Koguryeo College is a

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located in

Naju Naju () is a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. The capital of South Jeolla was located at Naju until it was moved to Gwangju in 1895. The name Jeolla actually originates from the first character of Jeonju () and the first character of Na ...

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. It is a member of the Korean Council for University College Education.

History

A legal registration of the educational foundation, Ashin Institute, was completed in January 1995. Koguryeo College first opened in March as Geumseong Environment College, the first of its kind in South Korea to focus on

environmental studies Environmental studies is a multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment. Environmental studies connects principles from the physical sciences, commerce/economics, the humanities, and social ...

. In April, the Institute of Environmental Studies was founded to investigate issues of environmental sciences. In May 1998, the college officially changed its name to Naju College. In October 2009, the college was renamed Koguryeo College to honour the culture of

Goguryeo Goguryeo (37 BC–668 AD) ( ) also called Goryeo (), was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of Northeast China. At its peak of power, Goguryeo controlled most ...

and embark on a future-oriented campaign. The college published the 40 billion won blueprint to expand facilities and improve the quality of education, but the founder of the college was arrested and charged with embezzlement of funds. The college since faced other internal complications, and a newspaper dubbed the college "the everything of private school corruption". Koguryeo College was restricted in getting financial aid from the government including state scholarships in 2013, and received the rating of D+ in the government-led university structural reform evaluation in 2015. The college was included in the lower group of the governmental review on basic capabilities of colleges and universities in 2018, 2021 and 2022, and the college was restricted from participating in state-funded research, scholarship and student loan programmes.

Academics

Koguryeo College offers

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s in 18 academic majors as of 2022, including insect industry programme that was designated as an expert training institution by the Administrator of the

Rural Development Administration The Rural Development Administration (, RDA) is an agriculture organization in South Korea and is run under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The headquarters are in Wansan-gu, Jeonju Jeonju () is the 16th largest city in So ...

under the Insect Industry Promotion And Support Act. International programmes of Koguryeo College are organised through the Office of International Affairs, and the college has international academic cooperations with various institutions including

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and Qiqihar University. Also, the college has established sister school relationship with

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since 1995. In 2017, Koguryeo College established an agreement with

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's Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development that would facilitate student educational activities. In 2014 edition of

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, Koguryeo College was ranked #10,327 of all higher education institutions worldwide, placing it #2,063 in the continental ranking. News reports revealed that some students earned certificates and degrees though they barely attended lectures. In 2021, the college was inspected by the

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and it was revealed that the college admitted students who did not pay fees, and gave credits even though students did not sit in lectures properly.

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Koguryeo College
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