Distance Learning Colleges in South Korea

Hanyang Cyber Univeristy

• Hanyang Cyber University is a completely online school that is fully accredited university under the Korean Higher Education Act. The four-year degree program was founded on the belief that everyone is entitled to educational opportunities, regardless of an individual’s ability to attend proper university classes on account of transportation, financial, or time constraints. The South Korean Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology named the school Best Cyber University in the 2007 Evaluation of Distance-learning Education Hanyang. Courses of study include engineering, humanities, business, and design.

  Hanyang Cyber University Offices

  HIT Bldg. 1st Floor

  Haengdang 1 Dong

  Seongdong Gu, Seoul 133-791, Korea

  82-2-2290-2013

  hanyangcyber.ac.kr

Daegu Cyber University

• In 2001, the Korean Ministry of Education approved Daegu University to implement four-year, degree-awarding distance learning courses under the aegis Daegu Cyber University. The fully online, distance learning university has academic departments in the fields of computers and information, management, special education, art therapy, social welfare, judicial affairs management, and real estate. Each degree track is comprised of general cultural courses, major courses, and electives. Acceptance to Daegu University is contingent upon neither Scholastic Ability Test scores nor high school grades.

  Daegu Cyber University

  15 Naeri-ri

  Jinryang-eup Gyeongsan-si

  Gyeongsangbuk-do 712-714, Korea

  82-53-850-4000

  english.edcu.ac.kr

KDI School

• South Korea’s KDI School of Public Policy and Management has a full course offering for online distance learning each winter, spring, summer, and fall semester thanks to the e-Education program. Students registered either as full time or e-students of the KDI School have access to course descriptions and full catalog listings for each session’s offerings, which run the gamut from Global Financial Crisis and East Asia to Technology Strategy and Public Policy. Students find all course materials, work, recommended reading, and supplemental material by accessing the KDI web portal.

  KDI School of Public Policy and Management

  87 Hoegiro Dongdaemun

  Seoul 130-868, Korea

  82-2-3299-1281

  kdischool.ac.kr

Sogang University

• Sogang University is a Jesuit school in Seoul, South Korea, with a distance learning program in Korean language, culture, and history. The program is run by the school’s Korean Language Education Center and includes courses like Understanding South Korea, Introductory Korean, Novice Korean, and Intermediate Korean. Each course has a full compliment of online lessons, from brief history synopses to language listening activities. Required course reading is listed with each lesson. The lessons are free to access for the public, though students only receive credit if they are officially registered with the University and taking the course along with supplemental materials from instructors.

  Sogang University

  1 Sinsu-dong, Mapo-gu

  Seoul 121-742, Korea

  82-2-705-8114

  sogang.ac.kr