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Pukyong National University Ranks Fourth for its Employment Rate | |||
WRITER | Department of External Cooperation | WRITE DAY | 2013-09-17 |
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Pukyong National University Ranks Fourth for its Employment Rate | |||||
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PKNU was ranked fourth among domestic national universities in the ’Ga’ group for its employment rate. Pukyong National University was placed fourth in the ‘Ga’ group for its employment rate among all domestic universities which have more than 3000 graduates. This result is from the survey employment statics based on higher education institution graduates’ health insurance database’ which was conducted by the Ministry of Education and the Korean Education Development Institute. The survey was conducted to check the employment rate from 555 142 graduates who graduated last summer and this winter from 552 higher education institutions in Korea. The rate of PKNU is 52.6% this year. It ranked fourth following Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul National University, and Chungbuk National University among the 12 domestic national universities which have more than 3000 graduates in the ’Ga’ group. In the survey of the thirty two universities in the ’Ga’ group, including not only national universities but private ones, PKNU was placed fifteenth together with Busan National University. Thus, the position has risen by six places compared with last year when they were in twenty- first place. PKNU recorded a rate of 53.3% last year which was a little bit down from 2011 which was 57.4%. It recorded 61.2% in the rate of graduated employment. The Ocean Engineering Department came in first with an 89.3% employment rate among PKNU departments. Other departments also proved their strength with employment rates of more than 70%: Department of Early Childhood Education (86.7%), Naval Architecture & Marine Systems Engineering (85.7%), Refrigeration and Air conditioning Engineering (80.8%), Mechanical Engineering (74.7%), Night class of Graphic Arts Information Engineering (73,9%), and Systems Management and Engineering (72.3%). PKNU decided to improve its students’ employment capabilities and raise its employment rates consistently, not with a one-time employment support program, but with methodical career guidance such as developing subjects related to getting a job, which is now part of the regular school curriculum. In addition, PKNU will build an integrated career path planning system which can provide students with an opportunity to make a career portfolio according to their individual level. The system will make a database for students by analyzing their job competencies (with the result of competences diagnostic test for university students. Furthermore, the university will operate specialized programs by cooperating organically with departments, and by offering personalized employment solutions.<Pukyong today> |