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Laws of the Republic of Korea |
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
The purpose of this Decree is to provide for those matters which are delegated by
the Higher Education Act and other necessary matters
concerning the enforcement
thereof.
(1) The matters on the establishment standards for schools such as facilities and
equipment to be met by any person who intends
to establish a school pursuant to Article
4 (1) of the Higher Education Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") shall be
determined
by other Presidential Decree.
(2) Any person who intends to obtain authorization on the establishment of a
school pursuant to Article 4 (2) of the Act shall apply
to the Minister of Education and
Human Resources Development by submitting documents stating the following matters:
1. Purpose;
2. Title;
3. Location;
4. School regulation;
5. School charter;
6. A four-year plan on future financial operation;
7. Interior facilities such as laboratory and practical equipment;
8. Cadastral map of school site and laboratories and floor plan of school
buildings;
9. Scheduled date of opening the school;
10. Where he establishes any affiliated school, its plan; and
11. Documents on the articles of incorporation, registration and contributions to
the incorporated school foundation for a private
school.
(3) Any person who intends to obtain authorization on the closure of a school
pursuant to Article 4 (3) of the Act shall
apply to the Minister of Education and Human
Resources Development by submitting the documents stating the following matters:
1. Causes for closing;
2. Date of closing; and
3. Methods of dealing with students and the school register.
(4) The term "important matters as determined by the Presidential Decree"
listed in
Article 4 (3) of the Act means the founder and manager of a school and matters listed in
paragraph (2) 1 through 3 and
10.
1. Causes for modification;
2. Modified contents; and
3. Date of the modification.
Article 3 (School Charter)
Any school charter referred to in Article 2 (2) 5 shall include:
1. The founding ideals of a school;
2. The plan on the operation of school affairs;
3. The plan on the financial operation;
4. The plan on the security of educational and research facilities and equipment;
5. The plan on personnel management and welfare of school personnel;
6. The plan on the welfare of and guidance for students; and
7. The plan on the long-term development of a university or college.
Article 4 (School Regulations)
(1) Any school regulations referred to in Article 6 of the Act (hereinafter referred to
as "school regulations") shall state:
1. The establishment of majors and the fixed number of students of a school;
2. The term of school years, term of attendance at school, semesters, the number
of school days and holidays;
3. Admission, readmission, transfer, temporary absence from and return to
school, movement or change of courses between recruitment
units, voluntary
withdrawal, expulsion from school, repeating grades, completion, graduation and
discipline;
4. The types and conferment of degrees;
5. The operation of curricula, credits for courses, and management of school
records;
6. Multiple majors and recognition of credits;
7. Registration and application for taking lectures;
8. Open courses;
9. Teaching hours of school teachers;
10. Students' self-government activities such as student councils;
11. Financial assistance for students such as awarding scholarships;
12. Deleted; 13. The collection of tuition fees, admission fees, or other expenses;
14. Procedures for amendment to school regulations;
15. Deleted; 16. Where there exist the board of trustees and a faculty council, the matters
thereon; and
17. Other matters as determined by Acts and subordinate statutes.
(2) Where the head of a school intends to enact or amend school
regulation
pursuant to Article 6 (1) of the Act, he shall go through due formalities of prior notice,
deliberation, and publication
of a draft establishment and draft amendment on
conditions as the school regulations may determine.
(3) The Minister of Education and Human Resources Development may request
the correction of any of the school regulations reported
pursuant to Article 6 (2) of the
Act, if they are deemed against Acts and subordinate statutes.
CHAPTER II SCHOOL PERSONNEL
Article 5 (Qualification Standards for School Teachers)
The matters necessary for the qualification standards for becoming school
teachers
and assistant instructors under Article 16 of the Act shall be otherwise determined by
the Presidential Decree.
Article 6 (Teaching Hours for School Teachers)
The teaching hours for school teachers (excluding heads of schools) of universities
or colleges, industrial colleges, teachers'
colleges, and junior colleges shall be in
principle nine hours every week on the basis of thirty weeks per school year: Provided,
That they may be otherwise determined by school regulations as the head of a school
deems necessary.
Article 7 (School Teachers Holding Concurrent Posts)
The head of a school may appoint or commission school teachers holding
concurrent
posts, honorary professors, part-time instructors, and visiting teachers
according to the following classification pursuant to Article
17 of the Act:
1. Teachers holding concurrent posts: persons who, meeting the qualification
standards referred to in Article 16 of the Act, have
expert knowledge in the relevant
field;
2. Honorary professors: persons who are outstanding in educational or academic
achievements as determined by the Ordinance of the
Ministry of Education and Human
Resources Development;
3. Part-time instructors: persons who are required for the operation of curricula;
and
4. Visiting teachers: persons who meet the qualification standards referred to in
Article 16 of the Act: Provided, That where he
appoints visiting teachers to teach
specific subjects, he may appoint those who fail to meet the qualification standards.
CHAPTER
III SCHOOLS
SECTION 1 Common Provisions
Article 8 (Names of Schools)
(1) The names of national schools referred to in Article 18 (1) of the Act shall be
otherwise given by the Presidential Decree.
(2) Where it is intended to use names of schools differently from types of school
referred to in Article 2 of the Act pursuant to
Article 18 (2) of the Act, universities or
colleges, industrial colleges, teachers' colleges and air colleges, correspondence colleges
and air and correspondence universities or colleges (hereinafter referred to as "air and
correspondence colleges") shall use the
names "universities" or "colleges", respectively,
and junior colleges and technical colleges shall use the names "colleges".
(3)
Other matters necessary for the use of names of schools under paragraph (2)
shall be determined by the Minister of Education and
Human Resources Development.
(1) A school shall ensure that it serves the purposes of its establishment, respects
the right of students to receive education,
and strives for the education and study of
school teachers where it is incorporated into an organization pursuant to Article 19
of
the Act.
(2) Universities or colleges may have departments or faculties.
(3) School teachers of universities or colleges shall be in principle
attached to
departments or faculties under paragraph (2).
Article 10 (Semesters)
The semesters referred to in Article 20 (2) of the Act shall be two to four semesters
every school year.
Article 11 (Number of School Days)
(1) The number of school days referred to in Article 20 (2) of the Act shall be not
less than thirty weeks every school year.
(2) Where it is unable to fulfill the number of school days referred to in paragraph
(1) due to any disaster or calamity or other
compelling causes for the operation of
curricula, the head of a school may reduce the number of school days within the limit of
two weeks every school year on approval by the Minister of Education and Human
Resources Development.
(1) The holidays referred to in Article 20 (2) of the Act shall be determined within
the limit of not creating obstacles to operating
curricula.
(2) Where an emergency, disaster or other urgent situation takes place, the head of
a school may decide a special holiday.
In this case, the head of a school shall report
without delay to the Minister of Education and Human Resources Development.
