KOREA FOUNDATION
About e-School
Korea Foundation
Since its founding in 1991, the Korea Foundation (KF) has served as Korea’s foremost public diplomacy agency. It conducts and supports diverse exchange projects that promote a better understanding of Korea in the international community and increase friendship and goodwill between Korea and the rest of the world.
KF Global e-School
The KF Global e-School, which was launched in 2011, has been especially active over the past decade in providing online courses by prominent Korean and foreign universities on Korean language/studies to many universities all over the world.
As of 2020, approximately 40,000 students at 130 universities in 39 countries have taken courses on Korea.
Timeline
- 2021
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- Overseas Consortium e-School program expanded (CIVIS Consortium (University of Tübingen ))
- 2019
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- 2019 VOD-based Korean language education project launched
- 2014
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- e-School Fellowship launched
- 2012
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- Overseas Consortium e-School program expanded (BTAA e-School consortium (Univ. of Michigan))
- 2011
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- KF Global e-School launched
- - Korea-Overseas e-School (real-time)
- - Overseas Consortium e-School (UANL Consortium (Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon))
Participating Universities*
By Program Type and Year
| Program Type | No. | University | Participating Year(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1.Korea-Overseas
e-School
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① Real-time | 1 | Kyung Hee Univ. | 2018-2023 |
| 2 | Korea Univ. | 2011-2023 | ||
| 3 | Seoul National Univ. | 2011-2023 | ||
| 4 | Sungkyunkwan Univ. | 2011-2023 | ||
| 5 | Sookmyung Women’s Univ. | 2011-2023 | ||
| 6 | Yonsei Univ. | 2012-2017,2021-2023 | ||
| 7 | Ewha Womans Univ. | 2011-2023 | ||
| 8 | Chung-Ang Univ. | 2011-2023 | ||
| 9 | Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies | 2011-2023 | ||
| 10 | Hanyang Univ. | 2012-2023 | ||
| - | The Catholic Univ. of Korea | 2012-2014 | ||
| - | Konkuk University | 2015 | ||
| ② VOD | 11 | Kyung Hee Cyber Univ. | 2019-Present | |
| 12 | Busan Univ. of Foreign Studies | 2019-Present | ||
| 13 | Sookmyung Women’s Univ. | 2019-Present | ||
| 14 | Cyber Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies | 2021-Present | ||
| 15 | Jeju National Univ. | 2021-Present | ||
| 16 | Honam Univ. | 2021-Present | ||
| ③ BTS Special Project | 17 | Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies | 2020-Present | |
| 2. Overseas Consortiume-School | ① North America | 18 | Univ. of Michigan | 2012-Present |
| ② Central and South America | 19 | Autonomous Univ. of Nuevo León | 2014.8-Present | |
| - | UCLA [종료] | 2011.8-2014.7 | ||
| ③ Europe | 20 | Univ. of Tübingen | 2021-2024 | |
| ④ Central Europe | - | Central European Univ. | 2012-2016 | |
*the above-listed universities send lectures to various universities worldwide
KF Global
e-School
Korea-Overseas e-School
The Korea-Overseas e-School provides online Korean studies courses through partnerships between major Korean universities and universities located overseas.
Overseas universities are given access to courses on diverse Korea-related academic disciplines (politics, economics, history, culture, Korean language education) given by experts at Korean universities, through which students at these overseas universities can gain knowledge on Korea while earning regular course credits.
Other online-offline programs offered include: local visit lectures, offline workshops for students from overseas universities, and sending of Korean language interns.
Overseas Consortium e-School
The Overseas Consortium e-School provides online Korean studies courses that are tailored to the needs of the receiving country through consortiums that reflect the characteristics of each continental region.
Consortium member universities give students access to diverse courses by sharing Korea-related lectures given in local languages and contribute to the revitalization of regional Korean studies communities.
Online courses are accompanied by offline workshops that provide intensive Korean studies courses to high-performing students. Also annual executive committee meetings are held locally for discussing the direction in which consortiums should be operated.
e-School Fellowship
The e-School Fellowship selects students of overseas universities who excelled in their online courses to be invited to Korea to take summer session courses at a Korean university.
Invited students not only are able to attend courses but are also given the opportunity to participate in various types of events, such as Korean culture experiences and Korean studies seminars. This strengthens networking among Korean studies fellows as well as among fellows and Korean students.
Since 2014, a total of 605 outstanding students from 32 countries have visited Korea as e-School fellows.
Program Participation
With the support of the Korea Foundation, each party carries out the following responsibilities:
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KF
- Overall program planning and management
- Provide funds required for operation of online courses (e.g. honoraria, administrative/personnel costs, expenses for offline locally-given lectures)
- Provide funds required for operation of fellowship (round-trip airfare for participants, summer session tuition, dormitory fee, etc.)
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Lecture-providing Universities
- Provide online Korean studies courses (designate courses to be offered per semester, contact potential faculty, administrative tasks related to course operation, etc.)
- Form partnerships with and operate networks of overseas universities (administrative tasks for operation of regular credit courses, ascertain course demand, etc.)
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Lecture Recipient Universities
- Provide on-campus facility for online courses that is equipped with video conferencing equipment
- Handle general matters related to course operation (recognition of online classes for regular course credit, administrative procedures (e.g. designation of local university coordinator, student management))
