Yeungjin College Selected as 'Most Respected Company-Technical College' for 12 Consecutive Years

Yeungjin College (President Choi Jae-young), which has been dedicated to nurturing practical and realistic talents equipped with both expertise and character in line with the demands for convergence and diversity in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution, was selected for the 12th consecutive year on the 7th as the ‘Most Respected Company in Korea - Junior College Category.’

Yeungjin College was selected in the ‘2023 Most Respected Company in Korea - Junior College Category’ conducted by the Korea Management Association Consulting (hereinafter KMAC).

The survey and announcement of the ‘Most Respected Company in Korea’ junior college category was introduced in 2012, and Yeungjin College has never missed being named the ‘Most Respected Junior College’ from the first year of the survey to this year, achieving 12 consecutive years of selection.

Yeongjin College.

Founded in 1977 with the goal of nurturing professional technicians to lead the industrial nation, Yeungjin College pioneered Korea’s first ‘corporate field-customized order-made education,’ shifting from supplier-centered education to demand-centered and field-centered education, laying the foundation for university development.

The ‘order-made education,’ which customizes the training of high-quality professional talents required in the corporate field, has become a model for vocational education in Korea and opened the path for creative talent development where industry and academia progress together.

Amid the employment freeze caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the college demonstrated its resilience by achieving the highest employment rate nationwide.

According to the employment statistics survey announced through the Ministry of Education’s 2023 university information disclosure, Yeungjin College ranked first nationwide among junior colleges with large-scale graduates (3,000 or more) with an employment rate of 75.2%.

The Yeongji Specialized College Social Service Group gathered at the end of last year to carry out the "Sharing Love with Kimchi Making" volunteer activity.

Looking at the employment performance in large corporations based on the Ministry of Education’s information disclosure over the past six years, a total of 2,198 people were hired by major domestic companies including 244 at Samsung affiliates such as Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Samsung SDI, and Hotel Shilla; 309 at LG affiliates such as LG Innotek, LG Display, LG Uplus, and LG Chem; 296 at SK affiliates such as SK Hynix, SK Siltron, and SK Energy; 119 at Hanwha Group companies; 85 at Hyundai Group companies; 72 at POSCO Group companies; 62 at Shinsegae Group companies; and 45 at Lotte Group companies.

In addition, the college achieved the highest overseas employment performance nationwide over the past six years, with a total of 646 people successfully employed abroad, including 571 in Japan, 46 in Australia, 12 in Taiwan, and 6 in Singapore.

Overseas employment also includes many global and listed companies such as SoftBank, Rakuten, and Yahoo Japan, placing Yeungjin College at a top-class level in global talent development.

The college was selected for the Ministry of Education’s ‘Meister University Pilot Project’ for nurturing highly skilled professional technical talents and is currently operating a ‘Professional Technical Master’s Program.’ Additionally, it is the only junior college nationwide selected in two fields (Intelligent Robotics, Artificial Intelligence) for the ‘Digital Innovation Shared University Project,’ which aims to nurture 100,000 core talents in eight digital new technology fields.

Furthermore, in November last year, Yeungjin College was uniquely selected in Daegu and Gyeongbuk as the host university for the Ministry of SMEs and Startups’ ‘Small and Medium Enterprise Technology Officer’ program and has been operating the ‘Semiconductor Software Technology Officer’ course since this year.

The Yeungjin College Volunteer Group leads the practice of love and volunteer spirit by carrying out activities such as sharing briquettes and kimchi with local residents living in small rooms every winter.

Choi Jae-young, president of Yeungjin College, said, “While being more faithful to vocational education, which is fundamental to junior college education, all members will put more effort into realizing the vision of ‘Global Leader, Yeungjin College’ that advances globally as a world-class global university.”

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