1. Universities or colleges, industrial colleges, and teachers' colleges: Bachelor's
degree courses or graduate school courses;
1-2. Air and correspondence colleges: Junior bachelor's degree courses,
bachelor's degree courses and graduate school courses;
2. Junior colleges: Junior bachelor's degree courses; and
3. Technical colleges and various schools designated by the Minister of
Education and Human Resources Development pursuant to the
provisions of Article 59
(4) of the Act: Junior bachelor's degree courses or bachelor's degree courses.
[This Article Wholly Amended
by Presidential Decree No. 17440, Dec. 31, 2001]
Article 14 (Credit Hours per Credit)
Credit hours per credit in courses of study referred to in Article 21 (2) of the Act
shall be not less than fifteen hours every
semester.
Article 15 (Recognition of Credits)
Credits taken at other colleges at home and abroad pursuant to Article 23 of the Act
may be recognized as credits for the school
concerned to the extent of one half of the
credits necessary for graduation: Provided, That the extent for transferred students
and
graduate students shall be governed by school regulations.
Article 16 (Authorization of Branch Schools)
The matters on authorization of the establishment of branch schools at home and
abroad under Article 24 of the Act shall be otherwise
determined by the Presidential
Decree.
Article 17 (Report on Doctor's Degree Obtained from Overseas)
Any person who has obtained a doctor's degree from a foreign country
shall report
it accompanied by the dissertation concerned or a copy of publication which carries the
dissertation to the Minister
of Education and Human Resources Development within six
months from the date on which he returned from abroad (for any person who
obtained a
doctor's degree after he returned from abroad, the date on which he obtained the degree)
pursuant to Article 27 of the
Act.
Article 18 (Request for Statistical Data)
The Minister of Education and Human Resources Development may request the
head of a school to submit statistical data, inter alia,
necessary for the establishment of
the nation's educational policy, such as fluctuations of registered students.
SECTION 2 Universities or Colleges and Industrial Colleges
Article 19 (Completion, etc. of Credits by Students)
(1) Students at
universities and colleges shall complete majors presented by
departments or faculties at the option of the persons in question,
and may complete the
following majors, on conditions as the school regulations may determine:
1. Two or more majors;
2. Major provided in connection with two or more departments, two or more
faculties, or departments and faculties; and
3. Major whose curricula are organized by students and accredited by a college.
(2) The head of a university or college may determine
the minimum credits for the
recognition of majors so that students may complete majors referred to in paragraph (1).
Article 20
(Joint Operation of Degree Courses)
Universities or Colleges may operate bachelor's degree courses jointly with
graduate school curricula pursuant to Article 29 (3)
of the Act.
Article 21 (Kinds of Graduate Schools)
(1) The kinds of graduate schools referred to in Article 29 (3) of the Act shall be
classified into the following schools according
to their major educational purposes:
1. General graduate schools: graduate schools the major educational purpose of
which is instruction in basic scientific theories
and high level academic research;
2. Specialized graduate schools: graduate schools the major educational purpose
of which is the application of practical theories
and research and development necessary
for the training of professional manpower; and
3. Special graduate schools: graduate schools the major educational purpose of
which is continuing education for job-holders and
adults.
(2) Universities or colleges (excluding graduate school universities or colleges)
may have general graduate schools, specialized
graduate schools or special graduate
schools, industrial colleges and teachers' colleges may have specialized graduate
schools
or special graduate schools, and air and correspondence colleges may have
special graduate schools. Graduate school universities
or colleges may have limited to
one of either specialized graduate schools or special graduate schools.
Article 22 (Degree Courses at Graduate Schools)
Degree courses to be established at graduate schools pursuant to Article 29 (3) of
the Act shall be classified into:
1. General graduate schools: Master's degree courses and doctor's degree courses;
2. Specialized graduate schools: Master's degree courses: Provided, That they
may have doctor's degree courses on conditions as school
regulations may determine;
and
3. Special graduate schools: Master's degree courses.
Article 22-2 (Specialized Graduate School Related to Management, etc.)
(1)
The type of a graduate school which takes science of business administration,
science of finance, and science of physical distribution
as its major education and study
area from among the specialized graduate schools referred to in subparagraph 2 of
Article 22,
and aims to foster specialized manpower in the relevant field (hereinafter
referred to as the "specialized graduate school related
to management, etc.") shall be
classified as in each of the following subparagraphs according to the main purpose
thereof:
1. Specialized graduate school of business administration: A graduate school
which takes business administration as its main education
and study area, and aims to
foster specialized manpower related thereto;
2. Specialized graduate school of finance: A graduate school which takes
science of finance as its main education and study area,
and aims to foster specialized
manpower related thereto; and
3. Specialized graduate school of physical distribution: A graduate school which
takes science of physical distribution as its main
education and study area, and aims to
foster specialized manpower related thereto.
(2) A specialized graduate school related to management, etc. shall operate the
courses of study, training, etc. to foster specialized
manpower by laying emphasis on
practical business and actual spot under the conditions prescribed by the school
regulations.
(3) The credits required to complete a course of master's degree at a specialized
graduate school related to management, etc. shall
be 45 credits or more, which shall be
prescribed by the school regulations.
(4) When a specialized graduate school related to management, etc. selects
candidates for a master's degree course of technical
degree, it may preferentially select a
candidate having experience in the relevant field under the conditions prescribed by the
school regulations.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 19500, Jun. 7, 2006]
Article 22-3 (Evaluation with Respect to Specialized
Graduate School Related to
Management, etc.)
(1) The Minister of Education and Human Resources Development shall make an
evaluation every 5 years based on the date of school
opening or of the latest evaluation
with respect to whether or not any specialized graduate school related to management,
etc.
satisfies the standards or obligatory burden under the Acts and subordinate statutes
related to higher education, etc. In this case
the Minister of Education and Human
Resources Development may entrust part of such evaluation business to a relevant
specialized
institution for smooth evaluation.
(2) The Minister of Education and Human Resources Development shall notify
pertinent school of the evaluation result under paragraph
(1), and may publish on the
Internet webpage of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development for
easy perusal by anyone.
(3) Detailed items, criteria, and method of evaluation, etc. under paragraph (1)
shall be determined and publicly announced by the
Minister of Education and Human
Resources Development.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 19500, Jun. 7, 2006]
Article 23 (Cooperative Courses)
(1) Cooperative courses jointly established and operated by two or more
departments or majors, other than departments or majors
to be established at graduate
schools (hereinafter referred to as "interdepartmental cooperative courses"), pursuant to
Article
29 (3) of the Act, and educational-research-industrial, educational-research or
education-industrial cooperative courses established
and operated under a contract with
any research institution or industry (hereinafter referred to as "educational-research-
industrial
cooperative courses") may be established.
(2) The matters necessary for the establishment standards and operation of
educational-research-industrial
cooperative courses referred to in paragraph (1) shall be
determined by the Minister of Education and Human Resources Development.
(1) Graduate school committees shall be established at universities or colleges,
industrial colleges, teachers' colleges and air
and correspondence colleges which have
established graduate schools in order to deliberate the matters on the operation of
graduate
schools referred to in Article 29 (3) of the Act.
