Science and Engineering Education in Korea

Abstract

The status of Science and Engineering Education in Korea is presented. Due to the rapid growth in manufacturing industries, the need for more engineers has been increased in the seventies through nineties. About 24% of all bachelors degrees awarded in Korea are engineering degrees. The number of bachelor degrees in science awarded in Korea is slightly less than Japan. But the number of graduate degrees in science and engineering is much less than Japan, Germany and the United States. The most important issue, however, is not in the quantity but in quality of the graduates. To insure quality of engineering education, the Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea (ABEEK) was chartered in 1999. The Korea Council for University Education (KCUE) has also conducted University and Departmental evaluations since early nineties.Top ten universities in Korea take most of the research fund awarded by the Government and industries. The most difficult problem facing science and engineering education in Korea is lack of funds compared to the advanced countries. Education expenses for Korean science and engineering education are far less than the G7 countries.KeywordsEngineering EducationGraduate EducationGraduate DegreeEngineering StudentBachelor DegreeThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.