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ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT

ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT

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. Article 2 (Establishment, etc. of Schools)

(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. (5) Any person who intends to obtain authorization on modification 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 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. Article 9 (Organization of School)

(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. Article 12 (Holidays)

(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. Article 13 (Joint Operation of Curricula with Foreign Universities) In operating curricula pursuant to Article 21 (1) of the Act, universities or colleges, industrial colleges, teachers' colleges, junior colleges, air and correspondence colleges, technical colleges and various schools designated by the Minister of Education and Human Resources Development pursuant to Article 59 (4) of the Act may operate the following courses jointly with foreign universities under the conditions as prescribed by 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. Article 24 (Graduate School Committee)

(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. >>Enforcement Date: Mar. 1, 2009>>

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. <> Article 29 (Admission and Transfer)

(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. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 28 (1), in case of admission of those persons who fall under any of the following subparagraphs, it shall be deemed that there is any additional admission quota. In this case, the total number of students by grade of the persons falling under subparagraph 2 shall not exceed 2/100 of the fixed number of admission of the relevant grade, that of the persons falling under subparagraph 3 shall not exceed 5/100 (20/100 in case of admission to teachers' colleges and air and correspondence colleges) of the fixed number of admission of the relevant grade, that of the persons falling under subparagraph 5 shall not exceed 4/100 of the fixed number of admission of the relevant grade, that of the persons falling under subparagraph 9 shall not exceed 3/100 of the fixed number of admission of the relevant grade and that of the persons falling under subparagraph 10 shall not exceed 5/100 of the fixed number of admission of the relevant grade, respectively, while the total number of students by recruitment unit of the persons falling under subparagraphs 2, 3, 5, 9 and 10 shall not respectively exceed 10/100 of the fixed number of admission by the relevant recruitment unit (5/100 in case of admission to medical colleges of universities, and 20/100 in case of admission to teacher's colleges and air and correspondence colleges), and the total numbers of students by recruitment unit of the persons falling under subparagraph 11 shall not exceed 10/100 of the fixed number of admission by the Presidential Decree No. 17008, Nov. 28, 2000; Presidential Decree No. 17115, Jan. 29, 2001; Presidential Decree No. 17440, Dec. 31, 2001; Presidential Decree No. 17607, May 27, 2002; Presidential Decree No. 18752, Mar. 25, 2005; Presidential Decree No. 19278, Jan. 13, 2006; Presidential Decree No. 19842, Jan. 24, 2007> <>

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. (4) The head of a university or college shall permit only the persons who have completed not less than two years in other departments or colleges, etc. or persons recognized as having an equal or higher academic career to transfer to the pharmacy colleges of universities (excluding herbal medicine department) or shift to another recruitment unit under paragraphs (1) and (3) on conditions that school regulations may determine. <>

(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. (2) The head of a school which has established graduate schools may grant admission within the fixed number of admission as determined by school regulations and grant transfer or readmission within the scope which deducts the number of student enrollment from the fixed number of admission. In this case, where any registered student due to the abolition of departments or majors shifts his department or major, an additional fixed number shall be deemed to exist while the student is on the register of the department or major.

(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. (3) The Minister of Education and Human Resources Development may, in case where a person in receipt of the request for correction under paragraph (2) fails to comply with it, take the necessary financial measures, such as the reduction in the assistance of financial resources or in the subsidies under Article 7 of the Act, and the suspension of payment of experimental and practice expenses, research-aid expenses or scholar-ships under Article 8 of the Act. Article 36 (College Scholastic Ability Test)

(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. (3) Deleted. Article 37 (Question Designers, etc.)

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. (2) The Minister of Education and Human Resources Development may grant allowance and travel expenses to those who are engaged in the Test such as question designers and presiding personnel based on the standards as determined by the Minister of Education and Human Reurces Development within the scope of the budget. Article 39 (Selection Method of Students at Industrial Colleges) (1) The head of any industrial college shall, in selecting new students by a special screening referred to in Article 34 (2), preferentially select those falling under any of the following subparagraphs and priority shall be determined by its school regulations:

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. (2) The Minister of Education and Human Resources Development shall notify of screening schedules by recruitment referred to in paragraph (1) six months prior to the commencement of the school year preceding each school year.

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. (2) Any person who passes any admission examination of two or more universities or colleges which have the same admission semester after applying for each recruitment under paragraph (1) shall be enrolled only in one university or college.

(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. Article 42-2 (Admission of Students through Occasional Recruitments by Junior Colleges, etc.)

(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. (3) Any person who passes the examination of occasional recruitment provided for in Articles 42 (1) and 42-3 (1) shall be prohibited from applying for the recruitment of other junior colleges, which is conducted at a different recruitment time.

(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. Article 44 (Presentation and Examination of Dissertations) (1) Any person who intends to obtain a master's degree or a doctor's degree shall take required credits, pass certain examinations and then present a dissertation for a degree on conditions as school regulations may determine: Provided, That for a technical degree of master's degree, other methods may be applied on conditions as school regulations may determine.

(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. Article 49 Deleted. Article 50 (Registration of Those who Have Completed Courses) (1) Any person who has completed a degree course at a graduate school may register for the graduate school to make preparations for dissertation or do otherwise on conditions as school regulation may determine.

(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. Article 53 (Selection of Time System Enrollees)

(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. (3) Matters necessary for the execution of commissioned education under paragraph (1) shall be determined by the Minister of Education and Human Resources Development. [This Article Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 17008, Nov. 28, 2000] SECTION 3 Teachers' Colleges

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. Article 57-2 (Shortening of Term of School Years) The term of school years for junior colleges that may be shortened under Article 48 (2) of the Act shall be not more than 1/4 of the term of school years under paragraph (1) of the same Article.

[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. Article 59 (Operation of Curricula Cooperation)

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". SECTION 6 Technical 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". SECTION 7 Various Kinds of Schools

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. CHAPTER IV RECOGNITION OF SCHOOL CAREER AND RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS

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). (3) Persons who completed the third or fourth year of college under the previous College Ordinance shall be deemed to have qualifications equal to college graduates. (4) Persons who completed a course in a college of education at a school teachers' training institute under the previous Ordinance of School Teachers' Training Institute shall be deemed to have qualifications equal to college graduates. CHAPTER V SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

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 This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. ADDENDA (1) (Enforcement Date) This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation: Provided, That the amendments to Articles 35 (2) and (3), 41 (1) and 42 (1) and (2) shall enter into force on March 1, 2001. (2) (Transitional Measures on Basic Plans for University Admission Screening and Student Selection Schedules) Notwithstanding the amendments to Articles 32 and 41 (2), the deadline for a public announcement of basic plans for university or college admission screening and student selection schedules for the 2002 admission year shall be not later than December 31, 2000.

ADDENDA Article 1 (Enforcement Date)

This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. Articles 2 through 5 Omitted.

ADDENDUM This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. ADDENDA (1) (Enforcement Date) This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.

(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 This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. ADDENDA (1) (Enforcement Date) This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.

(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 This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. ADDENDA (1) (Enforcement Date) This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation: Provided, That the amended provisions concerning the repeal of additional admission for a bachelor who transfer to a medical college from among Article 29 (2) 3 shall enter into force on March 1, 2007, and the amended provisions on the additional admission quota of a medical college from among Articles 25 (2), 28 (5) and 29 (2) (latter part), and the amended provisions of Article 29 (4) shall enter into force on March 1, 2009.

(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 (1) (Enforcement Date) This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.

(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 (1) (Enforcement Date) This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation.

(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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