The MOE's Graduate Employment Survey, conducted annually, looked at those who graduated from the National University, Singapore Management University and the Nanyang Technological University last year (2009) and what fraction landed a job within six months. -- ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
DESPITE the recession, nine out of 10 students who graduated from the three local universities last year found jobs within six months of graduation, according to Ministry of Education (MOE) statistics released on Monday.
And there was even better news for those in the teaching, nursing and dental surgery sector, with graduates posting a 100 per cent employment rate.
The MOE's Graduate Employment Survey, conducted annually, looked at those who graduated from the National University, Singapore Management University and the Nanyang Technological University last year (2009) and what fraction landed a job within six months.
It also looked at the mean salary across faculties.
Apart from teaching graduates from NTU's National Institute of Education, and nursing and dental surgery alumni from NUS, those from NUS' business administration (accountancy) (100 per cent) and SMU's economics (100) and accountancy (99.2, 100 for cum laude and above) programmes were also largely recession-proof.
But last year's economic gloom did affect salaries, with average wages last year lower than those in 2008.