(2) Any graduate school committee referred to in paragraph (1) shall deliberate:
1. Matters on admission, completion, and conferment of degree;
2. Matters on the establishment and closure of departments or majors and the
fixed number of students;
3. Matters on curricula;
4. Matters on the establishment and amendment of graduate school regulations;
and
5. Other important matters concerning the operation of graduate schools.
(3) A graduate school committee referred to in paragraph
(1) shall be composed of
not less than seven persons designated by the head of a school, and the matters on its
organization and
operation shall be determined by school regulations.
Article 25 (Term of School Years)
(1) The term of school years for universities or colleges (excluding graduate school
universities or colleges) pursuant to Article
31 (1) of the Act shall be six years only for
medical colleges, colleges of oriental medicine, dental colleges, and veterinary colleges.
In this case, their curricula shall be two years for preliminary courses and four years for
departments of medicine, oriental medicine,
dentistry, and veterinary science,
respectively.
(2) The term of school years for pharmacy colleges of universities (excluding the
herbal medicine department) pursuant to Article
31 (1) of the Act shall be six years. In
this case, the education for basic knowledge and liberal arts completed in other
departments
or colleges, etc. shall be for two years, and the major education shall be for
four years.
Article 26 (Shortening of Term of School Years)
(1) The term of school years for universities or colleges (excluding graduate school
universities or colleges) which may be shortened
pursuant to Article 31 (3) of the Act
shall be not more than one year.
(2) The term of school years of a graduate school which may be shortened pursuant
to Article 31 (3) of the Act shall be not more
than six months for a master's degree
course and a doctor's degree course, respectively, and not more than one year for a
combined
course of a master's degree course and a doctor's degree course, and for a
technical degree course from among master's degree courses
at the specialized graduate
schools related to management, etc.
Article 27 (Operational Principles of Fixed Number of Students)
Where universities or colleges (including industrial colleges, teachers'
colleges,
junior colleges, technical colleges, air and correspondence colleges and various kinds of
schools; hereafter the same
shall apply in this Article) determine the fixed number of
students pursuant to Article 32 of the Act, they shall determine the
fixed number taking
into account the educational conditions of the universities or colleges concerned and
prospects for the supply
and demand of social manpower.
Article 28 (Fixed Number of Students)
(1) The fixed number of students for universities or colleges (including industrial
colleges, teachers' colleges, junior colleges,
technical colleges, air and correspondence
colleges and various kinds of schools, but excluding graduate schools and graduate
school
universities or colleges) referred to in Article 32 of the Act shall be determined
by recruitment unit as determined by school regulations
(hereinafter referred to as
"recruitment unit") based on the fixed number of admission, and where the Minister of
Education and
Human Resources Development determines the standards for the number
of students per school teacher as necessary for school conditions,
it shall be determined
within the scope of the standards.
(2) Universities or colleges (excluding graduate schools and graduate school
universities or colleges; hereafter the same shall
apply in this paragraph) shall determine
recruitment units under paragraph (1) by two or more departments or a faculty:
Provided,
That where the heads of universities or colleges deem it necessary for certain
sciences such as medical or pharmaceutical science
or for the operation of curricula,
they may determine recruitment units by related department.
(3) In determining the fixed number
of admission by recruitment unit according to
school regulations pursuant to paragraph (1), the universities or colleges shall comply
with what is determined by the Minister and not more than one year for a combined
course of a master's degree course and a doctor's
degree course, and for a technical
degree course from among master's degree courses at the specialized graduate schools
of Education
and Human Resources Development for the matters falling under the
following subparagraphs:
1. The fixed number of students by recruitment unit relating to the training of
school teachers;
2. The fixed number of students by recruitment unit relating to the training of
manpower falling under the following items:
(a) Medical personnel under Article 2 (1) of the Medical Service Act;
(b) Medical technicians under Article 1 of the Medical Technicians,
etc. Act;
(c) Pharmacists and herb pharmacists under Article 2 (2) of the
Pharmaceutical Affairs Act; and
(d) Veterinarians under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Veterinarians Act;
3. The fixed number of students of any school to which the regulation by ceiling
applies pursuant to Article 18 (3) of the Seoul
Metropolitan Area Readjustment
Planning Act;
4. The fixed number of students of national schools; and
5. The fixed number of students of public schools.
(4) The Minister of Education and Human Resources Development shall consult
with
the head of any related central administrative agency in determining matters under
paragraph (3) 2 through 4, or he shall seek the
opinion of the head of related local
government in determining matters under paragraph (3) 5.
(5) The fixed number of new students of a pharmacy college of university under
Article 25 (2) shall be the fixed number of students
admitted by the Minister of
Education and Human Resources Development under paragraph (3) 2 as those subject
to a major education
by recruitment units of a pharmacy college.
(1) The heads of universities or colleges (including industrial colleges, teachers'
colleges, junior colleges, technical colleges,
air and correspondence colleges, and
schools of various types but excluding graduate schools and graduate school universities
or
colleges) shall grant admission (including transfer; hereafter the same shall apply in
this Article) within the scope of the fixed
number of admission by recruitment unit as
determined by school regulations pursuant to Article 28 (1). In this case, where any
registered student of an abolished recruitment unit shifts to another recruitment unit, an
additional fixed number shall be deemed
to exist while the student is on the register of
the recruitment unit. 1. Students commissioned by the industrial corporations under Article 53-2 and
other commissioned students as determined by the Ordinance
of the Ministry of
Education and Human Resources Development;
2. Korean nationals abroad and foreigners (excluding Korean nationals abroad
and foreigners referred to in subparagraphs 6 and 7);
3. Persons who transfer to the third grade after obtaining a bachelor's decree or
having been recognized to have an equal or higher
academic career (excluding the case
of medical colleges of universities and junior colleges);
4. Persons eligible for education for the handicapped referred to in Article 10 of
the Act on the Promotion of Education for the
Handicapped;
5. Students in agricultural and fishing areas as determined by the head of a
school;
6. Residents escaping from North Korea and foreign students both of whose
parents are foreigners;
7. Korean nationals abroad and foreigners who have completed all curricula
equal to those of elementary and middle schools in a foreign
country;
8. Persons who have graduated from any university or college, industrial
college, teachers' college, junior college, technical college,
and air and correspondence
college or who have been deemed to have an equal or higher academic career (limited to
persons who have
been admitted to junior colleges, and the fixed number of such
admission may be separately determined according to each recruitment
unit as
determined in the basic plan for admission screening to universities or colleges under
Article 32);
9. Persons who transfer to the third grade of the universities or colleges
(excluding those located in the Seoul metropolitan area
in accordance with
subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Seoul Metropolitan Area Readjustment Planning Act)
or industrial colleges
combined in curricula with the junior colleges at which they have
acquired junior bachelor's degrees;
10. Graduates of vocational high schools under Article 80 (1) 1 of the
Enforcement Decree of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (limited to any
recruitment unit which the head of the relevant university or college recognizes to be the
same department
as the department established at the vocational high school in the cases
of admission to the said university or college under subparagraphs
1, 2, 4 and 6 of
Article 2 of the Act); and
11. Persons who possess a junior bachelor's degree in the related course for
fostering the medical manpower (referring to the nurse,
medical technologist,
radiological technologist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, dental technician
and dental hygienist)
and persons who possess a junior bachelor's degree in the related
course for fostering the kindergarten teachers.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 28 (1), the head of a university or
college may permit sophomores or juniors to shift
to another recruitment unit in the
same grade on conditions as school regulations may determine: Provided, That where
they shift
to a recruitment unit falling under the provisions of Article 28 (3) 1, the total
number of students shall not exceed 20/100 of
the fixed number of admission and where
they shift to a recruitment unit falling under the provisions of Article 28 (3) 2, the total
number of students shall not exceed the scope of the fixed number of admission.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 28 (1), the heads of industrial
colleges, junior colleges, air and correspondence
colleges and various kinds of schools
may permit students to shift to another recruitment unit of the same grade on conditions
as school regulations may determine.
