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Four Ewha Departments Receive Top Ranking in JoongAng Ilbo Evaluation

The JoongAng Ilbo, one of Korea’s most influential newspapers, announced on Sept. 03 (Mon) ~ 4 (Tues) that Ewha’s Departments of Sociology, Mathematics, Physics, and Environmental Engineering rose to the top of a national evaluation carried out by the newspaper. Mathematics, Physics and Environmental Engineering departments were ranked exclusively on the top levels among all the other universities in Korea, indicating the success of 'Science Ewha' project of the university to strengthen competitiveness in these area. Sociology was highly ranked two year consecutively from 2011. In addition, departments of History, Nutritional Science & Food Management, Statistics are also ranked in high level this year cementing its reputation at the top of these fields in the nation. Among all private universities included in the evaluation Ewha received the number one ranking in Mathematics, Physics, and Environmental Engineering. In May 2011, Ewha signed an agreement with the global chemical company Solvay and became the first university to cooperate with an international industry. In August, Ewha also started ‘Ewha Global Top 5 Project’ by investing 100 billion won (around 88 million USD) over the course three years to base its special R&D and forced Science Ewha’s potential. The Department of Mathematics, which specializes in applied mathematics with a basis of pure mathematics, has been particularly successful in engaging in doctoral level research collaboration. As a result, the department is ranked number one in internal and external research funding among all other universities, and also received the high scores in scholarship and low attrition rate. The criterion used in the 2012 evaluation was different from past years, requiring the universities to have a high score across all areas in order to receive a high overall score. The four departments that received the top ranking-Physics, Environmental Engineering, Mathematics, and Sociology- are therefore shown to demonstrate consistent excellence across all areas evaluated.
- No.12
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.09.10
- Views15717
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Empowering Education Support Project Chooses Ewha as Support Recipient

“Empowering Education Support Project” Chooses Ewha as Support Recipient The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology University (hereinafter MEST) has selected Ewha as a recipient of the higher education capacity building project designed to lend support to top universities in Korea. The "Empowering Education Support Project" will provide training and capacity building programs, using selected indicators within university education, competence and performance to measure the impact of the project. The university received funding to support the development of self-empowerment strategies that will allow the education business to operate more autonomously. The ministry selected 97 schools, including Ewha, from an initial list of 143 applications. Selection criterion included average college tuition per student, enrollment size, employment, and other education indicators. As a result of the support, Ewha will allocate 2.462 billion won (USD2.4 million) this year to help students' career development and launch a variety of capacity building programs.
- No.10
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.06.14
- Views15245
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International Students in Good Hands at Ewha

International Students in Good Hands at Ewha Ewha qualifies in the top 5 percent in an evaluation of the rate of both outbound and inbound exchange students. Ewha was also marked as notable for its medical checkup for international students, requirement of basic level in the Test of Proficiency in Korean, and differential rate of scholarship for international students. In the October of 2011, a total of 430 international students were enrolled in Ewha – 199 as undergraduate and 231 as graduate students. The Office of Admission, Ewha Language Center, and the Office of Global Affairs cooperated to attract and select international students. Ewha also promoted its brand name to recruit more international students by not only contacting many embassies and partner universities, but also participating in international education fairs. Compared to other universities, Ewha was proven to manage international students well on their campus lives and academic affairs. To lessen international students’ housing cost, Ewha allows international students to apply for rooms in Hanwoori Hall and the Graduate School Dormitories, as Korean students at Ewha can. Currently, about 40 percent of Ewha’s international students live on campus. The scholarship policies at Ewha are also designed to give significant financial assistance to international students. Scholarships available for international students vary from omitting the entrance fee to a full scholarship for four years, and students in the Ewha Global Partnership Program are entitled to scholarships for four years to the max. Aside from the help with basic living costs, Ewha offers various programs to international students. The OGA holds an orientation and a welcoming ceremony before the school year starts to give international students useful information they need to kick off successfully at Ewha. In addition to the Mini Olympics and the Global Festival, which the OGA sponsors throughout the school year, events such as the International Cultural Festival and the Korean Speaking Contest hosted by other institutions at Ewha allow international students to experience Korean culture and the home countries of other students. “Ewha’s institutions hold such programs for international students, giving a genuine welcome and helping them become more familiar and comfortable with the Korean language and school life that awaits them,” says the Office of Global Affairs. ◀ In the Korean level three class, international students pay attention to their teacher as she instructs them to divide into partners and converse about their favorite Korean song.
- No.8
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.06.14
- Views16101
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Ewha Selected the Best University for Hosting Foreign Students

