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PKNU, selected as a ‘Youth Dream University,’ excellent at employment and foundation | |||
WRITER | Department of External Cooperation | WRITE DAY | 2014-09-17 |
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PKNU, selected as a ‘Youth Dream University,’ excellent at employment and foundation | |||||
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Pukyong National University, selected as a ‘Youth Dream University,’ excellent at employment Pukyong National University (president Kim Young Seup) has been chosen as a ‘Youth Dream University.’ ‘Youth Dream University’ means a university that gives hope and dream to youth. This is a program which evaluates the will and capacity of universities supporting their students’ employment run by Dong-A Ilbo, Channel A and Deloitte Consulting. This program started last year and Pukyong National University has been selected for the second year in a row. Dong-A Ilbo chose 49 universities, including Pukyong National University, that have strong capacity of employment through the survey on students’ using rate and satisfaction in programs related to employment and foundation among 198 universities through the country and announced the news on the first page as the top article on August 26th. Dong-A Ilbo announced, “‘Youth Dream University’ has received a high reputation, supporting students’ career exploration and career planning programs, offering opportunities to experience diverse careers, and dominant at specialized strategies on planning curriculums and applying for clubs.” in the article. “Pukyong National University is now offering employment support services on demand from entrance to graduation such as ‘Self Development and Career Planning,’ ‘Employment Strategy,’ and ‘Career Design for Women,’” director Park Hyun Ki of Human Resources Development Group of PKNU said, “In addition to ‘Communication Capacity Improvement’ and ‘Clubs for Employment,’ Pukyong National University also runs ‘University Student Employment Center’ in cooperation with Ministry of Employment and Labor and ‘Student Career Management System’ for portfolio making. Meanwhile, 4 universities in Busan were selected in this evaluation. Pukyong National University, Busan National University, and Donga University were chosen as ‘Youth Dream University,’ and Dongseo University as ‘Excellent Youth Dream University.’ “Pukyong National University is the only one without college of medicine, dental college, college of pharmacy, law school and college of education that are all advantageous to employment among national universities in group ‘Ga’,” director Park Hyun Ki of Human Resources Development Group of PKNU said, “PKNU’s top rank of employment rate, in spite of its unfavorable condition, proves its prominent academic characterization.” The high employment rate of Pukyong National University was remarkable in the department of Nursing, Ocean Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Pukyong National University is now offering employment support service on demand from entrance to graduation to help graduates go into the world. ‘Self Development and Career Planning,’ (the lower grades) ‘Employment Strategy,’ (the upper grades) and ‘Career Design for Women’ (female students) are being offered as employment subjects and diverse programs for communication capacity improvement and employment club capacity improvement are also being promoted. In addition, PKNU runs ‘University Student Employment Center’ in corporation with Ministry of Employment and Labor and ‘Student Career Management System’ for portfolio making.<Pukyong today> |