Article 29-2 (Readmission)
(1) The head of a university or college (including any industrial college, teacher's
college, junior college, technical college,
air and correspondence college and various
colleges, however any graduate school and graduate school college shall be excluded;
hereafter in this Article, the same shall apply) may permit the readmission within the
scope of fixed number of students including
the fixed number of students by recruitment
unit provided by the school regulations under Article 28 (1) (hereinafter referred to
as
the "gross fixed number"); Provided, That in the case of readmission related to the
fosterage of teachers and medical personnel,
the readmission shall be permitted within
the scope of the fixed number of admission by recruitment units under Article 28 (3) 1
and 2.
(2) Where the head of a university or college intends to permit the readmission
under the provisions of paragraph (1), he shall
permit the readmission by recruitment
units; Provided, That where the recruitment units intended to permit a readmission have
been
discontinued, the head of a university or college may permit the readmission to the
recruitment units provided by the school regulations.
(3) The gross fixed number of paragraph (1) shall be classified into a daytime and
nighttime, principal school and branch school
and inside and outside of fixed numbers.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 19278, Jan. 13, 2006]
Article
30 (Fixed Number, etc. of Students for Graduate Schools)
(1) The fixed number of admission for degree courses at graduate schools
shall be
determined by graduate school, and that for interdepartmental and educational-research-
industrial cooperative courses
by course determined by school regulations pursuant to
Article 32 of the Act. When the Minister of Education and Human Resources
Development determines the criteria for setting the fixed number of students per teacher
in view of the given conditions of schools,
the fixed number shall be determined within
the limit of relevant criteria.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), where those falling under any
of the following subparagraphs are admitted,
transferred or readmitted to graduate
schools, an additional fixed number shall be deemed to exist: 1. Entrusted students as determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry of
Education and Human Resources Development;
2. Residents escaping from North Korea and foreigners both of whose parents
are foreigners; and
3. Korean nationals abroad and foreigners who have completed all curricula
equal to those of elementary and middle schools and universities
or colleges in a foreign
country.
Article 31 (Selection of Students)
(1) In selecting new students pursuant to Article 34 (1) of the Act, heads of
universities or colleges (including industrial colleges,
teachers' colleges and junior
colleges but excluding graduate school universities or colleges; hereinafter through
Article 34 the
same shall apply) shall make efforts to ensure that they shall safeguard
the right of the people to receive equal education according
to their abilities, and that
elementary and secondary education shall be operated according to the proper purposes
of education.
In this case, heads of national universities or colleges shall also devise a
plan to promote balanced national development.
(2) In admission screening referred to in Article 34 (1) of the Act, the heads of
universities or colleges shall prepare and implement
various methods and standards so
that temperaments, aptitude and abilities of students may be evaluated.
Article 32 (Establishment
and Announcement of Basic Plan for Admission Screening
to Universities or Colleges)
The Minister of Education and Human Resources Development shall establish a
basic plan for admission screening to universities or
colleges and make public
notification six months before commencing the school year prior to every school year,
for the fair management
of admission screening to universities or colleges.
Article 33 (Establishment of Implementation Plan for Admission Screening to
Universities or Colleges)
The heads of universities or colleges shall establish and give advance notice of an
implementation plan for admission screening
to universities or colleges in a manner
consistent with the purposes and characteristics of education at the universities or
colleges
concerned according to the basic plan for admission screening to universities or
colleges announced pursuant to Article 32.
Article 34 (Classification of Admission Screening)
(1) A general screening referred to in Article 34 of the Act shall be a screening
which selects general students according to general educational standards, and shall be
implemented in public by fair competition
according to the standards and methods for
admission screening serving the educational purposes of universities or colleges
concerned.
(2) A special screening referred to in Article 34 of the Act shall be a screening
which selects students who need screening based
on the standards such as special career
or temperament presented by universities or colleges or discriminatory educational
compensation
standards, and shall be implemented in public by fair competition
according to the standards and methods for reasonable admission
screening meeting the
socially accepted value standards.
Article 35 (Admission Screening Data)
(1) The heads of universities or colleges (including teachers' colleges; hereafter in
this Article the same shall apply) may make
available as admission screening data
results in academic subjects, such as records of high school life register, results of the
College Scholastic Ability Test, examinations by university or college (referring to
written examinations such as essays, interview
and oral tests, physical examinations,
practical and experimental tests, and aptitude and personality tests for the teaching
profession;
hereafter in this Article the same shall apply), and letter of self-introduction
in order to select new students pursuant to Article
34 (1) of the Act.
(2) The Minister of Education and Human Resources Development may, in case
where the heads of universities or
colleges conduct written examinations in addition to
essay tests under paragraph (1), and where he deems it necessary for making
the
primary and secondary education operated according to the original purposes of
education, request the correction thereto.
(1) A College Scholastic Ability Test referred to in Article 35 (1) (hereinafter
through Article 38 referred to as the "Test") shall
be conducted by the Minister of
Education and Human Resources Development.
(2) The Minister of Education and Human Resources Development shall announce
a basic plan for conducting the Test including designing
the questions, distribution of
marks, and report on the results of the Test and Test schedule by the end of March of the
Test year.
The Minister of Education and Human Resources Development shall designate or
commission question designers of the Test from among
those who have expert
knowledge in the evaluation of the college scholastic achievement, and test presiding
personnel from among
the staff of educational administrative agencies or educational
research institutions, respectively.
Article 38 (Application Fees, etc.)
(1) Any person who intends to apply for the Test shall pay application fees as
determined by the Minister of Education and Human
Resources Development.
1. Any person who has worked for an enterprise and whose training has been
entrusted to the head of any industrial college by the
employer of the enterprise;
2. Any person who has worked for not less than six months at an enterprise;
3. Any person who has obtained a national qualification under the Framework
Act on Qualifications or a private qualification certified
by the State;
4. Any person who applies for any same-department recruitment unit after
graduating from a vocational high school or a special purpose
high school;
5. Any person who, completing a vocational course at a general high school,
applies for the same-department recruitment unit as the
course; and
6. Any other person similar to those listed in subparagraphs 1 through 5, as
determined by school regulations.
