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Introduction of IEQAS
IEQAS: International Education Quality Assurance System
1. IEQAS: International Education Quality Assurance System
- Assessment to certify universities with a certain level of international capacity with the aim to manage the quality of universities and attract outstanding international students.
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Compulsory criteria and key conditional criteria
* Selected based on assessment
① Illegal immigrant rate
② International student's tuition burden ratio
③ Health insurance purchase rate
④ Linguistic ability (Korean/English)
⑤ Rate of dormitories provided to freshmen(Graduate schools are not included)
2. Note
- Assessment is held to universities(including colleges and graduate universities) that request to be certified.
< Restrictions in requesting for certification >
① Universities that have did not receive assessment or have uncertified assessment results from higher education
institutions.
② Universities with the lower rate illegal immigrant rate (Rate less than 10%)
③ Universities with less than a certain number of international students (Universities: 20 students, college &
graduate universities: 10 students)
④ College of education, correspondence College, cyber universities
*Assessed by the Ministry of Justice
① Universities that have did not receive assessment or have uncertified assessment results from higher education
institutions.
② Universities with the lower rate illegal immigrant rate (Rate less than 10%)
③ Universities with less than a certain number of international students (Universities: 20 students, college &
graduate universities: 10 students)
④ College of education, correspondence College, cyber universities
*Assessed by the Ministry of Justice
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Except for universities that have branch campuses (each campus submit each data), universities must submit all data in a
combined form
* Konkuk University, Korea University, Dongguk University, Sangmyung University, Yonsei University, Hanyang University, Hongik University(7 universities) - Even during the valid period of certification, universities must submit data of compulsory criteria and key conditional criteria every year. In case of any data that is incorrect or does not meet the standards, the certification can be deferred or canceled.
3. Procedure of Assessment
Selection Procedure of IEQAS Certified Universities
- All
Universities
in Korea - Assessment of Certification
- Selected as
certified
universities - Certified
universities -
1st step
Examination
of criteria -
2nd step
Examination of
International
Support Index -
3rd step
Examination
of site
by Committee -
4th step
Final
examination - Targets
-
Universities
requested to
be certified -
Universities
request to
be certified -
Universities
in need of
site review -
Universities
request to be
certified
4. Compulsory criteria and key conditional criteria
| Classification | Criteria | Standard | University | Community College | Graduate College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory criteria | ① -1 Illegal immigrant rate | Less than 2~4% | Must meet at least 1 criterion between ①-1 and ①-2 | ||
| ① -2 Student wastage rate | Less than 6 % | ||||
| Key conditional criteria | ② -1International student's tuition burden ratio | More than 80% | Must meet at least 3 criteria among 4 criteria | Must meet at least 3 criteria among 4 criteria | Must meet at least 2 among 3 criteria |
| ③ Health insurance purchase rate | More than 85% | ||||
| ④ Linguistic ability (Kor. /Eng.) | More than 30% | ||||
| ⑤ Rate of dormitories provided to freshmen | More than 25% | ||||
| Number of international students | Standard |
|---|---|
| Less than 100 students | Less than 4% |
| More than 100 students and less than 500 students | Less than 3% |
| More than 500 students | Less than 2 % |
※ Number of international students: the total number (a degree course, training course, course of study) of international students by country according to the public announcement of university information of July 1st, 2016. ** If ①-2 is the only criteria met, the illegal immigrant rate of ①-1 must be below 10%
5. Criteria of International Support Index
| Criteria | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| International vision and characterization (20) | University's international vision and strategy | Adequacy of international vision and strategy |
| Adequacy of international student attracting strategy and student selection system that correspond to the vision | ||
| Characterized programs related to internationalization | Organization and management of programs that correspond to the vision | |
| Adequacy of the programs | ||
| Support for international student's life adaptation (40) | Management system and support for international students | Current status of managing organization of international students |
| Current status and plans for management of international students | ||
| System and the content of counseling | Current status of counseling center for international students | |
| Performance record and plans for counsel | ||
| Support for life adaptation | Support to promote and provide environment for international student's life adaptation | |
| Mentoring with Korean students and professors | ||
| Compliance rate of immigration rules(e.g. notification of residence) | ||
| Residential conditions (including dormitories) | System of dormitory management | |
| Current status of dormitories provided and students living outside of school | ||
| Support for international student's study (20) | Support study of student's major | Supporting organization and programs for student to study his/her major |
| Support for language study(including Korean) | Status of Korean language educational institutes and organizations | |
| Status of Korean language courses and cultural activities offered | ||
