Study Abroad: UNIVERSITIES

KOREAN'S UNIVERSITIES:

If you are interested to study in South Korea, there are many universities and posibilities to you. First you need to know what university is better for you, and what kind of scholarships offer each one them.

Here we show you several universities that you can go to study maybe Korean lenguage or other kind of program.

The first university that offer many careers and oportunities is Yonsi University.

Requirements: Sophomores, juniors, and seniors in all majors are eligible to participate. Students should have a minimum average of 2.5 or better. Korean language ability is not required.

Academic Areas:

Business
East Asian Studies
Engineering Humanities
Korean Language
Korean Studies
Life Sciences
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Room and Board: There are two university housing facilities. The International House is Yonsei’s dormitory for international students. There are only double rooms with separate wings for male and female students. The SK Global House which opened in March 2010 is state of the art housing for international students and visiting faculty. There are single and double rooms with private bathrooms and showers. All of the rooms in both facilities are western-style with heat and air-conditioning and internet access. There are no meal plans, but there is a shared kitchen with several refrigerators. Students can eat in the university cafeterias as well as in the numerous restaurants close to campus.

COSTS: The costs are in the next page, they are a estimation of the cost to stay in the university.

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The second university is Hallym University. This university is more for the people want to learn more about the lenguage and culture of this wonderful country.

Program Information:

Hallym International School (HIS), a division of the Institute of Global Education (IGE), was established to promote an international community at Hallym University. Korean Language Education Center (KLEC) was established in August, 2004 under the aegis of the Institute of Global Education to teach Korean language and culture to international students from around the world. KLEC has various Korean language programs designed to improve communicative competence and performance. All teachers at KLEC have completed a training program in teaching Korean as second language, and are well versed in Korean grammar, language acquisition theory, and Korean language teaching methodology. Further, they are experienced in teaching Korean as a second language to students from a variety of language backgrounds. With enthusiastic and experienced teachers, foreign students learn and practice speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in a well-equipped environment.

Links:

http://www.korea.net/: The official website of the Republic of Korea
http://usa.mofa.go.kr/english/am/usa/main/index.jsp: Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United States

Requirements: Students are expected to be in good academic standing.

Academics:

This program offers students practical and experiential exploration of Korean language, history, culture and customs. Topics are available in Korean Food, Korean Arts and Music, Intercultural Communication, Korean History and Korean Pop Culture. The program is mainly taught in English.

Support Services:

The HIS Program is unique and unprecedented in that it is aimed at presenting practical and fun-oriented cultural sharing activities, rather than only in-class lecturing. Each visiting student will have a Korean student as a counterpart throughout the entire program, promoting cultural exchange through interpersonal interaction, and the opportunity to share the language, history, culture, and customs of each country.

Housing:

Hallym International Dormitory (HID) was established in the fall semester of 2004 and is a place where you will live with Hallym University students who are serious about improving their language skills and who want to use their second language in their daily life. This unique situation where visiting exchange students live alongside Korean students will help you adjust to life in Korea while promoting intercultural awareness. Currently, there are students practicing four different languages in HID: English, Japanese, Chinese and Russian. HID is equipped with a variety of resources to help improve students language skills including, satellite television in each of the four languages, a variety of publications, language specific computer resources, and a singing room with a variety of songs in Chinese, Japanese, and English.
Hallym's dormintory facilities are equipped with reading rooms, a PC room, a gymnasium, tennis courts, a music room, laundry facilities (07:00~11:00, each floor), and a movie room. Each room is furnished with a LAN connection, bed, desk, closet and phone for the students' convenience.

Meals:

Students may use the cafeteria or local restaurants. There are microwave ovens and water purifiers available in the dormitory.

There are others universities very populars such as:

Yeungnam University:

Program Terms: Summer
Academics courses:

Basic Korean I
Conteporary East Asian Economy
Global Business Strategy
Glogal Economics Issues
Korean History and Culture

Ajou University:

Setting Description: Ajou University is one of the top 10 among 150 Universities in South Korea. We have plan to establish Research Center for Wireless Internet & Ubiquitous Computing.
Program Value: Our lab cooperates with a lot of industry such as Samsung, LG, Korean Telecom, SK Telecom, Korean Electrinics Technology Institute, and so on. Recently, our team has filled up a Professor and two invited Profesor.
Subjects: Computer Science, English as a Second Language

Other universities may be found in this directión are:

http://www.studyabroad.com/

You can also find information about scholarships and agreements with other universities in the website of the ORI (International Relations Organization).
In our case we seek to South Korea, then look at what are the agreements that are in place and what kind of agreement is (http://www.ori.unal.edu.co/convenios.html).

Alternatively, search the scholarships awarded by the government of South Korea. After some research we found the following information:

Academic Information Scholarship:

National Scholarship:

KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency):

Ajou University offers Master’s degree programs in International Business and International Trade for students coming via the KOICA scholarship program. Students are normally nominated by their own countries to study at one of the leading Korean universities and Ajou Graduate School of International Studies selects the nominated students via Ajou GSIS’s admission criteria. Every year, Ajou GSIS receives 15-20 KOICA students from more than 20 countries.
For further information, please visit: http://www.koica.go.kr/
KOICA COLOMBIA: http://koica.aymsoft.com/

KOICA :
All KOICA sponsored students: 100%

NIIED (National Institute of International Education Development):

The National Institute for International Education Development (NIIED) is responsible for education of overseas Koreans and international exchange and cooperation in education. NIIED is an executive agency affiliated with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in Korea, and they promote their program and recruit possible foreign students in the Korean embassies abroad to bring them to study in Korea. Foreign students coming to Korea via NIIED normally study Korean language first and then seek a degree program (undergraduate and postgraduate programs).
For further information, please visit: http://www.niied.go.kr/eng/index.do

SWETZERLAND'S UNIVERSITIES:

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