Departments with high employment rates receive rewards
Career Development Center announces departments with outstanding employment rates
Jukjeon Campus’ Chemical Engineering Department and Cheonan Campus’ History Department record 1st place in employment rate
▶ Jukjeon campus
An award ceremony for departments with outstanding employment rates of graduates was held for two days on Oct 1 and Oct 2 at both DKU campuses (Jukjeon and Cheonan). The Career Development Center selected the departments with outstanding employment rates based on survey results on employment statistics for the class of 2013 in order to encourage the departments that had the most outstanding employment rate while providing bases for future employment rate improvements. Outstanding departments were selected by calculating the employment rate increase rate for each department compared to last year, employment rank compared to other universities and the number of employed students, among other variables. Based this standard, a total of 8 departments including Chemical Engineering which took 1st prize from Jukjeon Campus were selected, while total 7 departments including the 1st prize winner History from Cheonan Campus were selected.
The Chemical Engineering Jukjeon Campus won 1st place in employment rate as its employment rate for this year has increased 14.4% over last year, from 59.0% to 73.4%. Also, the History Cheonan Campus came out 1st with the highest employment rate of this year at 70.6% representing a 17.6% increase over last year’s 53%. Departments chosen for outstanding employment rate were awarded 2 million won for 1st place, 1.5 million won for 2nd place, 1 million won for 3rd place and 500,000 won as a consolation prize for runners up.
▶ Cheonan campus
※ Selection Details of Departments with Outstanding Employment Rates
Ranking | Jukjeon Campus | Cheonan Campus |
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1 | Chemical Engineering | History |
2 | International Trade | Environmental Horticulture |
3 | Japanese Language and Literature | Food Engineering |
Consolation Prize | Law | French |
Urban and Regional Planning | Materials Science and Engineering |
Business Administration | Chinese |
Architecture | Crafts Design |
Fiber System Engineering | |