Recruitment of Approximately 163,000 Students for 2025 Academic Year in Junior Colleges... 44,536 in Nursing and Health Fields

The Korea Council for College Education Announces 2025 Academic Year Junior College Admission Plan

In the 2025 university entrance exam, taken by current high school juniors, the number of new students at vocational colleges nationwide will decrease by about 3,000 compared to the previous year.

The Korea Council for College Education of Vocational Colleges (KCCEC) announced the "2025 Vocational College Admission Plan" on the 24th.

Students and parents are visiting the booths of various universities on the 6th at the 2023 Regular Admission Junior College Information Fair held until the 7th at the aT Center in Yangjae-dong, Seoul. Photo by Heo Younghan younghan@

First, 131 vocational colleges nationwide will recruit 163,473 new students for the 2025 academic year. This is a decrease of 3,115 students (1.9%) compared to the 2024 academic year.

The number of students admitted within the quota is 136,114, a decrease of 3,511 (2.5%), while the number of students admitted outside the quota is 27,359, an increase of 396 (1.5%).

The KCCEC explained, "Universities have proactively reduced the number of admissions due to the rapid decline in the school-age population," adding, "There is also an impact reflecting various demand groups for lifelong vocational education according to recent government policies."

A total of 150,397 students will be selected through early admissions, which are conducted in two rounds at 130 colleges. This accounts for 92% of the total admissions.

For regular admissions, 13,076 students will be selected at 131 colleges.

By major field, nursing and health fields recruit the most new students with 44,536. This is followed by mechanical and electrical-electronic fields (26,388), hotel and tourism fields (23,128), and food service and culinary fields (11,013).

The application schedule for early and regular admissions is the same for all vocational colleges. Applicants can apply to multiple colleges, and there is no limit on the number of applications.

However, students who are admitted to even one college through early admissions cannot apply for regular admissions regardless of whether they enroll or not.

Furthermore, students admitted to two or more colleges with the same admission semester must enroll in only one college. If double enrollment is confirmed, admission may be invalidated.

Key details of the vocational college admission plan can be found on the KCCEC website (www.kcce.or.kr) or the vocational college portal ProCollege (www.procollege.kr).

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