• Median gross monthly salary increased to $4,900 in 2024
• About 1/3 of graduates in full-time permanent employment received job offers from the companies they interned with

Fresh graduates from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) remain in strong demand despite uncertainties in the global economy, with about one third in full-time permanent employment receiving two or more job offers.

Within six months of completing their final examinations, 87.4% of SUTD fresh graduates in the labour force secured employment. Around 35% of fresh graduates who secured full-time permanent employment received two or more job offers. These findings were based on a survey which close to 320 of SUTD’s 10th batch of 417 graduates participated in.

Significantly, about one-third of graduates in full-time permanent employment received job offers from the companies they interned with – a testimony to the success of SUTD’s internship programme that all students have to undergo.

The median gross monthly salary of SUTD’s fresh graduates in full-time permanent employment increased to $4,900 in 2024, compared to $4,800 in 2022¹.

SUTD Acting Provost Professor Lim Seh Chun said: “The latest results from the Graduate Employment Survey (GES) pay testament to SUTD’s strong industry-centric curriculum. Our students are trained from Day One to collaborate and work on real-world problems using Design, AI and Tech. The fact that a-third of them in full-time permanent employment were offered jobs by the companies they did internships with is a strong endorsement to the symbiotic relationship we have with our industry partners, and of course, the calibre of our graduates.”

The GES also found that the bulk of SUTD’s graduates secured full-time permanent employment in the Information & Communication, Scientific Research & Development, Electronic Products and Public Administration and Defence industries.

One such graduate was Muhammad Zulfiqar Bin Bakar, who secured employment with Changi Airport Group as an Airside Professional Shift Team Officer. His role requires him to oversee daily operations on the airfield while ensuring the safe and efficient movement of aircraft and passengers. Zulfiqar looks forward to going to work every day due to the dynamic and fast-paced environment. “No two days are the same,” he said.

Zulfiqar had pursued a Diploma in Aviation Management and Services in Temasek Polytechnic before he completed the Engineering Systems and Design degree programme at SUTD. With how quickly technology advances, Zulfiqar feels that more emphasis will be placed on automation and data driven decision making. He hopes to be part of the transformation and help bring positive changes to current aviation processes.

Working for recycling company Interzero Plastics Sorting GmbH, Engineering Product Development graduate, Claire Tham, is also grateful for the theoretical knowledge and hands-on skills she had picked up during her time in SUTD. “They are critical in helping me solve real-world problems. Who would have thought that rotation matrices were applicable in real life?” she quips.

Currently undergoing a two-year traineeship programme in Germany, Claire is learning how to design and operate a material sorting facility and hopes to be able to bring this back to help further develop Singapore’s recycling industry.

1 Due to a change in academic calendar, the class of 2023 was smaller. No data is shown due to the small number of graduates.

Reference: 2024 Graduate Employment Survey, Ministry of Education, Singapore