High employment rates for university (NUS, SMU, NTU) graduates in Singapore

Students from Singapore Management University (SMU) are the most employable among the three local university graduates in Singapore.

According to figures provided by the Education Ministry, 92.2% of graduates in Singapore from the three local universities last year found employment within six months of graduation.

Students from SMU had the highest employment rate, with 96.8% of them finding jobs within six months, while 91% of National University of Singapore (NUS) found jobs in the same period. By contrast, only 89% of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) students managed to secure a job.

Graduates in Singapore from SMU’s Information Systems Management course had the highest wage level, with the highest mean monthly salary at S$3,450. NUS Business Administration graduates came in second with a mean monthly salary of S$3,400.

The lowest earners were from NUS’s Applied Science course, with a mean monthly salary of about S$2,400.

At the other end of the scale are graduates in Singapore from NUS’s Applied Science course. Their mean monthly salary is about S$2,400.

Sources and references: Human Resources Online; Topics, Salaries for Graduates in Singapore