“Come Here for Questions on Exchange Student Programs, Overseas Internships and Employment!” N
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- Date : 2019.05.29 10:43
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[May 16, 2019]
This expo, which is held in May of every year since 2016 to strengthen the global competency of students, was held on the 15th and 16th attracting students passing the main gate of YU.
This expo was organized to introduce and encourage participation in various internationalization programs such as overseas internships, overseas employment and overseas language courses, including overseas exchange student programs. The most popular program was the ‘Practical Information’ provided by students who had experience as exchange students at sister universities abroad and foreign exchange students from overseas sister schools. This year, 45 exchange students from 24 sister schools in 12 countries such as the US, Netherlands, Finland, France, Brazil, Chile, China and Japan and 19 students who went abroad as exchange students for a total of over 60 students came to the booths to share information with other students interested in going abroad as exchange students.
Park Ji-min (19, School of Fine Arts, freshman) who said that one thing on her bucket list in college is to participate in exchange student programs. She said, “It was great to be able to learn information of various foreign universities and YU’s internationalization program information through this expo,” and added, “It was also very helpful to be able to talk to exchange students to learn about the educational program of the local university, intramural club activities, information about college life, as well as other information including safety.”
The YU University Student Ambassador (USA) booth was also busy helping students during the expo. USA is a student organization that promotes the university internationally by using not only foreign language skills, but also a variety of other abilities, while also supporting international students at YU. This year, street recruitment was conducted to select the 18th USA and it stayed busy with applicants arriving throughout the expo. Furthermore, overseas internship agencies and the college job center also organized a booth to provide relevant information and give one-on-one consultation, thus showing all of the internationalization programs of YU through this expo.
YU International Exchange Team Leader Lee Won-young who hosted this expo said, “The expo was designed to approach students who are interested in international exchange but don’t know how to participate.” He added, “The doors to the International Exchange Team are always opened so that more students will go beyond being simply interested, but also participate in the program and enhance their global capacities.”
Meanwhile, as of the first semester of 2019, there are currently 157 exchange students from 47 sister schools from 22 countries around the world, and 159 YU students have been dispatched as exchange students to 54 sister schools in 19 countries.