A*Star trumps tech giants Google and Apple in top employer rankings

Universum surveyed 10,000 students for their top employer of choice.

Government-backed A*Star beat out tech giants Google and Apple as the top employer of choice for students in the engineering and natural sciences industry, a survey by Universum revealed.

Singapore’s leading public sector R&D agency placed 1st against 99 other companies in the 100 most attractive companies for Gen-Z students.

Meanwhile, e-commerce giant Shopee took a huge leap from 31st place to 7th place in the business and commerce industry and 5th place in the IT industry as the top employer of choice by students.

According to Universum, more students are considering a career in e-commerce on the back of the industry’s success over the past year despite the pandemic.

Universum surveyed over 10,000 students from the six major universities in Singapore, namely the National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), Singapore Management University (SMU) and Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) between October 2020 to March 2021. Majority of the respondents are from 20 to 23 years old. The research focused on students’ views on career preferences, expectations and employment related drivers.

Check out the complete list of companies here:

Top 100 employers in Singapore – Business/ Commerce Students

1. Google 
2. Apple 
3. J.P. Morgan 
4. DBS 
5. Walt Disney Company 
6. Singapore Airlines 
7. Shopee 
8. Goldman Sachs 
9. PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
10. EY (Ernst & Young) 
11. KPMG 
12. Deloitte 
13. Changi Airport Group 
14. Facebook 
15. Unilever 
16. Morgan Stanley 
17. L'Oréal Group 
18. Temasek Holding
19. Procter & Gamble (P&G) 
20. Amazon 
21. OCBC Bank
22. Microsoft
23. McKinsey & Company
24. Resorts World Sentosa (Universal Studios)
25. LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
26. Citi 
27. Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) 
28. Singapore Tourism Board (STB)
29. Ministry of Finance (MOF)
30. Marina Bay Sands
31. IKEA
32. Grab
33. United Overseas Bank (UOB)
34. Deutsche Bank
35. Credit Suisse
36. Bain & Company
37. UBS 
38. Airbnb
39. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 
40. Visa 
41. Standard Chartered
42. Barclays
43. GIC Private Limited
44. CapitaLand
45. UNIQLO 
46. HSBC 
47. The Coca-Cola Company
48. Lazada
49. Ministry of Education (MOE)
50. Bank of America (Merrill Lynch)
51. Nestlé
52. Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
53. Johnson & Johnson
54. Samsung
55. Bloomberg 
56. Rolls-Royce
57. Mediacorp
58. Accenture
59. Economic Development Board (EDB)
60. Raffles Hotels and Resorts
61. H&M
62. Dyson
63. IRAS
64. Lego
65. Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG)
66. Ministry of Defence (MINDEF)
67. Ministry of Trade & Industry
68. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
69. Ministry of Home Affairs
70. Salesforce
71. Ogilvy
72. Paypal
73. Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS)
74. LinkedIn
75. IBM
76. Ministry of Health (MOH)
77. Shell
78. American Express
79. Far East Organization
80. SAP
81. Keppel Corporation
82. Sony
83. Enterprise Singapore (ESG)
84. Prudential
85. Oliver Wyman
86. National Trades Union Congress (NTUC)
87. A*STAR
88. ExxonMobil
89. Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)
90. Ubisoft
91. National Environment Agency (NEA)
92. Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY)
93. Lucasfilm
94. HEINEKEN Asia Pacific
95. Land Transport Authority (LTA)
96. Boeing
97. 3M
98. Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)
99. Bosch
100. GSK (GlaxoSmithKline)

