Participation in the 'Mongolia-Korea Education Fair' in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Korea-Mongolia diplomatic relations
Jump-starting Inbound Globalization
[April 30, 2010]
Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) is accelerating its recruiting of outstanding international students from abroad. It is part of the inbound globalization strategy to make the campus itself a global village.
For this, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Korea-Mongolia diplomatic relations, Yeungnam University participated in the '2010 Mongolia-Korea Education Fair' held in Ulan Bator University for 2 days on April 24 and 25. At this education fair hosted by the national international education center, booths of 30 domestic universities, including that of Yeungnam University, were opened to greet the locals interested in studying in Korea.
At the Korea Education Fair held at Ulan Bator University, Mongolia on April 24 and 25, a crowd is gathered at the Yeungnam University booth.
The high interest of Mongolians on Korea was shown in this education fair, as there is a pavilion called 'Seouljeong', and there are streets named 'Street of Seoul' and 'Namyangju Street', in Ulan Bator, which is the capital of Mongolia.
Sohn, Dae-hyeong (38) from the Yeungnam University International Services Team who participated in this education fair stated, "We gathered quite a crowd and passed out all 700 publications that we prepared on the morning of the first day. In the 2 days, over 1,500 people came to our booth for advice and information on studying abroad."
Among the locals who came to receive consulting on studying abroad, there were a Korean language teacher at a local high school who wished to study Korea by enrolling at the Yeungnam University graduate school, as well as current professors and doctors who are interested in gaining their doctorates in Korea.
There were over 200 people left their personal and contact information after receiving consultations on studying abroad. Yeungnam University is planning to provide them with international study information and other information necessary to adapt to life in Korea, and will continuously manage them in order to attract talented international students.
On this, vice-president Joo, Sang-woo, Office of International Programs of Yeungnam University, stated, "Mongolia has the third highest amount of international students in Korea, showing their friendliness to Korea." He also added, "In order to expand the Korea-friendly, Yeungnam University-friendly global network, we are planning to actively participate in international education fairs in other countries as well."
Meanwhile, in the first semester of 2010, there are over 1,100 international students studying at Yeungnam University, which is more than tripled compared to 5 years ago in 2005 (348 international students).
