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Engineering FAQs
How much
money do Polytechnic Engineering graduates make? Polytechnic
Engineering graduates generally earn a good salary. Of course, some talented
graduates that go into independent practice or create their own companies can
do quite well. For an idea on how much money you could earn after graduating
with a diploma in engineering you can use the results of the 2007 Polytechnic
Graduate survey below as a reference.
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ALL
POLYS
FRESH
Mean
Salary |
ALL
POLYS POST-NS Mean
Salary |
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ENGINEERING - ELECTRICAL &
ELECTRONIC
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Aerospace Electronics |
$2,122 |
Not available |
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Biomedical Engineering |
$1,689 |
Not available |
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Business Process & Systems Engineering;
Industrial & Systems Engineering |
$1,800 |
Not available |
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Computer & Network Technology |
$1,912 |
$2,042 |
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Electrical Engineering |
$1,885 |
$2,192 |
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Electronic Engineering; Electrical & Computer Control Engineering; Electronics, Computer &
Communications Engineering; Electrical & Telecommunication Engineering;
Electronics; Computer Engineering; Telecommunications; Microelectronics |
$1,903 |
$2,161 |
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Electrical Engineering |
$1,885 |
$2,192 |
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Intelligent Building Technology |
$1,771 |
$2,051 |
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Multimedia & Infocomm Technology |
$1,835 |
$2,126 |
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ENGINEERING - MECHANICAL &
MANUFACTURING
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Logistics Engineering & Management |
$1,629 |
$2,130 |
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Manufacturing Engineering |
$1,885 |
$2,014 |
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Mechanical Engineering |
$1,993 |
$2,085 |
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Mechatronics; Mechatronics Engineering |
$2,035 |
$2,116 |
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Product Engineering |
not available |
$2,550 |
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Quality Management & Engineering |
$1,659 |
$2,174 |
BUILT ENVIRONMENT |
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Civil & Environmental Engineering |
$1,775 |
not available |
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Civil & Structural Engineering |
$1,787 |
$2,438 |
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MARITIME
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Marine Engineering |
$2,115 |
not available |
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Marine & Offshore Technology |
$2,216 |
not available |
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Maritime transportation Management,
Maritime Transportation |
$1,782 |
$2,253 |
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Where can I pursue a degree
after I graduate with a Polytechnic diploma? Locally
The three local universities SMU, NUS and NTU have been accepting applications
from polytechnic graduates for several years. However they have slightly
different requirements. Please refer to their respective sites for more
details.
Overseas
Many overseas universities have
advanced standings for Polytechnic graduates. The amount of advanced standing
and depends on your chosen course. Check with the helpful staff at the poly
you’re applying to for more details.
Ministry of Education's advice is for students to
establish that the institution that they are applying for is a bona fide
education establishment, which can be ascertained from the respective Embassy /
High Commission or with the local agencies set up by the respective countries.
Please click
here for MOE's advice on this.
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Where do engineers work?
Engineers work
everywhere: In Singapore, our engineering graduates perform a wide range of
tasks, like product design using computer simulation and modeling. Some
do prototyping and measurement in laboratories, while others do planning work.
They work in sophisticated facilities, with cutting edge equipment and
technology, in laboratories, business offices or out in the open air building
the physical infrastructure we see around us.
Many engineering graduates also get the opportunity
to work overseas. The demand for engineering talent in the region is high and
polytechnic engineering graduates can be found working in big and small cities,
rural communities and even remote wilderness areas. No matter where you want to
work you’ll find that an engineer is needed there!
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Do engineers use computers?
Absolutely! For
everything from office work such as e-mail and reports, to graphics, to complex
calculations. In fact in today’s knowledge economy, engineers use the
computer more often than they use any other tool. It's often a contest
between typical engineers as to who has the most computing power at their
disposal and who has the coolest software.
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What hours do polytechnic engineering graduates
work?
Most engineering graduates work 5 days a week, Monday through
Friday. Usually, they work from 8 to 10 hours per day like most other day jobs.
However, there are some companies that have flexible work schedules such that
their engineers come in for some 8-hour period during the day (say from 6 p.m.
to 2 a.m.). Sometimes engineers work at a job site where something is happening
24 hours a day and they work a 'shift' schedule. Usually these assignments are
temporary, such as for a new plant startup.
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Why should I study engineering?
By
studying engineering, you can help solve problems that are important to
society. You could be controlling and preventing pollution, developing new
medicines, creating advanced technologies, even exploring new worlds. In
addition, because our society is becoming more technology dependent, the demand
for Polytechnic Engineering graduates will surely remain high.
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