Selected as outstanding department for third time since 2012 and 2016, for ‘official recognition of excellence in educational course’

Selected as best university in the metals, food, biopharmaceuticals, oil refining petrochemical, electronic semiconductors, and information communication sectors

 

  The YU School of Architecture (major in architectural engineering) was selected as the ‘best department’ by corporations.

  The Korean Council for University Education announced the results for the ‘2020 College Evaluations by Industries.’ In these evaluations, the YU School of Architecture (Architectural Engineering) was selected as the best department. The YU School of Architecture (Architectural Engineering) was selected as the best department for the third time since the 2012 and 2016 evaluations, once again proving the excellence of its educational course.

  Corporations directly evaluate school departments in the College Evaluations by Industries. The purpose of this is to present directions for college curricula that reflect industry needs to support the fostering of human resources customized to industries. This has been held every four years since 2008 and this year, it evaluated departments related to architecture (construction) and mechanical (automobile) sectors.

  This evaluation that was conducted on 81 departments of 53 colleges selected 12 departments in 12 universities including the YU School of Architecture (Architectural Engineering) in the architecture (construction) sector and 13 departments in 13 universities in the mechanical (automobile) sector as the best departments.

  This evaluation was conducted by an evaluation committee made up of employees from 20 companies such as Samsung CNT, Hyundai Development Company, Daewoo Construction, Lotte Construction, and the Construction Association of Korea, and college evaluation experts. The evaluation committee made its assessments focusing on the three fields of industry-based curriculum design (30%), curriculum operation (50%), and curriculum operations achievements (20%).

  The YU School of Architecture (Architectural Engineering) received good evaluations in ▲rate of offering classes in need by industries ▲consistency of industry needs with curriculum contents ▲industry needs curriculum completion rate ▲industry needs curriculum operations systems evaluation ▲industry-based curriculum operation performance.

  In addition, the YU School of Architecture major in architecture first received certification in 2007 from the Korea Architectural Accrediting Board (KAAB) and has received a six-year architecture education accreditation from 2021, thus receiving its fourth straight accreditation.