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HKUST Graduates Succeed in Job Market
More than 98% of class-of-’99 graduates from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) had found jobs, started businesses or been accepted for further studies by December last year, according to a survey released by HKUST’s Career Center.Of the 1,826 respondents, 84% were engaged in full-time employment or business start-ups, 1% were doing temporary or part-time jobs, while 14% were pursuing further studies. Their mean gross monthly income was $11,439, down seven percentage points from the previous year.Business (69%) continued to be the largest employment sector, followed by manufacturing (15%), education (7%), construction (4%), government (3%) and social services (2%).In terms of job nature, systems analysis and computer programming (21%) replaced engineering (19%) as the most popular type of job, followed by marketing and sales (20%), accounting (13%) and administration and management (8%).
