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
Proportion of Graduates in the Labour Force who were
In Full-Time Permanent Gross Monthly Median Salary6
Course Cluster Employed4
Employment5
2021 2022 2023 2021 2022 2023 2021 2022 2023
Arts, Design &
92.6% 90.3% 84.0% 69.3% 72.2% 67.8% $3,500 $3,500 $3,740
Media
Built Environment 94.5% 95.5% 91.6% 88.9% 89.6% 87.2% $3,600 $3,750 $4,000
Business^ 97.0% 95.9% 93.2% 88.7% 91.0% 88.3% $3,723 $4,100 $4,150
Dentistry 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 $4,269
Engineering 94.0% 94.5% 86.2% 86.9% 91.7% 82.9% $3,900 $4,600 $4,500
Health Sciences 95.7% 96.7% 97.6% 85.9% 92.9% 95.9% $3,635 $3,700 $3,910
Humanities & Social
91.2% 91.4% 87.7% 75.6% 80.3% 78.3% $3,550 $3,800 $4,015
Sciences
Information &
Digital 97.8% 95.0% 90.5% 93.7% 93.2% 88.7% $5,000 $5,625 $5,500
Technologies^
Music 82.4% 85.7% 70.8% 35.3% 28.6% 50.0% $3,100 $3,590 $4,000
Sciences 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 $4,400 N.A.
Biomedical Sciences
and Chinese 90.9% 100.0% 96.3% 77.3% 90.0% 85.2% $3,100 $3,175 $3,350
Medicine7
Law7 97.9% 95.3% 97.7% 95.5% 92.6% 97.7% $5,600 $6,375 $7,000
Medicine7 ** N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.
Pharmacy7** 95.9% 98.4% N.A. 91.9% 95.1% N.A. $3,915 $4,000 N.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 were
working, 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) every
year 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 graduates
from 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 results
of 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’ web
publications 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. It
includes 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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Appendix: List of Course Clusters and Courses

Course Clusters NUS NTU SMU SUTD SIT SUSS

Arts, Design & Bachelor of Arts (Industrial Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) - - Bachelor of Fine Arts in -
Media Design) Digital Art and Animation
Bachelor of Arts/Arts Bachelor of Communication Bachelor of Arts in Game
(Hons)/Social Sciences Studies (Hons) Design
(majors in Theatre Studies
and Communications and
New Media)

Built Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Engineering - Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Engineering with -
Environment (Architecture) (Hons) in Civil Engineering (Architecture and Honours in Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering Double Degree in Bachelor of Sustainable Design) Bachelor of Engineering with
(Civil Engineering) Engineering (Hons) in Civil Honours in Sustainable
Bachelor of Landscape Engineering and Bachelor of Infrastructure Engineering
Architecture Social Sciences (Hons) in (Building Services)
Bachelor of Science Economics
(Project and Facilities
Management)
Bachelor of Science (Real
Estate)
Business Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Accountancy Bachelor of Accountancy - Bachelor of Accountancy Bachelor of
Administration (Hons) with Honours Accountancy

Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Business (Hons) Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Science with Bachelor of Science in
Administration Management Honours in Air Transport Finance
(Accountancy) Management
Bachelor of Business Double Degree in Bachelor of Bachelor of Hospitality Bachelor of Science in
Administration Accountancy (Hons) and Business with Honours Marketing
(Accountancy) (Hons) Bachelor of Business (Hons)
Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Human
Administration (Hons) Maritime Studies Administration in Food Resource
Business Management Management
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Bachelor of Science in
Supply Chain
Management
Dentistry Bachelor of Dental Surgery - - - - -

Engineering Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Engineering - Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Engineering with -
(Biomedical Engineering) (Hons) (Aerospace (Engineering Product Honours in Aerospace
Engineering) Development) Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering Double Degree in Bachelor of Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Engineering with
(Chemical Engineering) Engineering (Hons) in (Engineering Systems and Honours in Aircraft Systems
Aerospace Engineering and Design) Engineering
Bachelor of Social Sciences
(Hons) in Economics
Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Engineering with
(Electrical Engineering) (Hons) (Bioengineering) Honours in Chemical
Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering Double Degree in Bachelor of Bachelor of Science in
(Engineering Science) Engineering (Hons) in Chemical Engineering
Bioengineering and Bachelor
of Social Sciences (Hons) in
Economics
Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Engineering with
(Environmental (Hons) in Chemical and Honours in Electrical Power
Engineering) Biomolecular Engineering Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering Double Degree in Bachelor of Bachelor of Science in
(Industrial and Systems Engineering (Hons) in Electrical Engineering &
Engineering) Chemical and Biomolecular Information Technology
Engineering and Bachelor of
Social Sciences (Hons) in
Economics
Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Food Technology
(Materials Science and (Hons) in Electrical and with Honours
Engineering) Electronic Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering Double Degree in Bachelor of Bachelor of Engineering with
(Mechanical Engineering) Engineering (Hons) in Honours in Marine
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Engineering and Bachelor of
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Social Sciences (Hons) in

Economics
Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Engineering with
(Hons) in Information Honours in Mechanical
Engineering and Media Design and Manufacturing
Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Engineering with
(Hons) in Materials Honours in Mechanical
Engineering Engineering
Double Degree in Bachelor of Bachelor of Engineering with
Engineering (Hons) in Honours in Naval
Materials Engineering and Architecture
Bachelor of Social Sciences
(Hons) in Economics
Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Engineering with
(Hons) in Mechanical Honours in Offshore
Engineering Engineering

