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KOREA: Higher education going global
# 12, December 2009
In a global age, Korean universities are naturally focusing on globalisation, writes Oh Se-jung, a professor of physics at Seoul National University, for the JoongAng Daily. Most universities say internationalisation is part of their central goal for development and that they are establishing international departments. Some select students who are fluent in foreign languages. They are also putting added effort into attracting foreign professors and students, and increasing the number of classes taught in English.Due to such efforts, the international horizon of Korean universities is rapidly expanding. For example, the number of foreign students enrolled in regular degree programmes at Seoul National University was around 270 students 10 years ago. Today, there are more than five times as many, or around 1,370 students. Including non-degree foreign students such as exchange students and language course students, the number is close to 3,000, which is more than 10% of the total student population.
The number of foreign professors is also rapidly increasing in most universities because of the World Class University project. A foreign professor employment wind is blowing through universities, with Konkuk and Yonsei universities filling around half of their vacant faculty positions with foreigners.
Photo: Yonsei University
Full report on the JoongAng Daily site
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