(2) Matters on the selection standards and methods, procedures and qualifications,
and the scope of enterprises referred to in paragraph
(1) shall be determined by school
regulations.
(3) The provisions of Article 35 (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis with respect to
making screening data available where any industrial
college selects new students by a
general screening. In this case, "universities or colleges (including teachers' colleges;
hereafter
in this Article the same shall apply)" shall be deemed to read "industrial
colleges".
Article 40 (Special Screening at Junior Colleges)
The head of a junior college shall, in determining the methods, standards, etc.
for a
special screening referred to in Article 34 (2), reflect in the first consideration the
matters necessary for the promotion
of vocational education.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Presidential Decree No. 17440, Dec. 31, 2001]
Article 41 (Student Selection
Schedules)
(1) The Minister of Education and Human Resources Development shall determine
student selection schedules for universities or colleges
(including teachers' colleges;
hereinafter the same shall apply through Article 42) on irregular, regular and additional
recruitments.
Article 42 (Application Methods for Admission)
(1) Any person who intends to be admitted to a university or college may apply for
an irregular, regular or additional recruitment.
In this case, the person may apply for the
admission only to one of the universities or colleges conducting regular recruitments
in
the same examination period, a person who passes an irregular recruitment examination
shall not apply for an irregular, regular
or additional recruitment conducted in any other
semester, and a person who is enrolled after passing a regular recruitment examination
shall not apply for an additional recruitment.
(3) The head of a university or college shall nullify without delay the admission of
a person who obtained admission to a university
or college in violation of paragraphs
(1) and (2) or Article 42-2 (2), if the Minister of Education and Human Resources
Development
notifies him by the end of the admission school year.
(4) The head of a university or college shall report a list of applicants for,
participants in examinations for, successful applicants
for, registrants with, and new
students to the university or college under the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) to the
Minister
of Education and Human Resources Development within thirty days from the
commencing date of every school year.
(1) The head of every junior college may select students to be admitted by means
of the occasional recruitment, etc. In this case,
necessary matters concerning the
selection schedule for admission shall be prescribed by the Minister of Education and
Human Resources
Development.
(2) Any person who passes the examination of occasional recruitment referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be prohibited from applying
for the recruitment of other universities
or colleges, industrial colleges, teachers' colleges, or junior colleges, which is conducted
at other recruitment time (referring to the recruitment schedule other than the occasional
recruitment conducted during the same
semester; hereinafter the same shall apply), and
in the event that he has passed the entrance examination of two or more of the
universities or colleges, industrial colleges, teachers' colleges, or junior colleges whose
semester for admission coincides with
one another, he shall register with only one of
such universities or colleges, industrial colleges, teachers' colleges, or junior
colleges.
(4) With regard to any person who is admitted to any junior college in violation of
the provisions of paragraph (2) or (3), the
head of the relevant junior college shall, if he
is informed by the Minister of Education and Human Resources Development of his
violation by the end of the relevant admission year, make without delay his admission
invalid.
(5) The head of every junior college shall report a list of persons who have applied
for the examination, taken the examination,
passed the examination, completed their
registrations and been admitted to the relevant junior college in accordance with
paragraphs
(1) and (2) to the Minister of Education and Human Resources Development
within 30 days from the date on which every school year
commences.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 18096, Sep. 1, 2003]
Article 42-3 (Occasional Recruitment, etc.
of Industrial College)
(1) The head of an industrial college may select students for admission by means of
occasional recruitment,
etc. In this case, necessary matters concerning the selection
schedule for admission shall be prescribed by the Minister of Education
and Human
Resources Development.
(2) Any person who passes the examination of occasional recruitment referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be prohibited from applying
for the recruitment of other universities
or colleges, industrial colleges, teachers' colleges, or junior colleges, which is conducted
at other recruitment time, and in the event that he has passed the entrance examination
of two or more of the universities or colleges,
industrial colleges, teachers' colleges, or
junior colleges whose semester for admission coincides with one another, he shall
register
with only one of such universities or colleges, industrial colleges, teachers'
colleges, or junior colleges.
(3) Any person who passes the examination of occasional recruitment provided for
in Articles 42 (1) and 42-2 (1) shall be prohibited
from applying for the recruitment of
other industrial colleges, which is conducted at a different recruitment time.
(4) With regard
to any person who is admitted to any industrial college in violation
of the provisions of paragraph (2) or (3), the head of the
industrial college shall, if he is
informed by the Minister of Education and Human Resources Development of such
violation by the
end of the relevant admission year, make without delay the relevant
admission invalid.
(5) The head of the industrial college shall report a list of the persons who have
applied for the recruitment, taken and passed
the examination, completed registration
with and entered the relevant college in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) to the
Minister of Education and Human Resources Development within 30 days from the date
on which every school year commences.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 18752, Mar. 25, 2005]
Article 43 (Classification of Degrees)
(1) The classification of bachelors' degrees referred to in Article 35 (1) of the Act
shall be determined by school regulations.
(2) Master's degrees and doctor's degrees referred to in Article 35 (2) of the Act
shall be classified into academic degrees and
technical degrees, and the types and
marking methods by academic and technical degrees shall be determined by the
Ordinance of
the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development.
(2) The examination of a dissertation for a degree shall be made by examiners (not
less than three persons for a master's degree
and not less than five persons for a doctor's
degree) selected through a deliberation by a graduate school committee referred to
in
Article 24 from among school teachers or authorities of the academic world.
Article 45 (Examination Fee of Dissertations for
Degrees)
The head of a university or college, industrial college or teachers' college may
collect examination fees equivalent to
actual expenses from the presenter of a
dissertation for master's degree or a dissertation for a doctor's degree through a
deliberation
by a graduate school committee.
Article 46 (Conferment of Degrees at Graduate School Courses)
General graduate schools confer academic degrees, and specialized
graduate
schools and special graduate schools confer technical degrees: Provided, That
specialized graduate schools may confer
academic degrees on conditions as school
regulations may determine as necessary for scientific fields.
Article 47 (Conferment of
Honorary Doctor's Degrees)
Honorary doctor's degrees referred to in Article 35 (4) of the Act may be conferred
to persons who have
made special contributions to academic development or rendered
distinct services to the improvement of human culture through a deliberation
by a
graduate school committee.
Article 48 (Conferment of Degrees)
(1) The head of a school shall issue a certificate of degree in conferring a degree
pursuant to Article 35 (1) through (4) of the
Act.
(2) Deleted.
(2) The term "person who has completed a degree course" in paragraph (1) means
any person who has passed the term of school years
under Article 31 of the Act and
obtained required credits as determined by school regulations.
Article 51 (Public Announcement
of Dissertations for Doctor's Degree)
Any person who has obtained a doctor's degree shall publicly announce his doctor's
degree
dissertation within one year from the date on which he received it on conditions
as the Minister of Education and Human Resources
Development may determine:
Provided, That this shall not apply where the Minister of Education and Human
Resources Development
deems that it is not proper to publicly announce it.
