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Be the true leader of this era who practices love.

Follow the course of promoting the national prestige and
practicing acts of patriotism as a Korean language teacher or
K-Culture expert.

n the golden days of global Korean Wave culture, this department trains K-Culture experts who obtain the Korean language teacher National Certificate to teach Korean to foreigners at home and abroad and to produce and promote Korean Wave culture contents.

Education Objective

  • Korean language teacher training
    - After completing the major track (45 credits) for a Korean language teacher, students can obtain the National Certificate (Grade 2) with no need to take a separate test and act proudly as a Korean language teacher in domestic multicultural agencies or abroad.
  • K-Culture expert career development
    - Students can visit sites of Korean traditional culture and Korean Wave culture industries, plan and produce related contents, obtain the National Certificate of multimedia contents production, and act as an expert YouTuber or a professional at local tourism businesses.
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The department is to help students obtain the National Certificate of a Korean Language Teacher and become a K-Culture expert who can produce and promote Korean Wave culture contents.


Department of Korean Education and Culture Contents

  • Obtaining the National Certificate of a Korean language teacher
  • Department trains K-Culture experts

Department characteristics

The systematic major subject curricula
from Korean to K-Culture

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  • Curricula focusing on practical training of Korean language teachers
  • Curricula focusing on Korean Wave contents production
  • Regular study meetings with the academic advisor
  • Joint projects with the academic advisor
  • Focusing on visiting World Heritage Sites in Korea and training Korean language teachers to be sent abroad (in close association with Overseas Koreans Foundation, Korean schools, and King Sejong Institute)



  • Curricula of visits to sites of K-Culture such as museum and art gallery, digital experiencing, and Korean Wave contents and tour contents production for local governments (in agreement with Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), Korea Foundation, and K-Culture organizations)
  • ①The individualized credit management system for training of Culture Tour Guides, ②Tourism Interpretation Guides (National Certificate), and ③ multimedia contents production experts (national license); and regular study meetings with the academic advisor

  • Joint projects with the academic advisor to participate in and win a prize at contests by public organizations of K-Culture such as Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), Korea Foundation, Korea Tourism Organization, etc.


Department scholarship

Scholarship for good grades, scholarship for academic support, department scholarship for voluntary service, scholarship for overseas study, scholarship for club activity, and scholarship for social network service operation

Prospect and Future Career of Department

1. Graduates can obtain the National Certificate of a Korean language teacher (Grade 2) and work as a Korean teacher at home and abroad including domestic multiculture agencies, King Sejong Institute, Overseas Koreans Foundation, etc.

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    2021 major achievements of King Sejong Institute
    (Source: King Sejong Institute)

  • Foreigners learning Korean at King Sejong Institute (Source: KBS Docu)

2. Students learn practical skills of contents production in Korean Wave culture industries, participate in contests of Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), Korea Foundation (KF) for International Cultural Exchange, etc. and commence work at related enterprises.

  • Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS)
    (Source: Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS))

  • 2022 Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange promotion image
    (Source: Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange)

3. Students can work at such organizations as King Sejong Institute, National Institute of the Korean Language, and Korea Tourism Organization as a K-Culture teacher. Students also can participate in contents production projects or commence work as a K-Culture expert.

  • Metaverse Campus
    (Source: King Sejong Institute)

  • Korea where the tradition and present coexist
    (Source: Korea Tourism Organization)

4. Students can enter a graduate school in Korea to take a master course related to Korean education or the Korean Wave culture industry.