National Civil Servant Job Experience Recognized as University Credits

Starting This Year, 'Job Experience Credit Recognition System' Implemented
Personnel Office: "Creating Conditions for Work-Learning Balance"
Hanyang University & Hanyang Cyber University First to Implement

From this year, the job experience of national public officials will be recognized as university credits.

The Ministry of Personnel Management announced on the 15th that it will actively promote the 'Job Experience Credit Recognition System' this year to cultivate national public officials with job expertise and create conditions for work-study balance.

The Job Experience Credit Recognition System is a program that recognizes the job experience of national public officials enrolled in bachelor's and master's programs (night/weekend) at domestic universities through a review process stipulated by the academic regulations, granting credits related to their major.

The Ministry explained that up to one-quarter of the graduation credits can be recognized as credits, enabling work-study balance and shortening the education period.

Currently, Hanyang University and Hanyang Cyber University completed revisions to their academic regulations last year to introduce the system and decided to implement the Job Experience Credit Recognition System for the first time this year. Hanyang University will apply it to master's programs at the Graduate School of Public Policy and the Graduate School of Engineering, while Hanyang Cyber University will recognize credits for bachelor's programs.

In addition, institutions such as Korea University Graduate School of Public Administration and Korea Development Institute (KDI) School of Public Policy and Management are also considering adopting the system, so the number of applicable universities and graduate schools is expected to expand in the future.

The Ministry of Personnel Management selects about 50 national public officials annually for bachelor's night courses and about 250 for master's night (weekend) courses, targeting those who meet certain requirements such as age and length of service to strengthen the job competencies of national public officials. As of the second half of last year, a total of 620 people were enrolled in bachelor's and master's night (weekend) courses at domestic universities and graduate schools.

Kim Seung-ho, head of the Ministry of Personnel Management, said, "To provide high-quality administrative services to the public, it is essential to cultivate competent public officials," adding, "We will discover and provide diverse and innovative programs so that public officials can learn while working."

Seungho Kim, Minister of Personnel Innovation

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