Yeungjin College in Daegu to Recruit 2,309 Students through Rolling Admissions... 3,788 Graduates Employed by Major Korean Conglomerates in 10 Years

Yeungjin College Tops the Nation with 73 Graduates Securing Overseas Employment This Year

Half Tuition Offered to All First-Round Successful Applicants

Yeungjin College in Daegu (President: Choi Jaeyoung) announced on the 27th that it will recruit new students for the 2027 academic year in 31 divisions and departments across engineering, humanities and social sciences, natural sciences, and arts and physical education. The total admission quota is 2,408, of which 2,309 students, or 95.9% of the total, will be selected through the rolling admissions process. The first round rolling admissions will select 1,885 students, and the second round will select 424 students.

Within the rolling admissions quota, the recruitment quota by type is as follows: 571 for the regular high school admissions track, 429 for specialized high school admissions track, 86 for joint educational agreement track, 398 for interview track, 420 for university's own admissions track, 385 for lifelong learning track, and 20 for advance recruitment track.

Exterior view of Yeungjin College

The lifelong learning track offers adult-friendly education methods customized by department, such as day, weekend, and evening classes; both in-person and online classes; weekday night courses; and seasonal semesters, to accommodate adult learners and working students. Applications for the lifelong learning track and out-of-quota admissions for adult learners and working students have been accepted in person since July 1.

For out-of-quota admissions, there are 54 places for the rural area track and 76 for the basic living security recipient track. University graduate track and out-of-quota tracks for adult learners and working employees have no set recruitment limit, while certain departments (such as nursing, early childhood education, and emergency rescue) have separate quotas specified in the admissions guidelines.

Applicants can apply to up to two selections in both the first and second round of rolling admissions, regardless of the type of track, division, or department.

Academic performance is evaluated based on grades from all subjects in all high school years, applying a weighting: 30% from 1st year, 30% from 2nd year, and 40% from the first semester of 3rd year. For those who completed the regular high school vocational education program, the 2+1 industrial-technical program, or lack a year's results, grades are calculated with 50% from lower years and 50% from upper years.

In the 2027 academic year, Yeungjin College will further strengthen its curriculum to meet demand in artificial intelligence (AI) and digital transformation (AX·DX) industries. In the Computer Information Division, programs such as AI Software, AI Game Metaverse, and AI Global IT will be offered, while the AI Computer Security Department will foster practical talent specializing in AI security, cloud infrastructure, and network/server management.

The AI Aviation Drone Department and AX Art Media Interdisciplinary Department also provide training in convergent practical skills required at advanced industrial sites.

A new Library and Information Science Department will be launched to nurture practical librarians who have competencies in library information resource management and operations as well as digital and AI literacy.

Yeungjin College stated, "All students who are accepted in the first round of rolling and regular admissions within the quota will receive a 50% tuition fee reduction for their first semester, and additional admitted students will receive a 1 million won tuition fee reduction for their first semester."

For the university's own admissions track, students with work experience in industry, those currently employed, individuals aged 23 or older, representatives of partner companies recommended for customized job agreement-based programs, and those admitted through the lifelong learning track, will receive a 50% tuition discount for the first semester and a 30% discount for subsequent semesters. Successful candidates in the advance recruitment track who meet a certain grade requirement will receive a 50% tuition fee scholarship for all semesters.

As of the 2027 academic year, adult learners aged 35 or older (born in 1992) who enter via the lifelong learning track, the university’s own track, or out-of-quota admissions, will receive an 80% tuition reduction in the first semester and a 50% reduction in subsequent semesters. Students recommended by the principal of a specialized high school and admitted through the university’s own track will be offered a 100% tuition reduction for the first semester.

For out-of-quota rolling and regular admissions, successful applicants from rural areas, basic living security recipients, adult learners and employees, and university graduate track will receive a 900,000 won tuition deduction for the first semester, and additional accepted students will receive a 500,000 won deduction.

Students from Yeungjin College's Semiconductor Electronics Department engaged in hands-on practice.

According to the "2026 Higher Education Employment Statistics Survey" announced by the Ministry of Education this year, Yeungjin College ranked first among all specialized colleges in Korea for overseas employment performance, with 73 graduates securing jobs overseas. Over the past ten years (based on Ministry of Education information disclosure from 2016 to 2026), a total of 1,043 graduates have found employment abroad, recording the highest overseas employment achievements among all 2- and 4-year colleges nationwide. Many graduates have joined global companies, including SoftBank, Rakuten, and Yahoo Japan, especially in Japan, continuing a record of practical, employability-centered education leading to careers abroad.

Over the past ten years (announced by the Ministry of Education from 2017 to 2026), a total of 3,788 Yeungjin graduates have found employment at major domestic conglomerate groups: 389 at Samsung, 673 at LG, 460 at SK, 151 at Hanwha, 126 at POSCO, 95 at Hyundai Motor, 24 at HD Hyundai, 98 at Shinsegae, and 81 at Lotte.

Yeungjin College ranked first in the specialized college category in the "2026 Korea’s Most Respected Companies" survey hosted by the Korea Management Association Consulting (KMAC), maintaining first place for 15 consecutive years since the start of the survey.

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