Designation of 10 departments (associates) and 21 programs
Training-Qualification-Employment Human Resources
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Yeongnam University of Science and Technology announced on the 5th that a total of 10 departments (affiliated departments) and 21 programs had been chosen for the 2026 National Technical Qualification Education and Training Course organized by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Human Resources Development Service. This is the first and largest choice amongst universities in the nation.
A total of 10 departments (affiliated departments) participated in the course analysis kind nationwide technical qualification with the goal of working Yeungnam University of Science and Technology in 2026. Among them, all 21 programs utilized as a consequence of the on-site evaluation met the standards and handed them.
The programs chosen this time embrace info safety trade drivers, electronics trade drivers, building security drivers, baking trade drivers, Korean meals cooking trade drivers, info processing trade drivers, vehicle upkeep trade drivers, facility upkeep trade drivers, electrical building trade drivers, and harmful items trade drivers. Yeungnam University of Science and Technology is the solely college in the nation with an academic basis that can function course-evaluation nationwide technical {qualifications} in the fields of ICT, equipment, electrical energy, vehicles, building security, cooking and restaurant, and chemical engineering at the identical time.
The course analysis kind nationwide technical qualification is a system that grants nationwide technical {qualifications} if sure standards are met by way of inner and exterior evaluations after finishing NCS-based training and coaching programs. Unlike present {qualifications} centered on written checks, it’s operated in a field-based analysis methodology.
Accordingly, it’s doable to domesticate proficient folks with sensible abilities that can be utilized instantly in industrial websites, which is gaining excessive satisfaction from each corporations and college students.
In line with the function of this method, Yeungnam University of Science and Technology organically linked the common curriculum to the course analysis kind nationwide technical qualification.
From 2026 onwards, college students can meet a good portion of the qualification necessities solely with main programs and apply accomplished whereas attending college, to allow them to purchase nationwide technical {qualifications} with out the burden of separate non-public training.
The instructional impact and change that college students will expertise with the large-scale choice of nationwide technical {qualifications} for this course analysis may be very important. As it’s doable to accumulate nationwide technical {qualifications} solely by finishing common curriculum whereas attending college, the burden of studying and bills will probably be lowered at the identical time, and systematic administration centered on attendance, apply, and analysis will enormously enhance class immersion and main understanding. This goes past easy certification acquisition and immediately results in strengthening of main sensible competencies and college students’ job competitiveness.
Lee Jae-yong, president of Yeungnam University of Science and Technology, mentioned, “The nation’s first and largest selection is the result of our university’s recognition of educational capabilities to systematically cultivate practical talents required by industrial sites. It is significant in that it has established a virtuous cycle of vocational education leading to education-qualification-employment at the university level.”