Article 52 (Cancellation of Conferment of Doctor's Degrees)
(1) The head of a school who conferred doctor's degrees may cancel the
conferment of degrees through deliberation by a graduate school committee where any
person who has received a doctor's degree gets
it by illegal means or where any person
who has received an honorary doctor's degree impairs his honor.
(2) Deleted.
(1) The heads of universities or colleges (including industrial colleges, junior
colleges, and air and correspondence colleges)
shall make available as screening data
the records of high school life register and results of interview tests in selecting those
who will take lessons by enrolling at a time system pursuant to Article 36 of the Act
(hereafter in this Article referred to as
"time system enrollees"), and shall determine
necessary matters in this regard by school regulations.
(2) The number of time system
enrollees to be selected pursuant to paragraph (1)
shall be determined by the school regulations of the relevant universities or
colleges
(including industrial colleges and junior colleges; hereafter in this paragraph, the same
shall apply): Provided, That
the time system enrollees selected by any university or
college located in Seoul metropolitan area referred to in subparagraph 1
of Article 2 of
the Seoul Metropolitan Area Readjustment Planning Act shall be determined by the
school regulations of the university
or college within the scope of 10/100 of the fixed
number of admission by recruitment unit of the relevant uniiversity or college.
(3) The number of time system enrollees at air and correspondence colleges shall
not be restricted.
(4) The credits for which any time system enrollee may apply shall not exceed a
half of basic credits to be taken by regular enrollees
every semester.
Article 53-2 (Education Commissioned by Corporations)
(1) The head of industrial college and junior college may,
in case where he is
commissioned by corporations, under Article 40 (2) of the Act, with the education of
those who have graduated
from high schools or are equipped with attainments equal to
or higher than the said graduates (in the case of commissioned education
under
enrolled-in admission, the junior college graduates or those who are equipped with
attainments equal to or higher than the
said graduates) and who work in the corporations,
conduct the commissioned education under a contract with the corporations.
(2) The head of industrial college and junior college shall, in case where he is
commissioned with the education under paragraph
(1), make a report to the Minister of
Education and Human Resources Development on the plans for execution of
commissioned education
and the results thereof within the period specified by the said
Minister.
Article 54 (Establishment of Department of Education)
The necessary matters for the establishment of the department of education
referred to in Article 41 (3) of the Act shall be determined by the Minister of Education
and Human Resources Development, taking
into account the supply and demand
conditions of school teachers.
Article 55 (Establishment of Comprehensive Teachers' Training Colleges)
The necessary matters for the establishment of comprehensive
teachers' training
colleges referred to in Article 43 (1) of the Act shall be otherwise determined by the
Presidential Decree.
Article 56 (Establishment of Temporary Teachers' Training Institution)
Any temporary teachers' training institution referred to
in Article 46 of the Act may
be established or authorized to be established under any of the following subparagraphs:
1. Where it is intended to train school teachers in subjects difficult to teach at
regular teachers' training institutions:
2. Where it is intended to train school teachers in subjects necessary for
temporary training;
3. Where it needs to supply school teachers by short-term training due to
temporary shortages in personnel; and
4. Where it is necessary to provide incumbent elementary and middle school
teachers opportunities to acquire plural qualifications.
SECTION 4 Junior Colleges
Article 57 (Term of School Years for Junior Colleges)
(1) Departments of junior colleges for which the term of school years can
be three
years pursuant to Article 48 of the Act shall be those of nursing, radiation, clinical
pathology, physical therapy, prosthodontia,
dental hygiene, work cure, fishery, and
engine.
(2) The head of a junior college may fix the term of school years for other
departments than those as provided in paragraph (1)
to three years, under the conditions
as prescribed by the Minister of Education and Human Resources Development.
[This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 17796, Dec. 11, 2002]
Article 58 (Establishment and Operation of Specialty-Enhancing
Courses)
(1) No specialty-enhancing courses to be established pursuant to Article 49 of the
Act shall be degree courses.
(2) The term of school years for specialty-enhancing courses shall be determined
by school regulations within the scope of one year.
(3) A person who can enroll at a specialty-enhancing course shall be a person who
graduated from a junior college or is deemed
to have equal or higher school career, with
more than one year's experience in an enterprise after graduation or recognition of
school career.
(4) Any junior school shall, where it intends to establish specialty-enhancing
courses, meet the standards as determined by the
Minister of Education and Human
Resources Development with respect to the courses to be established, enrollment and
operation.
The head of a junior school may operate curricula cooperation with any vocational
high schools, universities or colleges, industrial
colleges and enterprises on conditions
as school regulation may determine as necessary to promote vocational education.
Article
60 (Classification of Junior Bachelor's Degrees)
The classification of junior bachelor's degrees referred to in Article 50 (2) of
the
Act shall be determined by school regulations.
Article 61 (Applicable Provisions)
The provisions of Articles 35 and 48 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the admission
screening data and conferment of degrees for
junior colleges. In this case, the term
"universities or colleges (including teachers' colleges; hereafter in this Article the same
shall apply)" and "schools" shall be deemed to read "junior colleges".
SECTION 5 Air and Correspondence Colleges
Article 62 (Establishment of Courses at Air and Correspondence Colleges)
The matters on the establishment of junior bachelor's degree
courses and bachelor's
degree courses at air and correspondence colleges referred to in Article 53 (1) of the Act
shall be otherwise
determined by the Presidential Decree.
Article 63 (Operation of Lessons)
The operation of lessons at air and correspondence colleges shall be carried out by
methods such as air and correspondence courses,
lessons by attendance, experiments
and practices, study by teaching materials, and guidance for home assignments, and
other matters
necessary for the operation of lessons shall be determined by school
regulations.
Article 64 (Applicable Course)
The provisions of Articles 19, 28 (2), 43 (1), 48 and 60 shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the completion of student's major course,
the student recruitment units, and
types and conferment of degrees of air and correspondence colleges, respectively. In this
case,
"universities or colleges" (excluding graduate schools and graduate school
universities or colleges; hereafter in this paragraph
the same shall apply), and "schools"
shall be deemed to read "air and correspondence colleges".
Article 65 (Qualifications for Admission)
(1) The term "period not shorter than that determined by the Presidential Decree"
in Article 57 (1) and (2) of the Act means not
less than eighteen months.
(2) The period referred to in paragraph (1) shall include the period during which
any vocational trainer
and trainee referred to in subparagraph 3 of Article 2 of the
Vocational Education and Training Promotion Act has received on-the-job
training
pursuant to the text of Article 7 of the same Act.
Article 66 (Selection Method of Students)
(1) The head of a technical college shall, in selecting students referred to in Article
57 (3) of the Act, use their service records
at enterprises and the recommendations of the
enterprises' presidents, and the necessary matters for their specific selection method
and
procedures shall be determined by school regulations.
(2) The head of a technical college may, in selecting the students, give
preferential
treatment to those who have completed education and training courses at the vocational
education and training institutions
and those who have acquired qualifications in the
relevant fields referred to in subparagraphs 2 of Article 2 of the Vocational
Education
and Training Promotion Act.