Top 100 employers in Singapore – Engineering/Natural Sciences

1. A*STAR
2. Google
3. Apple
4. GSK (GlaxoSmithKline)
5. ST Engineering
6. Microsoft
7. Rolls-Royce
8. Pfizer
9. Singapore Airlines
10. Dyson
11. Defence Science & Technology Agency
12. Johnson & Johnson
13. Procter & Gamble (P&G)
14. Ministry of Health (MOH)
15. Changi Airport Group
16. Ministry of Education (MOE)
17. National Environment Agency (NEA)
18. ExxonMobil
19. Shopee
20. Facebook 
21. Boeing
22. Novartis
23. Land Transport Authority (LTA)
24. Amazon
25. DSO National Laboratories
26. Nestlé
27. 3M
28. Unilever
29. Takeda Pharmaceutical
30. Walt Disney Company
31. Shell
32. Samsung
33. Siemens
34. Ministry of Defence (MINDEF)
35. Intel
36. J.P. Morgan
37. DBS
38. L'Oréal Group
39. GE-General Electric
40. Roche
41. Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS)
42. SMRT
43. Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)
44. Keppel Corporation
45. Sembcorp
46. Government Technology Agency
47. IKEA
48. Huawei
49. Jurong Town Corporation (JTC)
50. IBM
51. McKinsey & Company
52. Goldman Sachs
53. The Coca-Cola Company
54. Lego
55. Sony
56. Schneider Electric
57. Grab
58. Resorts World Sentosa (Universal Studios)
59. Bosch
60. CapitaLand
61. Ministry of Home Affairs
62. Dell Technologies
63. Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
64. Ubisoft
65. OCBC Bank
66. Temasek Holdings
67. Philips
68. SingTel
69. Visa
70. Autodesk
71. Singapore Tourism Board (STB)
72. Singapore Petroleum Company
73. Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
74. Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS)
75. Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)
76. Marina Bay Sands
77. Bain & Company
78. Mediacorp
79. Accenture
80. Ministry of Finance (MOF)
81. Lazada
82. Economic Development Board (EDB)
83. GIC Private Limited
84. Bloomberg
85. Paypal
86. HP Inc.
87. Morgan Stanley
88. EY (Ernst & Young)
89. Lucasfilm
90. Hewlett Packard Enterprise
91. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
92. Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY)
93. Airbnb
94. HEINEKEN Asia Pacific
95. bp 
96. Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
97. United Overseas Bank (UOB)
98. LinkedIn
99. Citi
100. Ministry of Trade & Industry

Top 100 employers in Singapore – IT

1. Google
2. Apple
3. Microsoft
4. Facebook 
5. Shopee 
6. Amazon 
7. DBS
8. Government Technology Agency
9. J.P. Morgan
10. Grab 
11. Samsung
12. Defence Science & Technology Agency
13. Ubisoft
14. Goldman Sachs
15. Accenture
16. IBM
17. Walt Disney Company
18. A*STAR
19. Paypal
20. Visa
21. Intel
22. SingTel
23. Ministry of Defence (MINDEF)
24. Huawei
25. Singapore Airlines
26. Lazada
27. Changi Airport Group
28. OCBC Bank
29. Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA)
30. Sony
31. Dyson
32. Ministry of Education (MOE)
33. Airbnb
34. ST Engineering
35. McKinsey & Company
36. IKEA
37. Resorts World Sentosa (Universal Studios)
38. Bloomberg 
39. Marina Bay Sands
40. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 39Marina Bay Sands 
41. EY (Ernst & Young) 
42. Ministry of Health (MOH) 
43. Dell Technologies 
44. Temasek Holdings 
45. SAP 
46. Rolls-Royce 
47. Salesforce 
48. Citi 
49. GIC Private Limited 
50. United Overseas Bank (UOB) 
51. Lego 
52. DSO National Laboratories 
53. Lucasfilm 
54. Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS) 
55. Deloitte 
56. Autodesk 
57. LinkedIn 
58. Credit Suisse 
59. KPMG 
60. Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) 
61. Procter & Gamble (P&G) 
62. Ministry of Home Affairs 
63. Morgan Stanley 
64. Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) 
65. Hewlett Packard Enterprise 
66. UBS 
67. UNIQLO 
68. Standard Chartered 
69. Bain & Company 
70. American Express 
71. Lenovo 
72. Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
73. HP Inc. 
74. Deutsche Bank
75. Singapore Tourism Board (STB)
76. Mediacorp 
77. Ministry of Finance (MOF) 
78. The Coca-Cola Company 
79. PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) 
80. H&M 
81. Barclays
82. Bank of America (Merrill Lynch) 
83. Ministry of Manpower (MOM) 
84. LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton 
85. IRAS 
86. Siemens 
87. Unilever 
88. Bosch 
89. Economic Development Board (EDB) 
90. Singapore Press Holdings 
91. CapitaLand 
92. Nestlé 
93. Raffles Hotels and Resorts 
94. Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) 
95. Land Transport Authority (LTA) 
96. Philips 
97. L'Oréal Group 
98. National Environment Agency (NEA) 
99. Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) 
100. Enterprise Singapore (ESG)