3%

77.3%

90.0%

85.2%

$3,100$3,175$3,350

Law7

97.9%

95.3%

Medicine7 **

N.A.

N.A.

97.7%
N.A.

95.5%
N.A.

92.6%
N.A.

97.7%
N.A.

$5,600N.A.

$6,375
N.A.

$7,000N.A.

Pharmacy7**

95.9%

98.4%
N.A.
91.9%
95.1%
N.A.
$3,915$4,000N.A.
Source: Graduate Employment Survey jointly conducted by NUS, NTU, SMU, SUTD, SIT and SUSS

Notes:
1. Employment rates refer to the number of graduates employed as a proportion of graduates in the labour force (i.e., those who wereworking, or not working but actively looking and available for work) as at 1 November 2023 (i.e., approximately six months after
completing their final examinations).
2. The Joint Graduate Employment Survey is conducted by the six Autonomous Universities (NUS, NTU, SMU, SUTD, SIT and SUSS) everyyear to collect information on the employment status of graduates around six months after the completion of their final examinations.
Due to their different academic calendars, NUS, NTU, SMU and SUSS conduct their surveys in November each year, while SIT conduct
their survey in March. Due to a change in SUTD’s academic calendar from AY2020, the graduating class of 2023 comprises SUTD graduatesfrom only the SUTD-SMU Dual Degree Programme and the Architecture and Sustainable Design programme. Given the small graduating
cohort, SUTD will conduct a survey in November 2024 where it will include graduates from both the 2023 and 2024 batches — the resultsof which will be reported alongside the Joint AU 2024 GES results in February 2025. The results detailed in the above table are for NUS,
NTU, SMU and SUSS only.
3. Appendix lists all courses under each course cluster. Course-level employment indicators can be found in the respective AUs’ webpublications at https://www.moe.gov.sg/post-secondary/overview/autonomous-universities/.
4. Employment refers to graduates working on a full-time permanent, part-time, temporary or freelance basis.
5. Full-time permanent employment refers to employment of at least 35 hours a week and where the employment is not temporary. Itincludes those on contracts of one year or more.
6. Gross monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises basic salary, overtime payments,commissions, fixed allowances and other regular cash payments, before deductions of the employee’s CPF contributions and personal
income tax. Employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, lump sum payments, and payments-in-kind are excluded.
7. Data on Biomedical Sciences and Chinese Medicine, Law, Medicine, and Pharmacy graduates is obtained from a follow-up survey on
2020/2021/2022 graduates after they have completed their one-year practical law course/pupillage/housemanship/first-yearresidency/practical training. Data on Architecture graduates is obtained from a follow-up survey on 2018/2019/2020 architecture
graduates after they have completed their practical training.
8. **: No data is shown for certain years due to the small number of graduates and/or low response rates.
9. ^: The overall and full-time permanent employment rates for Business and Information & Digital Technologies in 2022 have been
updated.
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SMU Classification: Restricted

Appendix: List of Course Clusters and Courses
Course Clusters

NUS

NTU

SMU

SUTD

SIT

SUSS

Arts, Design &Media

Bachelor of Arts (IndustrialDesign)
Bachelor of Arts/Arts(Hons)/Social Sciences(majors in Theatre Studies
and Communications andNew Media)

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons)--Bachelor of Fine Arts inDigital Art and Animation
Bachelor of Arts in Game
Design-Bachelor of Arts(Architecture)
Bachelor of Engineering(Civil Engineering)
Bachelor of LandscapeArchitecture
Bachelor of Science(Project and FacilitiesManagement)
Bachelor of Science (RealEstate)
Bachelor of Business
Administration

Bachelor of Engineering(Hons) in Civil Engineering
Double Degree in Bachelor ofEngineering (Hons) in Civil
Engineering and Bachelor ofSocial Sciences (Hons) inEconomics-Bachelor of Science(Architecture andSustainable Design)

Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Sustainable
Infrastructure Engineering(Building Services)-Bachelor of Accountancy(Hons)

Bachelor of Accountancy-Bachelor of Accountancy
with HonoursBachelor of
Accountancy

Bachelor of Business
Administration(Accountancy)
Bachelor of Business
Administration(Accountancy) (Hons)
Bachelor of Business
Administration (Hons)

Bachelor of Business (Hons)

Bachelor of Business
Management

Bachelor of Science with
Honours in Air Transport
Management
Bachelor of Hospitality
Business with Honours

