More than half of PSU graduates in 2005 still live in the South Pharmacy gets the best pay – Most engineers work for private sectors

Prince of Songkla University did a survey on the status of employment of 5,430 graduates who graduated in 2005. It was found that after graduation for six months, 2,958 of 4,244 graduates of the Bachelor’s degree level have been employed (69.7%). 304 of 383 graduates of the continuing education Bachelor’s degree level have been employed (79.4%). 753 of 803 graduates of Master’s degree level have been employed (93.8%). 660 graduates continue their studying. 626 graduates are still unemployed.

The graduates from health sciences areas; Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Nursing are 100% employed. The graduates of the Faculty of Commerce and Management of Trang Campus are 72—78% employed. The graduates of the Faculties of Service Industries, Phuket Campus, Education and Agro-Industry are 77.19% employed. The graduates of the Faculties of Management Sciences, Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences, Fine Arts, Technology and Management, and Economics are 66-70 % employed.

More than half of the graduates (58.4%) work in the South. 27.6% work in Bangkok and surrounded areas. 14.0% are spread in different regions. Considering those who work in the South, it is found that 36.8% work in Songkhla, 14.9% work in Phuket. 9.2% work in Pattani, 7.8% work in Suratthani, 6.1% work in Trang and the rest 25.3% work in other provinces in the South.

In the past year, the graduates work more for private sector. The ratio of the workers in private sector, public sector and others are 6.8:2.1:1.1. Most of the graduates working for private sector are from the Faculty of Engineering.