Recruitment of Indian Students by Korean Universities
Severity of manpower shortage in S. Korea and Government response
- The world’s lowest birth rate (0.68, 2024) and a serious level of population aging
- Serious manpower shortage problem in all industries including manufacturing, services, caregivers, domestic helpers, and rural manpower
- “S. Korea is expected to become the first country of population extinction on earth” due to the ultra-low birth rate problem
Manpower shortage solution
- The quota of foreign manpower introduction was increased to 165,000 in 2024
* (2008) 72 → (2011) 48 → (2012) 57 → (2013) 62 → (2014) 53 → (2015) 55
→ (2016) 58 → (2017~2020) 56 → (2022) 69 → (2023) 110 → (2024) 165
- Nevertheless, India is excluded from the Employment Permit System (E9) countries, so opportunities to send manpower to Korea are limited
Current state of attracting foreign students in Korea
- Korean universities are also facing the risk of disappearing due to a significant decline in the school-age population due to the low birth rate
- The school-age population (6-21 years old) peaked in 1980 (14.4 million people) and has declined to 7.259 million in 2023 (Decreased by 50.4%)
- It is expected to fall below 7 million in 2025 and below 5 million in 2030
- The decline in the school-age population is gradually affecting universities
- Shortage of 40,000+ new students in 2021 and is expected to decline sharply by 2024
- The local university crisis may deepen the regional crisis
- The crisis of local universities and attracting foreign students
- Announcement of plan to increase international students to 300,000 by 2027 (Korean Government)
- Plan to increase recruitment of ‘elite international students’: government scholarship students (GSK) from 30% in 2023 to 45% by 2027
Foreign technical manpower training policy in Korea
- Promoting the root industry foreign technical manpower training college project
- Korean government has identified root industries which has very serious manpower supply and demand issues (since 2014)
- Nurturing skilled foreign workers through attracting foreign students
- Root industry and foreign technical manpower training university system
- Support for nurturing foreign students and linking them with employment at the root industry companies to secure skilled technical manpower
- 13 universities are in operation
- Foreign student technical manpower in the six major root industries including △Casting △Mold △Welding △Plastic processing △Surface treatment △Heat treatment
- Resolving the manpower shortage in the shipbuilding and root industries through a project linking training and employment of foreign students
Special advantage for VISA
- After graduating college, you can obtain E7-4 VISA.
- After 5 years work in K-company, It changes from E7 VISA to F VISA and it will be continuous.
Admission for the Korean Universities
- Admission Qualification
- High school graduation (12th grade)
- English Track Departments
- Hotel Culinary Service Art, Future Electric Vehicle Engineering, Root Industry
- Admission Schedule
- Application Document Submission
- Screening (Document Review & Interview)
- Announcement of Accepted Applicants
- Enrollment
Admission for the Korean Universities
- Documents lists
- One completed copy of the school-prescribed admission application form
- High school graduation certificate (with consular confirmation or Apostille)
- One copy of high school transcript (with consular confirmation or Apostille)
- Language Proficiency: One copy of an official English test score certificate
- Certificate of Financial Support: KRW 16,000,000 or more (maintained for at least 3 months from the visa application date)
- Guarantor’s employment certificate, annual income certificate, commitment to cover study expenses, and bank balance certificate of KRW 16,000,000 or more (issued within 1 month) of annual income, a pledge to pay expenses of studying abroad, etc.
- One copy of passport
- One copy of personal identification for both the applicant and parents
- One copy of family relationship certificate issued by a government (or family register)