Highest Competition Rate in Social Welfare Studies at 11.25:1, 45 Applicants for 4 Positions

President Jeong Hongseop of Dongmyung University and students are conducting drone practice together.

President Jeong Hongseop of Dongmyung University and students are conducting drone practice together.

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Dongmyung University (President Jeong Hong-seop), which has fully launched global industry-academia-linked education, recorded a competition rate of 1.17 to 1 with 946 applicants for 811 recruitment spots (within quota) as of the January 11 regular admission deadline.


The department with the highest competition rate was the Department of Social Welfare, with 45 applicants for 4 spots, resulting in an 11.25 to 1 ratio.


Next, the Department of Nursing had 85 applicants for 8 spots, with a 10.63 to 1 ratio,

the Department of Military Science had 31 applicants for 4 spots, with a 7.75 to 1 ratio, and the Department of Sports Rehabilitation recorded 21 applicants for 3 spots, with a 7 to 1 ratio.


Dongmyung University focuses on nurturing talent and education to ensure immediate employment upon graduation through on-site job experience during enrollment, and from the beginning of the year, it has fully implemented innovative academic systems such as ▲early global industry-academia-linked education abroad and ▲paid on-site internships domestically simultaneously.


For the top 50% of freshmen enrolled in 2021, Dongmyung University implements early global industry-academia-linked education, combining language training and practical field experience abroad for four weeks during the second-year semester.


Long-term domestic internships for half of the third- and fourth-year students are conducted as paid internships, with all participants receiving salaries.


President Jeong Hong-seop said, “Through academic system innovation, we are the first university nationwide to implement the ‘learning by doing’ method, allowing all students to gain vivid job experience both domestically and internationally,” adding, “With Dongmyung University’s challenge and creativity spirit, which achieved the highest employment rate among medium and large general universities in the Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam regions, we will further increase the employment rate.”



Founded in 1977 with roots in the entrepreneurial spirit of the former local company ‘Dongmyung Mokjae,’ which once ranked first in the domestic business world, this university was also among the top five nationwide in the ratio of students completing entrepreneurship education in 2018 and 2019 consecutively.


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