Gumi University Ranks First Nationwide in Scholarship Amount per Student

- Volunteer activity mileage also awarded as scholarships
- 95% of enrolled students receive scholarship benefits

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Gumi University ranked first nationwide among junior colleges in terms of scholarship amount per student (based on more than 3,000 enrolled students).

According to the official university information disclosure site (University Alimi), in 2020, Gumi University ranked first nationwide among 23 junior colleges with more than 3,000 enrolled students, with a scholarship amount per student of 4.82 million KRW, based on the scholarship status of 134 junior colleges nationwide.

Gumi University Main Building Exterior View

The scholarship amount of 4.82 million KRW corresponds to 84% of Gumi University's average annual tuition fee (5.74 million KRW), which is a high amount. Accordingly, the actual tuition burden for Gumi University students is reduced to less than 1 million KRW per student per year on average. Also, the scope of scholarship beneficiaries is wide, with 95% of enrolled students receiving scholarship benefits.

Since 2015, Gumi University’s scholarship amount has exceeded 70% of tuition fees for six consecutive years, recording 81% to 84% in the last three years, continuing an upward trend, and has ranked first nationwide in scholarships four times in the past six years (based on 3,000 to 5,000 or more enrolled students).

The university has also maintained its popularity as the only institution nationwide to rank first for five consecutive years in employment rate (according to the Ministry of Education’s announcement for junior colleges in groups ‘Ga’ and ‘Na’).

The average employment rate over the past 10 years was also 81.1%, ranking first nationwide (excluding graduates of fewer than 500), meaning more than 8 out of 10 graduates succeed in employment each year.

Gumi University’s ability to provide abundant scholarship benefits to students is largely due not only to the university’s active scholarship support system but also to its comprehensive capabilities in carrying out various government financial support projects.

The university has been steadily carrying out major national projects such as the representative financial support projects 'Junior College Innovation Support Project' and 'Industry-Academia Cooperation Leading Junior College Development Project (LINC+)', as well as others. It has already surpassed winning 10 national projects including the Ministry of Education-selected World-Class College (WCC) project, Work-Learning Dual System project, University Job Center, Unitec project, and Government-Initiated GKS project.

Last year, it was selected for the ‘2020 Leading Junior College for Further Education Project,’ which only 10 schools nationwide were chosen for, and this year, it was also named in the ‘Early Employment Contract Department Leading Junior College Development Project,’ which only 5 junior colleges nationwide were selected for.

President Changju Jeong said, “While the employment competitiveness of ranking first nationwide is very important, we have been steadily working since 2009 to reduce the tuition burden so that students can focus solely on their studies during enrollment.” He added, “We will concentrate the university’s capabilities so that students can freely plan their dreams and futures as professional workers without worrying about tuition fees and employment.”

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