Bachelor of Science inFinance

Bachelor of Business
Administration in FoodBusiness Management

Bachelor of Human
Resource
Management

Built
Environment

Business

Bachelor of Communication
Studies (Hons)

Double Degree in Bachelor of
Accountancy (Hons) andBachelor of Business (Hons)
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in
Maritime StudiesBachelor of Science inMarketing

SMU Classification: Restricted

Bachelor of Science in
Supply Chain
ManagementDentistry

Bachelor of Dental Surgery-----Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering(Biomedical Engineering)

Bachelor of Engineering(Hons) (AerospaceEngineering)-

Bachelor of Engineering(Engineering ProductDevelopment)

Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Aerospace
Engineering-

Bachelor of Engineering(Chemical Engineering)

Double Degree in Bachelor ofEngineering (Hons) in
Aerospace Engineering andBachelor of Social Sciences(Hons) in Economics
Bachelor of Engineering(Hons) (Bioengineering)

Bachelor of Engineering(Engineering Systems andDesign)

Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Aircraft Systems
Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering(Electrical Engineering)
Bachelor of Engineering(Engineering Science)

Bachelor of Engineering(EnvironmentalEngineering)
Bachelor of Engineering(Industrial and SystemsEngineering)

Bachelor of Engineering(Materials Science andEngineering)
Bachelor of Engineering(Mechanical Engineering)

Double Degree in Bachelor ofEngineering (Hons) in
Bioengineering and Bachelorof Social Sciences (Hons) inEconomics
Bachelor of Engineering(Hons) in Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering
Double Degree in Bachelor ofEngineering (Hons) inChemical and BiomolecularEngineering and Bachelor ofSocial Sciences (Hons) inEconomics
Bachelor of Engineering(Hons) in Electrical andElectronic Engineering
Double Degree in Bachelor ofEngineering (Hons) inElectrical and Electronic
Engineering and Bachelor ofBachelor of Engineering with
Honours in ChemicalEngineering
Bachelor of Science in
Chemical Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Electrical PowerEngineering
Bachelor of Science inElectrical Engineering &Information Technology

Bachelor of Food Technology
with Honours
Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Marine
Engineering

SMU Classification: Restricted

Social Sciences (Hons) inEconomics
Bachelor of Engineering(Hons) in Information
Engineering and Media

Bachelor of Engineering withHonours in Mechanical
Design and Manufacturing
Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in MechanicalEngineering
Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Naval
Architecture

Bachelor of Engineering(Hons) in Materials
Engineering
Double Degree in Bachelor ofEngineering (Hons) inMaterials Engineering andBachelor of Social Sciences(Hons) in Economics
Bachelor of Engineering(Hons) in MechanicalEngineering

Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Offshore
Engineering

Double Degree in Bachelor ofEngineering (Hons) inMechanical Engineering andBachelor of Social Sciences(Hons) in Economics

Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in PharmaceuticalEngineeringBachelor of Engineering(Hons) in Environmental
Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Sustainable
Infrastructure Engineering(Land)
Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Systems
Engineering(ElectroMechanical Systems)
Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Telematics(Intelligent Transportation
Systems Engineering)
Bachelor of Science with
Honours in Nursing

Double Degree in Bachelor ofEngineering (Hons) in
Environmental Engineeringand Bachelor of Social
Sciences (Hons) in Economics

Health Sciences

Bachelor of Science(Nursing)----SMU Classification: Restricted

Bachelor of Science(Nursing) (Hons)
Bachelor of Science(Pharmacy)

Humanities &Social Sciences

Bachelor of Arts (excludingmajors in Theatre Studiesand Communications &New Media)
Bachelor of Arts (Hons)(excluding majors in
Theatre Studies andCommunications & NewMedia)

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
ChineseBachelor of Science(Economics)

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) inEnglish

Bachelor of Social Science

Bachelor of Environmental
Studies (specialisation in
Environmental Geography)
Bachelor of Social Sciences(excluding majors in
Theatre Studies andCommunications & NewMedia)

