Continued employment at large companies such as Samsung Electronics and Korean Air
Also enroll in graduate school on full scholarships
[May 24, 2010]
Cho, Jae-won (31) is a senior researcher of the 'Digital Solution Center' of Samsung Electronics Technology Corporate Technology Operation . He received his PhD (Information and Communication Engineering) at the Yeungnam University Graduate School in March 2008. In December 2007, he also acquired a PhD (electronic engineering) at the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA de Lyon, hereinafter called 'INSA') located in Lyon, France. After enrolling in the Yeungnam University PhD course in September 2004, he completed one semester and went to INSA in March 2005 as an international student of the dual degree course. In 3 years and 6 months he was able to complete the difficult task of acquiring not one, but two PhDs in each country, respectively. His discourse, which was and the reason why he was able to acquire two PhDs simultaneously, was titled 'A Study on Watermarking, Compressing and Integrated Methods of Different Types of 3D Graphic Data." It was a research field essential for the increasing value of digital contents, fostering of the contents industry, and development of next-generation telecommunications industries. His international dual PhD that took hard work to acquire became his 'ticket to employment'
In August 2007, at the Yeungnam University Graduate School graduation ceremony, Kim, Min-soo(32) obtained the area's first Korea-France joint PhD. He got his PhD at the Yeungnam University Graduate School of Information and Communication Engineering, and is currently working as a researcher for aviation safety related software development at the Navigation Control Group of the Korean Air Institute of Aerospace Technology(Daejeon).
Baek, Yoo-soon (26), who got into the Yeungnam University College of Natural Resources left for the US to acquire a dual degree at Iowa State University in March 2005 in her junior year and after acquiring a diploma from both universities in 2007, she went on to graduate school in the US. She is currently attending Colorado State University working on her master's degree in biology.
Such international dual degree programs are becoming a 'ticket to ensure one's future' to easily find employment at the large companies and to enrich their future.
Yeungnam University, which began international dual degree programs since the second semester of 2002 with Michigan Technology University, Washington State University, and INSA of France, has further enlarged its partnerships with St. John's University, Iowa State University, and Liaoning University and Beihua University in China.
INSA of France is operating a dual degree program for graduate school students, and a '3+2 bachelor's & master's program' for students studying commerce and economics is available at St. John's University. The '3+2 bachelor's & master's program' allows students to complete a 3 year course at the Yeungnam University College of Commerce & Economics and then a 2 year master's degree course in accounting at St. John's University to acquire a bachelors at Yeungnam University and a master's degree in accounting at St. John's University. By doing so, students also become qualified to apply for AICPA tests.
Furthermore, Yeungnam University College of Natural Resources is operating the international dual degree program with Iowa State University since the first semester of 2005. With the Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences a '3+1 joint degree program' and with the Iowa State University Department of Design and Landscape Architecture Department a '2.5 + 2.5 joint degree program' is being operated.
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Currently, a total of 26 students from Yeungnam University has been sent abroad for the international dual degree program. While they are abroad, they receive scholarships for tuition at Yeungnam University, as well as that for the tuition and registration fees at the respective universities.
Cho, Hyeon-dae (27, School of Business), who is in his last semester at St. John's University since attending there in the second semester of 2008, said, "I didn't have to worry about tuition since I received a full scholarship while studying in the US, and on top of that, I was able to receive my master's degree a year ahead of everyone else. Since I've received the best opportunity, I will do my best to receive global recognition in the accounting field."
Joo, Sang-woo (51, School of Mechanical Engineering), vice-president of International Programs, stated, "The fact that students can invest the same amount of time with others and receive a degree at both Yeungnam University and prominent schools abroad results in reduced opportunity costs, and it will also calculate into enhancing their international competitiveness."
From next year, an international dual degree program is also being planned with the University of Cergy-Pontoise of France. The University of Cergy-Pontoise is a public university of France established in 1991, and currently has 29,000 students enrolled in 150 different majors, and is also conducting interchange with 150 schools all around the world. It signed a general exchange agreement with Yeungnam University in 2004, and has been conducting student exchange programs since 2006.
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For universities in China, over 50 students have been or are in their dual degree course at Yeungnam University since 2005.
Yeungnam University is also operating a dual degree program for international students from Chinese universities. This is because with the increase of exchange between Korea and China, as well as the Hallyu wave, there has been a growth in Chinese students wishing to receive a degree at Korean universities. Thus, Yeungnam University agreed on a dual degree program with Beihua University and Huazhong University of Education of China in September 2004 and July 2006, respectively. Since 2005, over 50 Chinese students came to Yeungnam University and currently, over 30 student are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate school programs of Yeungnam University.
