The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is a national research university located in Daedeok Innopolis,Daejeon,South Korea. KAIST was established by the Korean government in 1971 as the nation's first public,research-oriented science and engineering institution. KAIST is considered to be one of the most prestigious universities in the nation. KAIST has been internationally accredited in business education,and hosts the Secretariat of the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools (AAPBS). KAIST has 10,504 full-time students and 1,342 faculty researchers and had a total budget of US$765 million in 2013,of which US$459 million was from research contracts.
Seoul National University is a public research university located in Seoul,South Korea. It is one of the SKY universities and a part of the Flagship Korean National Universities.
A diploma mill or degree mill is a business that sells illegitimate diplomas or academic degrees,respectively. The term diploma mill is also used pejoratively to describe any educational institution with low standards for admission and graduation,low career placement rate,or low average starting salaries of its graduates.
Kyungpook National University is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities representing Gyeongbuk Province in South Korea. It is located in Daegu,which used to be the capital city of the Gyeongbuk Province,South Korea.
The Catholic University of Korea is a private Roman Catholic university in Bucheon,Gyeonggi Province,South Korea. It was established in 1855. The Catholic University of Korea operates campuses in Seoul and in the neighboring Bucheon. The university's school of medicine operates eight affiliated hospitals throughout the country.
Daegu National University of Education,commonly abbreviated as Daegu-gyodae (Korean: 대구교대) in Korean,is one of the National Universities of Education which provides training courses for preliminary teachers in the public primary schools of South Korea.
Education in South Korea is provided by both public schools and private schools. Both types of schools receive funding from the government,although the amount that the private schools receive is less than the amount of the state schools.
Hanyang University is a private research university in Seoul and Ansan,South Korea. Hanyang derives from the former name of the capital Seoul used during the Joseon period. The university was founded in 1939 as an engineering school,and was the country's first college to offer engineering and architecture programs.
Inha University is a private research university located in Incheon,South Korea. Known traditionally for research and education in the engineering and physical sciences,the university was established by the first president of South Korea,Syngman Rhee. Inha is a Korean-American collaboration school,even in its name:the Morpheme "In" comes from the city of Incheon and "Ha" from Hawaii,USA. Started as a polytechnic university in 1954,named Inha Institute of Technology,the institute has been achieving national recognition and a strong reputation as a technological research university thereafter.
Sogang University is a private research university in Seoul,South Korea. Sogang University was established in April 18,1960,by Fr. Theodore Geppert,SJ and the Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus,with the school being the oldest Jesuit institution of higher education in the country. It was founded at the initiative of the Catholic Hierarchy of Korea,after Pope Pius XII gave assurance that a Catholic instutiton of higher learning would be established on the territory of Korea.
Korea National Open University is a national university of South Korea. The school provides higher education including undergraduate,graduate and non-degree programs as well as distance-learning courses in Korean for more than 180,000 students. It was established in 1972 as a branch faculty of Seoul National University,with 2-year junior college courses. In 1982,KNOU was separated from SNU and established as a national university,launching programs for 4-year undergraduate degrees. As of 2009,the university has 46 offices and regional learning centres nationwide,and domestic cable television channel (OUN) for broadcasting lectures. It provides accredited bachelor's and master's degree for various fields,as well as non-degree qualifications such as diplomas and certificates,or life-long learning units. The school's main campus is located in Daehak-ro,Jongro-gu,Seoul.
Konkuk University is one of the top universities in South Korea founded in 1931. The university was founded based on three virtues:sincerity,fidelity,and righteousness.
Handong Global University is a private evangelical four-year university located in Pohang,North Gyeongsang,South Korea.
The University of Science and Technology is a group of public research institutions in Seoul,Suwon,Changwon,Ansan,Seongnam and Daejeon,etc,in South Korea. UST is the leading government-funded research university dedicated to the synergistic effects of research and education in Science and Technology. The UST was established in 2003 by the Ministry of Science,ICT and Future Planning as the nation’s graduate school specializing in science and engineering education and research. The UST runs only a graduate school. Creating the new driving force for growth would play a major role in leading national growth in the new century. The South Korean government established the UST to produce professionals in the field of combined technologies,thought of as one of the most important criteria for creating the driving force for South Korea's national growth. Today,UST continues to develop itself into a major research university.
Traditionally,Korean legal education followed the German and Japanese models. Recent reforms are shifting professional education from an undergraduate LL.B. to a postgraduate J.D. type of education. In addition,many Korean universities continue to offer legal education in academic and scholastic frameworks,offering graduate degrees,including Ph.D.s in Law. Further,several universities focus on legal systems outside of Korea,such as on Common Law.
Dongsung-dong is a dong (neighborhood) of Jongno District,Seoul,South Korea. It is a legal dong administered under its administrative dong,Ihwa-dong.
Korea National University of Arts (Korean: 한국예술종합학교) is a national university in Seoul,South Korea. Korea National University of Arts was established in 1993 by the Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism of Korea as the only national university of arts with an aim to serve as a leading institution which cultivates artists. It has 26 departments in six schools:Schools of Music,Drama,Film,TV &Multimedia,Dance,Visual Arts,and Korean Traditional Arts.
Credential evaluation is the way in which academic and professional degrees earned in one country are compared to those earned in another. Universities,colleges and employers around the world use credential evaluations to understand foreign education and to judge applicants for admission or employment.
Won-hwa Hong (Korean: 홍원화) is an engineer,professor,and university administrator in South Korea. As a professor in the Department of Architectural and Civil Engineering at Kyungpook National University (KNU),he took office as the 19th President of KNU,South Korea’s largest national university,in 2020. He has also served as the President of the Korean Council for University Education since April 2022.
