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13 Mar 2012
Upswing in starting salaries for university graduates - Nine in ten managed to find employment despite economic slowdown last year  
SMU achieved an employment rate of 95.6 per cent last year, with an increase of 3.6 per cent in starting salaries to $3,388, a record high since its first cohort graduated in 2004. NTU graduates saw starting salaries increase by an average of 4.2 per cent to $3,152, while NUS graduates also saw starting salaries rise from an average of $2,970 to $3,112.

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Increase in starting pay of graduates from all three universities
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Singapore university graduates' starting salaries rise despite economic uncertainty
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Employment rate at least 90%, SMU graduate starting pay over 7,000
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12 Mar 2012
SMU Graduates Achieve Robust Employment Rate and Higher Salaries
For the eighth consecutive year, SMU's graduates have registered a robust employment rate and a higher average gross monthly salary.(SMU's top earning graduates are from its IS Management programme.)
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The 2011 GES results released by the Ministry of Education on 12 March 2012 show that our Information Systems graduates have done well again, despite the uncertain global economic conditions. Our graduates continue to be amongst the highest paid from all the local universities. Our top earning graduates (at the 75th Percentile) draw the highest salaries, when compared to NUS and NTU.
Graduate Employment Survey, 2011

12 Mar 2012
Fresh graduates got higher starting salaries
Despite the economic uncertainty last year, the graduating cohort of 2011 from three local universities saw robust employment and good starting salaries, according to graduate employment surveys released yesterday by the Ministry of Education. The overall employment rate for graduates was at about 91 per cent for NUS, 90 percent for NTU, and 95.6 per cent for SMU. Information Systems Management graduates (cum laude and above) at SMU saw the highest median basic monthly pay of S$3,800 and mean basic monthly pay of S$4,057.  
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Class of 2011 SMU graduates' salary at record high: survey  
The Education Ministry has published the results of the 2011 Graduate Employment survey, which polled 12,998 graduates from the three public-funded universities. Graduates from the Singapore Management University's (SMU) class of 2011 earned an average of S$3,388 a month from full-time employment, a record high since 2004 when SMU's first batch of graduates entered the job market.

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01 Jul 2011
Grads' starting pay back to pre-crisis levels
The Ministry of Manpower's latest annual report on wages found that among those in four-year degree programmes, information systems management graduates from SMU commanded the highest average starting salary of $3,474 last year. They were followed by SMU economics graduates at $3,430.
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$3474 was the highest gross average monthly salary for last year's university graduates, topping the list was SMU's Information Systems graduates
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06 May 2011
10 highest graduate starting salaries in 2010

SMU's Information Management Systems graduates have emerged top earners among graduates of all courses at SMU and among graduates of the same course across the local universities.
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21-22 Mar 2011
Record employment rate for SMU (SIS) graduates
With an almost full employment rate of 99.99 per cent, SMU's 2010 graduates achieved the highest employment rate and average gross monthly salary for all degree programmes across all local universities, excluding medicine and law. (SMU's top earning graduates are from its IS Management programme.)

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SMU's Information Systems Management graduates are again the top wage earners among the entire SMU graduating cohort and among all graduates from all of the local universities programmes (except law and medicine), for the 2nd year in a row!
Graduate Employment Survey, 2010

07 Apr 2010
SMU graduates top salaries across local universities
In addition to high employability, SMU graduates from the Class of 2009 also outperformed graduates from across the local universities in starting salaries 2. Leading the pack, according to the survey, are SMU's information systems management graduates who are highest paid among all graduates from the local universities. They are earning $3,445, up 7.1% from $3,217 in 2008. Those with Cum Laude or better are getting $3,754, up from $3,655 by 2.7%. Last year saw a strong demand for information systems management graduates in the banking and financial sector. Many information systems management graduates, who are trained for professional positions that interface business and information technology, have been successful in securing jobs in this industry with generous remuneration in the range of $4,000 to $5,000 a month.

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BSc (IS Management) graduates from SMU SIS have the highest average starting salary among all graduates from the local universities.
Graduate Employment Survey, 2009

06 Apr 2010
SMU grads have highest employment rate
Students from Singapore Management University (SMU) are the most employable among the three local universities. According to figures provided by the Education Ministry, 96.8% of them found jobs within six months, while 91% of NUS and 89% of NTU students found jobs in the same period. Students 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.
5-6 Apr 2010
90% of grads found jobs within 6 months
According to the Graduate Employment Survey, most university graduates last year secured full-time permanent jobs within six months of leaving school despite the bleak economic conditions. Graduates from SMU's economics and accountancy programmes were largely recession-proof and those from the School of Information Systems earned the highest mean monthly salary of about S$3,450.
May 2008
14 Nov 2007
SMU graduates make IT work at work
SMU School of Information Systems (SIS) advertorial on how the school produces graduates who are in hot demand by employers from all industries.
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13 Mar 2007
SMU salary survey results for 2006
Features SIS pioneer intake graduate Susmit GUPTA
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Articles on IT-related Employment and Career Opportunities for SIS Alumni
23 Feb 2011
06 Oct 2009
IT to Create 2.8 Million Jobs in the Asia Pacific by 2013
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09 Apr 2009
Healthcare Prepares to Embrace IT
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15 Jan 2009
Infocomm Firms Upbeat About Growth
Six in 10 firms expect to do well this year; many are still hiring: Survey
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23 Jul 2008
From Tactical to Strategic
CIOs are increasingly aware that they could assume a true business leadership role.
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03 Mar 2008
Motorola CIO Patricia Morrison in Dialogue: How Technology Drives Value Creation for Business
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01 Mar 2008
IDA Earmarks Additional $70M to Groom Local IT Talent
IDA announces additional S$70M to train IT techno-strategist to create Business IT experts in selected industries.
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Jan 2008
The People Factor
In 2006, Infocomm manpower in Singapore grew 7 per cent to bring the number of infocomm professionals in Singapore to 120,000 in 2006. Under the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore's (IDA) iN2015 masterplan, the goal is to create an additional 80,000 infocomm jobs by 2015.
The Service Science Management and Engineering (SSME) programme was launched recently to nurture multi-disciplinary infocomm talent.
09 Nov 2007
Banks Woo Talent for Less Glitzy Back-End Jobs
The article reports that Banks are racing to hire thousands of "back-end" support staff in Singapore and are pulling out all the stops to woo talent to fill up global operations centres they set up here in recent years.
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19 Sep 2007
A global search for the secrets of IT success
Researchers for the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual global "IT Competitiveness Index" highlight the need for a new generation of IT specialists who can not only relate to customers but also analyse business cases. Australia and Singapore are two countries that are addressing this need, adding business training to core IT skills in their university programmes.
07 May 2007
Employers cast nets abroad to fill Jobs in Hot Sectors
Wages are up in banking, IT; but positions growing faster than qualified labour pool.
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01 May 2007
Recruiters face Talent War as Asian Job Market Booms
Strong Demand for jobs in IT, Accounting and Marketing in Singapore.
At SMU, you can study Business IT  PLUS Accounting, or Business IT PLUS Marketing, and gain a tremendous advantage in your career options.
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04 Apr 2007
MS student survey identifies lack of IT education, soft skills
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12 Mar 2007
Last updated on 4 May, 2012 by School of Information Systems.