INTERNATIONALIZATION STRATEGY OF KOREAN HIGHER EDUCATION:A CASE STUDY OF SKY (SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, KOREA UNIVERSITY AND YONSEI UNIVERSITY)

Abstract

The world in 21st century is a world of globalization and many higher education institutions have been heavily influenced by the trend. South Korea is also one of the countries which have been experienced with the internationalization of education for a long period of time. Currently, the government is pursuing an ultimate goal of becoming a world-class education hub. The Korean government and domestic universities have designed effective and practicable strategies to reach a goal. The purpose of this research is to find current internationalization strategies used by the universities in Korea. This research is a study from the secondary resource through the empirical evidence of the samples. These samples are chosen base on university’s reputations such as its performance, historical background, and world ranking because these are factors represented the success of institution’s policies. The results indicated that the current trends of internationalization among Korean universities are 1) the attracting on the new shifting trend of international student mobility, 2) the increasing value of multicultural skills as a working skill and 3) the reinforcing positive brand image for the sake of becoming a world-class education hub. The internationalization strategies which have been used are such as the expansion of overseas partnerships and networks, the increasing of English-taught course, the increasing volume of international student and IT assisting to internationalize institutions.