Article 67 (Applicable Provisions)
The provisions of Articles 43 (1), 48 and 60 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the
types and conferment of bachelor's degrees or junior
bachelor's degrees at technical
colleges, respectively. In this case, the term "schools" shall be deemed to read "technical
colleges".
Article 68 (Various Kinds of Schools)
The matters on the entrustment of powers on the establishment and operation of
national various kinds of schools referred to in
Article 59 (3) of the Act shall be
otherwise determined by the Presidential Decree.
Article 69 (Applicable Provisions)
The provisions of Articles 43 (1), 48 and 60 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the
types and conferment of bachelor's degrees or junior
bachelor's degrees at various kinds
of schools designated by the Minister of Education and Human Resources Development
as gaining
recognition of school career for admission into a higher degree course
pursuant to Article 59 (4) of the Act.
Article 70 (Recognition of School Career)
(1) Persons who fall under any of the following subparagraphs shall be deemed to
have a school career equal to junior college graduates:
1. Any person who has completed all curricula for not less than two or three
years at a university or college (including any industrial
college, teachers' college, air
and correspondence college and various kinds of schools recognized equivalent
educational background
thereto; hereafter in this Article the same shall apply); and
2. Any person who, having completed curricula equivalent to elementary and
secondary education and two years of college in the Republic
of Korea in a foreign
country or north of the Military Demarcation Line, is recognized as having a school
career equal to any person
who completed the sophomore year in college.
(2) Any person, having completed all curricula equivalent to elementary and
secondary
education and college education in a foreign country or north of the Military
Demarcation Line, shall be deemed to have school career
equal to college graduates.
Article 71 (Recognition of Qualifications for Graduates of Former School)
(1) Persons who fall under
any of the following subparagraphs shall be deemed to
have qualifications equal to junior college graduates:
1. Any person who graduated in a practice course (two-year system) in any
former public model school;
2. Any person who completed the second year at any former secondary school
teachers' training center at the Minister of Education
and Human Resources
Development;
3. Any person who completed the third or fourth year at any former technical
school;
4. Any person who completed a preparatory course at any former college;
5. Any person who completed the third year in a technical course at any
agricultural and forestry school before 1922;
6. Any person who completed the third year of a regular course at any former
public model school;
7. Any person who graduated in a technical department at any former college;
8. Any person who completed a practice course at the former Chinhae Ships'
Officers Training Center;
9. Any person who graduated from any former nursing school;
10. Any person who graduated from any vocational high technical school or
technical school after 1965; and
11. Any person who graduated from any former junior college.
(2) Persons who completed any course of eighteen months at the former
secondary
school teachers' training center established in the Ministry of Human Resources
Development shall be deemed to have qualifications
equal to persons who completed
the freshman year of a college department (a preparatory course for a medical college).
Article 72 (Closure of Schools)
Where the Minister of Education and Human Resources Development issues an
order to close a school pursuant to Article 62 of the
Act, the founder of the school shall
submit documents and a school register stating the student enrollment and the disposal
conditions
of school endowment to the Minister of Education and Human Resources
Development within three months from the date of receipt of
such order.
ADDENDA
Article 1 (Enforcement Date)
This Decree shall enter into force on March 1, 1998.
Article 2 (Repeal of Other Acts and Subordinate Statutes)
The following Presidential
Decrees shall be hereby repealed: Provided, That the
provisions of Article 3 of the Graduate School Regulations shall remain in
force until
they are otherwise determined by the Presidential Decree:
1. The Enforcement Decree of the Education Act;
2. The Graduate School Regulations;
3. The Ordinance of the Fixed Number of College Students; and
4. The regulation on the Establishment and Operation of Open Colleges.
Article 3 (Examples of Application on Classification and Conferment
of Degrees)
The provisions on the classification of academic degrees and technical degrees in
Article 43 (2) and the provisions
of Article 46 shall apply to new students admitted after
September 1, 1997, and the provisions on the types and marking methods
by academic
and technical degree in Article 43 (2) shall apply to new students admitted after
September 1, 1998.
Article 4 (Transitional Measures on Application, etc. for Authorization on
Establishment)
Applications for authorization on the establishment, closure, and modification of
public and private schools under the previous
Enforcement Decree of the Education Act
at the time of the entry into force of this Decree shall be deemed applications under this
Decree.
Article 5 (Transitional Measures on Annex Schools)
The operation of annex schools established under the previous Enforcement Decree
of the Education Act at the time of the entry into force of this Decree shall be governed
by the previous provisions, and the necessary
matters on the improved operation of
annex schools shall be determined by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Education.
Article 6
(Transitional Measures on School Regulations under Application for
Authorization on Amendment)
School regulations for which an application for authorization on amendment is
made under the previous Enforcement Decree of the
Education Act at the time of the
entry into force of this Decree shall be deemed to have been reported to the Minister of
Education
through the procedures under Article 4 (2).
Article 7 (Transitional Measures on Joint Operation of Curricula with Foreign
Colleges)
Any joint operation of curricula with foreign colleges under the previous
Enforcement Decree of the Education Act shall be deemed
one under this Decree.
Article 8 (Transitional Measures on Graduate School Committees)
Graduate school committees composed under
the previous Graduate School
Regulations at the time of the entry into force of this Decree shall be deemed graduate
school committees
under this Decree.
Article 9 (Transitional Measures on Establishment of Cooperative Courses)
Interdepartmental cooperative courses and educational-research-industrial
cooperative courses established under the previous Graduate School Regulations at the
time of the entry into force of this Decree
shall be deemed to have been established
under this Decree.
Article 10 (Transitional Measures on Shortening of Term of School Years)
The shortening of the term of school years for students
on the register of teachers'
colleges and air and correspondence colleges at the time of the entry into force of this
Decree shall
be governed by the previous provisions.
Article 11 (Transitional Measures on Fixed Number of Students)
The fixed number of students
on the register of schools and additional fixed
numbers of students pursuant to transfer, readmission and change of courses at the
time
of the entry into force of this Decree shall be governed by the previous provisions.
Article 12 (Transitional Measures on
Admission Screening Methods to Colleges and
Junior Colleges)
(1) The heads of universities or colleges (including teachers' colleges, colleges of
education and junior colleges; hereinafter
in this Article, the same shall apply) shall
apply the provisions of Article 2 (1) of the Addenda of the former Enforcement Decree
of the Education Act to applicants where those who graduated from high school by the
school year for 1998 intend to apply for universities
or colleges in the fields of literature,
linguistics, mathematics, science, music, arts, and athletics (limited to the fields of
music, arts and athletics for junior colleges) based on the examination standards prior to
the entry into force of Presidential
Decree No. 15127 (the Amendment to the
Enforcement of the Education Act) (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "the former
Enforcement Decree of the Education Act").
(2) The heads of universities or colleges shall apply the provisions of Article 2 (2)
of the Addenda of the former Enforcement Decree
of the Education Act to applicants
where those who attend or attended a foreign school as of August 23, 1996 or students
both of
whose parents are foreigners graduate from a high school in Korea until the
school year for 2000 or those who complete school curricula
for not less than twelve
years in a foreign country intend to apply for universities or colleges under the
provisions prior to
the former Enforcement Decree of the Education Act.
