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Less than half new graduates opt to find work: survey

Less than 50 percent of college and university students have opted to work immediately after graduation, according to the results of a survey released on Wednesday by the Ministry of Education.

The survey was conducted last May on 134,120 college and university students who were set to graduate that year and 16,000 graduates who graduated in 2005.

Among those who were set to graduate last year, 46 percent planned to work, 34 percent planned to further their studies and 17 percent were planned to perform their military service after graduation, the survey said.

While 56 percent of students from private science and technology universities were preparing to work, one-fifth of public university students were planning to pursue further studies, 24 percent of which were planning to study overseas.

Meanwhile, 64 percent of public college students and 52 percent of private college students planned to further their studies.

The survey found that 78 percent of the students were satisfied with the disciplines they had chosen, with the highest degree of satisfaction seen among students in the fields of industrial technology, domestic science, medicine and health, law, transportation, communications and art.

Among the graduates who graduated in 2005, 41 percent were working, 27 percent were studying and 8.5 percent were looking for jobs, the survey said.

Graduates in the fields of tourism service, domestic science, business and management and medicine registered the highest employment rates.
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