Yong-in Songdam College is a private technical college in
Yongin
Yongin () is a city in the Seoul Capital Area, the largest in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. With a population over 1 million, the city has developed rapidly since the 21st century, recording the highest population growth of any city in the count ...
City,
Gyeonggi
Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na ...
province,
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. It employs about 100 instructors. Most courses of study are related to computers or digital technology.
History
The college was founded in 1995. Its president was
Choi Yeong-cheol (최영철), who continues to serve in that capacity.
Sister schools
Yong-in Songdam maintains international sisterhood relations with three American institutions (
Madonna University
Madonna University is a private Roman Catholic university in Livonia, Michigan. It was founded as the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Junior College by the Felician Sisters in 1937. It became Madonna College in 1947 and Madonna Univers ...
, the
Community Colleges for International Development,
Kapiolani Community College), three Russian institutions (the
State University of Management
The State University of Management is a public university in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1919. Its rector is Ivan Vasilyevich Lobanov. There are more than 250 professors and 12 academics and members of the Russian Academy of Sciences workin ...
,
,
Moscow State University of Industrial and Applied Arts), and one Canadian institution (
St. Clair College
St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology is a college in the Southwestern Ontario counties of Essex and Chatham-Kent.
Campus
Its main administration and largest campus sites are in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In addition, other campuses ...
).
See also
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List of colleges and universities in South Korea
This is a list of institutions of higher education in South Korea.
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*Agricultural Cooperative College – Goyang, Gyeonggi
*Ajou Motor College – Boryeong, South Chungcheong
* Ajou University – Suwon, Gyeonggi
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Education in South Korea
Education in South Korea is provided by both public schools and private schools. Both types of schools receive funding from the government, although the amount that the private schools receive is less than the amount of the state schools.
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External links
Official school website, in Korean
Universities and colleges in Gyeonggi Province
Yongin
Educational institutions established in 1995
1995 establishments in South Korea
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