Starting Salary of Singapore University Fresh Graduates (2021)

Your guide to the most updated starting salary of Singapore university fresh graduates.

Findings and figures are based on the latest Ministry of Education (MOE) 2021 Graduate Employment Survey (GES), jointly conducted by the National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore Management University (SMU), Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), Singapore University of Technology & Design (SUTD), and Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)—to collect information on the employment status of graduates approximately six months after the completion of their final examinations.

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Degree	Course Duration (Years)	Conducted By	Number of Graduates Employed	Proportion Employed (%)	Median Gross Monthly Starting Salary ($)
Bachelor of Accountancy	3	NTU	353	88.7	3,000
Bachelor of Arts	3	NUS	33	39.8	3,300
Bachelor of Business	3	NTU	249	66.8	3,800
Bachelor of Science (Nursing)	3	NUS	107	92.2	3,500
Bachelor of Accountancy	4	SMU	178	86	3,100
Bachelor of Accountancy	4	SUSS	76	81.7	3,000
Bachelor of Accountancy & Bachelor of Business	4	NTU	116	91.3	4,405
Bachelor of Arts (Chinese) (Honours)	4	NTU	47	63.5	3,500
Bachelor of Arts (Economics) (Honours)	4	NTU	54	63.5	3,797
Bachelor of Arts (Education) / Bachelor of Arts with Diploma in Education	4	NTU	61	98.4	3,799
Bachelor of Arts (English) (Honours)	4	NTU	38	43.2	3,450
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)	4	NUS	110	54.2	3,500
Bachelor of Arts (Linguistics and Multilingual Studies) (Honours)	4	NTU	37	63.8	3,350
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) (Honours)	4	NTU	53	53.5	3,300
Bachelor of Arts (Sociology) (Honours)	4	NTU	43	66.2	3,600
Bachelor of Arts with Honours	4	NUS	69	65.7	3,890
Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) (Honours)	4	NUS	174	92.1	3,500
Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours)	4	NUS	284	80.7	4,000
Bachelor of Business And Computer Engineering	4	NTU	37	97.4	5,400
Bachelor of Business Management	4	SMU	376	68.4	3,850
Bachelor of Communication Studies (Honours)	4	NTU	92	66.7	3,340
Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science)	4	NUS	162	92.6	5,243
Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems)	4	NUS	67	93.1	4,500
Bachelor of Dental Surgery	4	NUS	43	100	4,200
Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace Engineering)	4	NTU	69	75.8	4,000
Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical Engineering)	4	NUS	51	53.1	3,500
Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering)	4	NTU	83	83	3,900
Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering)	4	NUS	158	78.2	4,000
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering)	4	NUS	96	86.5	3,590
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering)	4	NTU	80	87	3,500
Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science)	4	NTU	199	86.1	4,300
Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering)	4	NUS	90	81.1	5,000
Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering)	4	NTU	34	94.4	4,100
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering)	4	NUS	126	75.4	4,200
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical & Electronic Engineering)	4	NTU	325	75.1	3,880
Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial And Systems Engineering)	4	NUS	66	93	4,380
Bachelor of Engineering (Information Engineering and Media)	4	NTU	35	70	4,000
Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Engineering)	4	NTU	98	69	3,700
Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Science & Engineering)	4	NUS	41	66.1	3,900
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)	4	NUS	192	69.6	3,800
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)	4	NTU	235	67.5	3,850
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Arts, Design & Media)	4	NTU	41	35.7	2,800
Bachelor of Science (Physics & Applied Physics)	4	NTU	33	48.5	3,700
Bachelor of Science (Biological Sciences) (Honours)	4	NTU	102	56.7	3,325
Bachelor of Science (Business Analytics)	4	NUS	43	84.3	5,000
Bachelor of Science (Chemistry & Biological Chemistry) (Honours)	4	NTU	73	45.6	3,245
Bachelor of Science (Economics)	4	SMU	124	70.5	3,800
Bachelor of Science (Education) / Bachelor of Science with Diploma in Education	4	NTU	44	100	3,800
Bachelor of Science (Honours)	4	NUS	334	57.4	3,528
Bachelor of Science (Information Systems Management)	4	SMU	182	83.9	4,542
Bachelor of Science (Maritime Studies)	4	NTU	51	78.5	3,500
Bachelor of Science (Mathematical Sciences)	4	NTU	91	68.9	3,656
Bachelor of Science (Mathematics & Economics)	4	NTU	39	55.7	3,832
Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (Honours)	4	NUS	65	97	3,600
Bachelor of Science (Project & Facilities Management)	4	NUS	60	66.7	3,200
Bachelor of Science (Real Estate)	4	NUS	70	68.6	3,630
Bachelor of Science in Marketing	4	SUSS	39	51.3	2,900
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours)	4	NUS	562	65.3	3,500
Bachelor of Social Sciences	4	SMU	84	52.8	3,500
Bachelor of Social Work	4	SUSS	33	89.2	3,500
Bachelor of Sports Science and Management	4	NTU	31	52.5	3,300
Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Product Development)	4.5	SUTD	46	82.1	3,800
Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Systems and Design)	4.5	SUTD	64	77.1	4,000
Bachelor of Engineering (Information Systems Technology and Design)	4.5	SUTD	82	85.4	4,500
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in Real-Time Interactive Simulation	4	DigiPen Institute of Technology	37	94.9	4,400
Bachelor of Accountancy with Honours	3	SIT	99	89.2	3,100
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Information & Communications Technology (Information Security)	4	SIT	38	95	4,100
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Information & Communications Technology (Software Engineering)	4	SIT	38	97.4	4,190
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Pharmaceutical Engineering	4	SIT	58	90.6	3,660
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Building Services)	4	SIT	49	92.5	3,500
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Telematics (Intelligent Transportation Systems Engineering)	4	SIT	32	97	3,750
Bachelor of Hospitality Business with Honours	3	SIT	103	74.6	3,000
Bachelor of Food Technology with Honours	4	SIT-Massey University	38	88.4	2,975
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Chemical Engineering	4	SIT-Newcastle University	33	73.3	3,500
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Nursing	2	SIT-University of Glasgow	46	95.8	3,800
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering	2.5	Technical University Munich	34	77.3	3,300
Bachelor in Science (Occupational Therapy)	3 to 4	SIT-Trinity College Dublin / Trinity College Dublin	33	100	3,425
Bachelor in Science (Physiotherapy)	4	SIT-Trinity College Dublin / Trinity College Dublin	58	98.3	3,400
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Aeronautical Engineering	3	University of Glasgow	31	64.6	s
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Mechanical Design Engineering	3	University of Glasgow	62	93.9	3,500
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Mechatronics	3 to 4	University of Glasgow	49	83.1	3,600
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Computing Science	3	University of Glasgow	58	89.2	4,200
Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Criminology and Security	3	University of Liverpool	57	70.4	3,695

Notes:

1. Number of Graduates Employed refers to those who responded to the survey and indicated they were employed on a full-time permanent basis as at the following dates:

NUS, NTU, SMU, SUSS : 30 Oct 2020

SUTD : 19 Feb 2021

SIT : 1 Mar 2020

2. Proportion Employed refers to the full-time permanently employed as a proportion of graduates who have entered the labour market, approximately 6 months after completing their final examinations. 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.

3. Median Gross Monthly Starting Salary comprises the basic salary, fixed allowances, overtime pay and commissions. Bonuses are excluded.

Data on law, medical, pharmacy and architecture graduates were not reflected as a significant number of them were still doing practical law course/reading in chambers/under pupillage or serving housemanship.

Source: Graduate Employment Survey conducted by various universities