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) inHistory

Double Major in Bachelor ofArts (Hons) in English
Literature and Art History

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
Philosophy
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
Linguistics and Multilingual
Studies
Double Major in Bachelor ofArts (Hons) in Psychologyand Linguistics & Multilingual
Studies
Bachelor of Social Sciences(Hons) in Economics-Bachelor in Science with
Honours (OccupationalTherapy)
Bachelor in Science with
Honours (Physiotherapy)
Bachelor in Science withHonours (DiagnosticRadiography)
Bachelor in Science with
Honours (Radiation Therapy)
Bachelor of Science with
Honours in Dietetics andNutrition
Bachelor of Science with
Honours in Digital
Communications andIntegrated Media

Bachelor of Early
Childhood Education

Bachelor of SocialWorkBachelor of Public
Safety and Security

SMU Classification: Restricted

Double Major in Bachelor ofSocial Sciences (Hons) inEconomics and MediaAnalytics
Double Major in Bachelor ofSocial Sciences (Hons) inEconomics and Psychology
Double Major in Bachelor ofSocial Sciences (Hons) inEconomics and Public Policy
and Global Affairs
Bachelor of Social Sciences(Hons) in Psychology
Double Major in Bachelor ofSocial Sciences (Hons) inPsychology and Media
Analytics
Bachelor of Social Sciences(Hons) in Public Policy andGlobal Affairs
Bachelor of Social Sciences(Hons) in Sociology

Information &DigitalTechnologies

Bachelor of Computing(Computer Science)

Bachelor of Science (Hons) inSport Science &Management
Bachelor of Engineering(Hons) in Computer
Engineering

Bachelor of Computing(Information Security)

Bachelor of Engineering(Hons) in Computer Science

Bachelor of Computing(Information Systems)

Double Degree in Bachelor ofEngineering (Hons) in
Computer Science andBachelor of Social Sciences(Hons) in Economics

Bachelor of Science(Information Systems)
Bachelor of Science(Computer Science)

Bachelor of Engineering(Computer Science andDesign)

Bachelor of Science in
Computer Science in RealTime Interactive Simulation
Bachelor of Science with
Honours in Computing
Science
Bachelor of Science in
Computer Science and Game
DesignBachelor of Science inBusiness Analytics

SMU Classification: Restricted

Bachelor of Engineering(Computer Engineering)

Double Degree in Bachelor of
Business (Hons) andBachelor of Engineering(Hons) in Computer Science

Bachelor of Engineering inInformation andCommunications Technology(Software Engineering)

Bachelor of Science(Business Analytics)

Double Degree in Bachelor of
Business (Hons) andBachelor of Engineering(Hons) in Computer
Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering inInformation andCommunications Technology(Information Security)

Bachelor of Science (DataScience and Analytics)

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in
Data Science and Artificial
Intelligence-Music

Bachelor of MusicEducation (NIE)-Bachelor of Arts (andEducation)------------

Bachelor of Science (andEducation)
Sciences

Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in
Biological Sciences

Bachelor of Science(Computational Biology)

Double Major in Bachelor ofScience (Hons) in Biological
Sciences and Psychology
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in
Biomedical Sciences
Double Major in Bachelor ofScience (Hons) in Biomedical
Sciences and BioBusinessBachelor of Science (Hons) in
Chemistry and Biological
Chemistry
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in
Mathematical Sciences
Double Major in Bachelor ofScience (Hons) in

Bachelor of Science (Hons)
Bachelor of Environmental
Studies (specialisation inEnvironmental Biology)
Bachelor of Science(Pharmaceutical Science)SMU Classification: Restricted

Mathematical Sciences andEconomics
Double Major in Bachelor ofScience (Hons) in
Mathematical and Computer
Sciences
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in
Mathematics and Economics
Bachelor of Science (Hons) inPhysics and Applied Physics
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in
Environmental Earth Systems
Science
Double Major in Bachelor ofScience (Hons) in
Environmental Earth Systems
Science and Public Policy andGlobal Affairs

SMU Classification: Restricted

FOLLOW-UP GRADUATES
NUS

NTU

SMU

Architecture

Bachelor of Arts
(Architecture)--

Biomedical
Sciences andChineseMedicine
Law-

Double Degree in Bachelor ofScience (Hons) in Biomedical
Sciences and Bachelor ofChinese Medicine-Medicine

Bachelor of Medicine andBachelor of Surgery
Bachelor of Science(Pharmacy)

Bachelor of Medicine andBachelor of Surgery (MBBS)-

Pharmacy

Bachelor of Laws

SUTD

SIT

SUSS---

Bachelor of Science(Architecture andSustainable Design)---

Bachelor of Laws-----

Bachelor of Laws
(LLB)-----