Double Degree in Bachelor of Bachelor of Engineering with

Engineering (Hons) in Honours in Pharmaceutical
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering
Bachelor of Social Sciences
(Hons) in Economics

Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Engineering with

(Hons) in Environmental Honours in Sustainable
Engineering Infrastructure Engineering
(Land)
Double Degree in Bachelor of Bachelor of Engineering with
Engineering (Hons) in Honours in Systems
Environmental Engineering Engineering
and Bachelor of Social (ElectroMechanical Systems)
Sciences (Hons) in Economics Bachelor of Engineering with
Honours in Telematics
(Intelligent Transportation
Systems Engineering)
Health Sciences Bachelor of Science - - - Bachelor of Science with -
(Nursing) Honours in Nursing
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Bachelor of Science Bachelor in Science with

(Nursing) (Hons) Honours (Occupational
Therapy)
Bachelor of Science Bachelor in Science with
(Pharmacy) Honours (Physiotherapy)
Bachelor in Science with
Honours (Diagnostic
Radiography)
Bachelor in Science with
Honours (Radiation Therapy)
Bachelor of Science with
Honours in Dietetics and
Nutrition
Humanities & Bachelor of Arts (excluding Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Bachelor of Science - Bachelor of Science with Bachelor of Early
Social Sciences majors in Theatre Studies Chinese (Economics) Honours in Digital Childhood Education
and Communications & Communications and
New Media) Integrated Media
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Bachelor of Social Science Bachelor of Social
(excluding majors in English Work
Theatre Studies and
Communications & New Double Major in Bachelor of Bachelor of Public
Media) Arts (Hons) in English Safety and Security
Literature and Art History

Bachelor of Environmental Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in

Studies (specialisation in History
Environmental Geography)
Bachelor of Social Sciences Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
(excluding majors in Philosophy
Theatre Studies and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in
Communications & New Linguistics and Multilingual
Media) Studies
Double Major in Bachelor of
Arts (Hons) in Psychology
and Linguistics & Multilingual
Studies
Bachelor of Social Sciences
(Hons) in Economics
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Double Major in Bachelor of

Social Sciences (Hons) in
Economics and Media
Analytics
Double Major in Bachelor of
Social Sciences (Hons) in
Economics and Psychology
Double Major in Bachelor of
Social Sciences (Hons) in
Economics and Public Policy
and Global Affairs
Bachelor of Social Sciences
(Hons) in Psychology

Double Major in Bachelor of

Social Sciences (Hons) in
Psychology and Media
Analytics
Bachelor of Social Sciences
(Hons) in Public Policy and
Global Affairs
Bachelor of Social Sciences
(Hons) in Sociology
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in
Sport Science &
Management
Information & Bachelor of Computing Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Science in Bachelor of Science in
Digital (Computer Science) (Hons) in Computer (Information Systems) (Computer Science and Computer Science in Real- Business Analytics
Technologies Engineering Design) Time Interactive Simulation
Bachelor of Computing Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science with
(Information Security) (Hons) in Computer Science (Computer Science) Honours in Computing
Science
Bachelor of Computing Double Degree in Bachelor of Bachelor of Science in
(Information Systems) Engineering (Hons) in Computer Science and Game
Computer Science and Design
Bachelor of Social Sciences
(Hons) in Economics
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Bachelor of Engineering Double Degree in Bachelor of Bachelor of Engineering in

(Computer Engineering) Business (Hons) and Information and
Bachelor of Engineering Communications Technology
(Hons) in Computer Science (Software Engineering)

Bachelor of Science Double Degree in Bachelor of Bachelor of Engineering in

(Business Analytics) Business (Hons) and Information and
Bachelor of Engineering Communications Technology
(Hons) in Computer (Information Security)
Engineering

Bachelor of Science (Data Bachelor of Science (Hons) in

Science and Analytics) Data Science and Artificial
Intelligence
Music Bachelor of Music - - - - -

Education (NIE) - Bachelor of Arts (and - - - -

Education)

Bachelor of Science (and

Education)

Sciences Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science (Hons) in - - - -

Biological Sciences

Bachelor of Science Double Major in Bachelor of

(Computational Biology) Science (Hons) in Biological
Sciences and Psychology
Bachelor of Science (Hons) Bachelor of Science (Hons) in
Biomedical Sciences
Bachelor of Environmental Double Major in Bachelor of
Studies (specialisation in Science (Hons) in Biomedical
Environmental Biology) Sciences and BioBusiness
Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science (Hons) in
(Pharmaceutical Science) Chemistry and Biological
Chemistry
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in
Mathematical Sciences
Double Major in Bachelor of
Science (Hons) in
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Mathematical Sciences and

Economics
Double Major in Bachelor of
Science (Hons) in
Mathematical and Computer
Sciences
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in
Mathematics and Economics
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in
Physics and Applied Physics
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in
Environmental Earth Systems
Science
Double Major in Bachelor of
Science (Hons) in
Environmental Earth Systems
Science and Public Policy and
Global Affairs
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FOLLOW-UP GRADUATES

NUS NTU SMU SUTD SIT SUSS

Architecture Bachelor of Arts - - Bachelor of Science - -
(Architecture) (Architecture and
Sustainable Design)
Biomedical - Double Degree in Bachelor of - - - -
Sciences and Science (Hons) in Biomedical
Chinese Sciences and Bachelor of
Medicine Chinese Medicine
Law Bachelor of Laws - Bachelor of Laws - - Bachelor of Laws
(LLB)
Medicine Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Medicine and - - - -
Bachelor of Surgery Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
Pharmacy Bachelor of Science - - - - -
(Pharmacy)