(3) The heads of universities or colleges shall apply the provisions of Article
2 (8)
of the Addenda of the former Enforcement Decree of the Education Act to applicants
where those eligible for education for
the handicapped under the provisions prior to the
entry into force of the former Enforcement Decree of the Education Act intend
to apply
for universities or colleges under the provisions of the former Enforcment Decree of the
Education Act until the school
year for 1999.
(4) Heads of universities or colleges shall apply the provisions of Article 2 (4) of
the Addenda of the former Enforcement Decree
of the Education Act to applicants
where those who graduated from high schools located in rural and fishing areas under
the provisions
prior to the entry into force of the former Enforcement Decree of the
Education Act intend to apply for universities or colleges
until the school year for 1999
under the provisions of the former Enforcement Decree of the Education Act.
Article 13 (Transitional
Measures on Classification of Bachelor's Degrees)
The classification of degrees for students who are admitted to bachelor's degree
programs of universities or colleges ahead of the end of February, 1997 shall,
notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43, be
governed by the previous provisions.
Article 14 (Transitional Measures on Conferment and Classification of Master's and
Doctor's
Degrees)
(1) The classification and conferment of degrees upon students who were admitted
into degree courses at graduate schools before
August 31, 1997 shall, notwithstanding
the provisions on the classification of academic degrees and technical degrees of Article
43 (2) and the provisions of Article 46, be governed by the provisions of paragraph (2)
of the Addenda of the previous Graduate
School Regulations.
(2) The classification of degrees of students who were admitted into graduate
school courses before August
31, 1997 shall, notwithstanding the provisions on the
classification and marking method by academic degree or technical degree of
Article 43
(2), be governed by the provisions of paragraph (3) of the Addenda of the previous
Graduate School Regulations.
(3) The classification of degrees conferred upon students who were admitted into
degree courses at graduate schools after September
1, 1997 but before August 31, 1998
shall, notwithstanding the provisions on the classification and marking methods by
academic
degree and technical degree under the provisions of Article 43 (2), be
governed by the provisions of Article 12 of the previous
Graduate School Regulations.
Article 15 (Transitional Measures on Enrollment of Those who Completed Graduate
Schools)
Persons enrolled in research credits under the previous Graduate School
Regulations at the time of the entry into force of this
Decree shall be deemed to have
been enrolled under this Decree.
Article 16 (Transitional Measures on Industry-Entrusted Education)
The conduct of and fixed number in industry-entrusted education
by junior
colleges and industrial colleges under the previous Enforcement Decree of the
Education Act and the Regulation on the
Establishment and Operation of Open Colleges
at the time of the entry into force of this Decree shall be governed by the previous
provisions.
Article 17 (Transitional Measures on Time System Enrollees)
Time system enrollees enrolled under the previous Enforcement Decree
of the
Education Act at the time of the entry into force of this Decree shall be deemed to have
been enrolled under this Decree.
Article 18 (Transitional Measures on Recognition of School Career and Recognition of
Qualifications)
The recognition of school career and recognition of qualifications under the
previous Enforcement Decree of the Education Act, the
Ordinance of the Establishment
of the Korea Air and Correspondence University, and the Regulations on the
Establishment and Operation
of Open Colleges at the time of the entry into force of this
Decree shall be deemed those under this Decree.
Article 19 (Special Cases for Relief of Students Expelled from School)
Where the head of a school grants readmission to any of those
expelled from
school from March 17, 1973 to December 31, 1979 or from May 17, 1980 to February
24, 1993, pursuant to the provisions
on student activities of school regulations
(including those who were expelled from school pursuant to other provisions of school
regulations but actually in relation to student activities), and when the additional fixed
number therefrom exceeds the fixed number
of students under Article 28 (1), such
additional fixed number shall be deemed to exist notwithstanding the provisions of the
same
Article and paragraph.
Article 20 Omitted.
Article 21 (Relation with Other Acts and Subordinate Statutes)
Where other Acts and subordinate statutes cite the previous Enforcement
Decree of
the Education, the Graduate School Regulations, the Ordinance of the Fixed Number of
College Students, and the Regulations
on the Establishment and Operation of Open
Colleges, or the provisions thereof, at the time of the entry into force of this Decree,
this
Decree or the corresponding provisions of this Decree shall be deemed to have been
cited in lieu of the previous Enforcement
Decree of the Education Act, the Graduate
School Regulations, the Ordinance of the Fixed Number of College Students and the
Regulations
on the Establishment and Operation of Open Colleges or the provisions
thereof, if this Decree includes the provisions corresponding
to them.
ADDENDUM
ADDENDA
This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.
Articles 2 through 5 Omitted.
ADDENDUM
(2) (Applicable Examples for Supernumerary Admission Screening to
Universities or Colleges) The amended provisons of Article 29
(2) shall apply to the
persons to be admitted to universities or colleges in or after the 2004 school year.
(3) (Special Examples
for Public Announcement of Basic Plan for Admission
Screening to Universities and Colleges and Student Selection Schedule) The time
limit
of the public announcement of the basic plan for admission screening to universities and
colleges and student selection schedule
in the 2003 school year with regard to an
additional recruitment shall, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 32 and 41 (2),
be
not later than June 30, 2002.
ADDENDUM
(2) (Application Example) The amended provisions of Article 42-2 (3) shall apply,
starting with any person who passes the examination
that is held by means of the
occasional recruitment for the second semester of any university and any teachers'
college.
ADDENDUM
(2) (Transitional Measures on Term of School Years for Pharmacy College of
University) The previous provisions shall govern the
term of school years of registered
students of pharmacy college of university, notwithstanding the amended provisions of
Article
25 (2).
(3) (Transitional Measures on Readmission to Department Courses Discontinued
due to Establishment of Specialized Graduate School)
Where the head of a university or
college intends to permit the readmission to the premedical course, dental premedical
course,
medical course or dental medical course whereto an allotment for new students
is suspended due to an establishment of specialized
graduate schools under Article 21
(1) 2, it shall be regarded as there exists separately the fixed number of admission by
recruitment
units while the relevant department course exists continuously,
notwithstanding the proviso of Article 29-2 (1).
ADDENDA
(2) (Transitional Measures with Regard to Existing Specialized Graduate Schools
in the Field Relevant to Management, etc.) Any specialized
graduate school in the field
relevant to management, etc. which was established already at the time this Decree
enters into force
shall be considered a specialized graduate school related to
management, etc. under this Decree where it has obtained confirmation
of the Minister
of Education and Human Resources Development to the effect that it meets the
requirements under Article 22-2 (2)
and (3).
ADDENDA
(2) (Application Example concerning Admission Ratio Other Than Fixed Number
of Graduates of Vocational High Schools) The amended
provisions of Article 29 (2)
shall apply, starting with the admission screening to universities and colleges in the
2008 school
year.
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