YU News & Events

Top non-Seoul area private university for second consecutive year in University ranking, Holds Korea-China University President Forum, Opened EU Center, Highest evaluation for Green Human Resources Employment, etc…
[December 29, 2011]

※ Editor’s Note: We will close the year with the top 10 news that reconfirms the Yeungnam University’s ‘Audacious Challenges and Audacious Innovations’ in the 2011 school year. Furthermore, we aim at setting a cornerstone for a new start in the 2012 school year.

2011 School Year’s Top 10 News  1) ‘1st place in non-Seoul area private universities’ in 2011 for second straight year in University rankings
‘1st in non-Seoul area private universities’ in preference for employment by government institutions and corporations  2) Hosted 3rd ‘Korea-China University President Forum’
Adopted ‘Joint Declaration’ led by Yeungnam University  3) Opened ‘YU-EU Center’, a window to the EU
First in region, fifth in nation  4) 1st in non-Seoul area and 8th in nation for CEO graduates of listed companies with sales of over 1,000
1st among provincial private universities and 10th in nation for graduating future executives in the ‘Big 4’ (Samsung, Hyundai, LG, SK)  5) Yeungnam University ranked ‘best’ in Green Human Resources Employment 
Top second straight year in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology’s ‘Metropolitan Employment Rate Heightening Program’  6) 100 power alumni in politics, finance, and government mentor juniors
Assertive support for Audacious Change of their school  7) Opened ‘UC Davis Overseas Summer Semester’ for first time in Asia in engineering sector
Classes taken jointly by students of UC students and Yeungnam University students  8) Opened next-generation education portal system
Mobile learning system, knowledge management system, etc
Completed transformation to ‘Smart Campus’  9) Selected for two projects of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology’s ‘Regional Innovative Human Resource Fostering Program’
Employment rate of participating students at 83%
‘Employment window’ for high-level human resources in the science technology sector  10) Selected as ‘Creative Campus Support University’ by the Ministry of Employment and Labor
Support on founding and commercialization of 20 creative clubs