| Academic achievement of international student (20) | Student satisfaction and support for career path | Student satisfaction |
| Status of international student's support for career | ||
| 100/100 | - | |
6. Expected Effects
- Enable to manage universities' quality
- Enable to use as a preliminary data to provide benefits to universities
- Enable to be used as a credible data for international students to research and select universities
- Enable universities to manage with greater autonomy by opening the certified results to the public
List of 2017 IEQAS Universities (139)
| Classification (Number of universities) |
IEQAS Universities | |
|---|---|---|
| 4-year university (111) |
Existing universities(85) |
AJOU UNIVERSITY ANDONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY BAEKSEOK UNIVERSITY BUSAN UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES CATHOLIC KWANDONG UNIVERSITY CHANGWON NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CHONBUK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CHOSUN UNIVERSITY CHUNG-ANG UNIVERSITY CHUNGBUK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY(CNU) DAEGU CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY DAEGU UNIVERSITY DAEJEON UNIVERSITY DANKOOK UNIVERSITY DONG-A UNIVERSITY DONG-EUI UNIVERSITY DONGGUK UNIVERSITY(Gyeongju Campus) DONGGUK UNIVERSITY(Seoul) DONGSEO UNIVERSITY DONGSHIN UNIVERSITY EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY FAR EAST UNIVERSITY GACHON UNIVERSITY GIMCHEON UNIVERSITY GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HANKUK UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES HANNAM UNIVERSITY HANSEO UNIVERSITY HANSHIN UNIVERSITY HANYANG UNIVERSITY HANYANG UNIVERSITY(CAMPUS) HONAM UNIVERSITY HOSEO UNIVERSITY INHA UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KOREA JEJU NATIONAL UNIVERSITY JEONJU UNIVERSITY JOONGBU UNIVERSITY JUNGWON UNIVERSITY KAIST KANGNAM UNIVERSITY KEIMYUNG UNIVERSITY KONGJU NATIONAL UNIVERSITY KONKUK UNIVERSITY KONYANG UNIVERSITY KOREA AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION KOREA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY KOREA UNIVERSITY KOREA UNIVERSITY(SEJONG CAMPUS) KOREATECH KOSIN UNIVERSITY KUMOH NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KUNSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY KYUNGNAM UNIVERSITY KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY KYUNGSUNG UNIVERSITY MYONGJI UNIVERSITY(Seoul, Yongin campus) NAMSEOUL UNIVERSITY PAI CHAI UNIVERSITY PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PYONG TAEK UNIVERSITY SANGMYUNG UNIVERSITY SEMYUNG UNIVERSITY SEOKYEONG UNIVERSITY SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SEOUL WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY SILLA UNIVERSITY SOGANG UNIVERSITY SOOKMYUNG WOMEN`S UNIVERSITY SUNCHON NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (SKKU) SUNMOON UNIVERSITY THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA TONGMYONG UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF SEOUL WOOSONG UNIVERSITY YEUNGNAM UNIVERSITY YONSEI UNIVERSITY YONSEI UNIVERSITY(WONJU) YOUNGSAN UNIVERSITY |
| Newly listed universities(26) |
KAYA UNIVERSITY CHEONGJU UNIVERSITY CHUNGWOON UNIVERSITY DAEGU HAANY UNIVERSITY DAEJIN UNIVERSITY GANGNEUNG-WONJU NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HALLYM UNIVERSITY HANDONG GLOBAL UNIVERSITY HANSUNG UNIVERSITY HONG-IK UNIVERSITY INCHEON NATIONAL UNIVERSITY KANGWON NATIONAL UNIVERSITY KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY KWANG JU WOMENS UNIVERSITY KYUNGIL UNIVERSITY MOKPO NATIONAL MARITIME UNIVERSITY MOKWON UNIVERSITY NAMBU UNIVERSITY PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SAHMYOOK UNIVERSITY SEJONG UNIVERSITY SOONCHUNHYANG UNIVERSITY SOONGSIL UNIVERSITY SUNGSHIN UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN WOOSUK UNIVERSITY |
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List of colleges(22) and graduate universities (6)
| Classification (Number of universities) |
IEQAS Universities | |
|---|---|---|
| Colleges (22) |
Existing colleges(11) |
BUCHEON UNIVERSITY CHEJU HALLA UNIVERSITY CHEJU TOURISM COLLEGE DONGYANG MIRAE UNIVERSITY HANYANG WOMEN`S UNIVERSITY HOSAN UNIVERSITY INHA TECHNICAL COLLEGE JEONBUK SCIENCE COLLEGE KEIMYUNG COLLEGE KOREA UNIVERSITY OF MEDIA ARTS YEUNGNAM COLLEGE OF SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY |
| Newly listed colleges(11) |
DAEGU TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY DONGWON ISTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GUMI UNIVERSITY JEONJU KIJEON COLLEGE KOJE COLLEGE SEOUL INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS SUSEONG COLLEGE ULSAN COLLEGE YEUNGJIN COLLEGE YONG-IN SONGDAM COLLEGE |
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| Graduate colleges (6) | Existing colleges(5) |
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF CANCER SCIENCE AND POLICY KDI SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND MANAGEMENT KEPCO INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR GRADUATE SCHOOL SUNHAK UNIVERSAL PEACE GRADUATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KOREA(UST) |
| Newly listed colleges(1) | SEOUL UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES | |
Lists of universities with limits in the process of issuing a visa (15)
| Classification (Number of universities) |
Universities | |
|---|---|---|
| Limits of visa issuance | 4-year university (8) |
ANYANG UNIVERSITY CALVIN UNIVERSITY CHANGSHIN University DAEGU UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES EULJI UNIVERSITY KONKUK UNIVERSITY GLOCAL CAMPUS KWANGSHIN UNIVERSITY SEOUL HANYOUNG UNIVERSITY |
| Colleges (4) |
ANSAN UNIVERSITY DAEKYEUNG UNIVERSITY KOGURYEO COLLEGE KYUNGBUK COLLEGE |
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| Graduate colleges (3) |
DAEHAN THEOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY REFORMED GRADUATE UNIVERSITY SEOUL BIBLE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY |
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