In 2020, the economic environment is less encouraging and as a result the number of unemployed graduates will increase significantly by 22.5%. In addition, the graduate unemployment rate in 2020 increased by 4.4% compared to 3.9% in the previous year. Therefore, this study aims to identify the level of knowledge and attitude in the career selection of final year Bachelor of Technology students at the Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. This study examines the relationship between the level of knowledge and attitude in the career choice of final year Bachelor of Technology students at FPTV, UTHM. This study is quantitative in nature. A questionnaire was used as a data collection method and distributed to 60 respondents among final year Bachelor of Technology students FPTV using a Likert scale that measures from scale one to scale five. The scale is used as an instrument to collect information about the level of knowledge and attitude in the career selection of students in the final year of Bachelor of Technology students, FPTV, UTHM. Next, the data obtained was analyzed using the Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS) 25.0 program to show the frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The researcher also conducted a T-test to examine the relationship between the level of knowledge and students' attitudes in the career selection of final year Bachelor of Technology students, FPTV, UTHM. In general, the results of the study show that the mean for knowledge and attitude is high, and there is a relationship between the level of student knowledge and attitude in the career selection of students in the final year Bachelor of Technology students, FTPV, UTHM.
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