Ewha Selected the Best University for Hosting Foreign Students Ewha has been selected the best university for its capacity to host and maintain foreign students by the evaluation carried by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The evaluation was initiated to strengthen the quality of hosting foreign students. The number of the foreign students studying in Korea has increased and reached the total of 90 thousand a year. 347 universities were evaluated through quantity evaluation and some excellent cases have been evaluated through field evaluations. Ewha is known to have achieved high scores in every categories of the evaluation. Ewha has been ranked the upper 5% of the Korea universities in the ratio of students participating in outbound programs and exchange programs. Ewha was recognized for providing complete system to invite excellent students through well informed curriculum and actual syllabus to the potential visiting foreign students. Ewha also newly established the Global Service Center for the foreign faculty and students providing information of corporate internship programs and presentations for entering the graduate schools. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology intends to set up a good standard in hosting and maintaining foreign students through this evaluation, thus enhancing the quality of the maintenance of the foreign students and motivating other universities to benchmark model cases.
- No.6
- Writer홍보실
- Date2012.01.12
- Views15968
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Ewha Selected as the Best University Library...

Ewha Selected as the Best University Library from '2010 University Library Evaluation' The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology selected Ewha University Library one of the best libraries in the '2010 University Library Evaluation'. Ewha is awarded with the Minister Award and is supported with sixty million won to purchase the international academic research library. This evaluation was held to enhance the quality of the provided services of the university libraries nationwide and 58 universities participated in the evaluation. The libraries were evaluated based on its operation and measuring index on the first level and user satisfactory on the second level. Ten outstanding universities were selected. Ewha was evaluated the best in the category of 'strengthening the contents and roles of 'university information intelligence center'. This reflects the service quality of the production of the library. The University Library collects, preserves, and provides research results produced by Ewha Womans University using 'dCollection EWHA' which is an on-line storage that collects and preserves and distributes the academic documents of organizations. In addition, The Library services online digitalized antique books and preserves the original copies, providing diversity of contents. In addition, Ewha University Library provides online web-site services that enhance the accessibility to the library contents through 'Google scholar', 'Naver professional information service', and other online services.
- No.4
- Writer홍보실
- Date2010.12.20
- Views15226
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Ewha Produce 49 Successful Candidates in the 52th Judicial Examination

Ewha Produce 49 Successful Candidates in the 52th Judicial Examination According to the results of the final round of the 52th National Judicial Examination announced on November 26, Ewha produced 49 successful candidates. The total number of successful candidates this year is 814. 16 of the 49 successful candidates are currently enrolled undergraduate students of Ewha. The figure of the Ewha's successful candidates of judicial examination marks △51 in 2005 △52 in 2006 △57 in 2007, and △63 in 2008 and △55 in 2009. Ewha has produced a total of 536 successful candidates as of 2010. In addition, Korea had reformed existing judicial exam and established American-style postgraduate law schools in 2009. The first bar exam will be held from 2012. Ewha ranks forth in the total number of successful candidates to enter law school nation wide. Ewha produced 123 successful candidates for law schools in 2009 and 153 successful candidates this year, boasting outstanding performance in the judicial circles.
- No.2
- Writer홍보실
- Date2010.12.03
- Views15070
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Ewha Ranks Top for Teacher-Training

Ewha Womans University ranked topfor its teacher-training department and proved itself to be the best teacher-training institution among universities in Seoul. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced a list of 45 universities on Friday, August 27, after grading their teacher colleges into three groups, according to the ratio of full-time professors, post-graduation employment rate and research achievements. The Ministry has announced that there will be incentives and sanctions accordingly. The College of Education has recorded remarkable performance retaining the top rank for three consecutive terms. The grading of teacher colleges was initiated to enhance the level of teaching quality and the first term was from 1998 to 2002, the second term from 2003 to 2009, and the third term was initiated 2010. In addition, Ewha Graduate School of Education is the only master's program to have received the A degree. Ewha's result is superior considering that only one university received B degree, 14 received C, and 24 received D among the universities that were evaluated.
- No.0
- Writer홍보실
- Date2010.09.01
- Views14963
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Ewha Ranked 5th Among Korean Universities from Asian University Evaluation

Ewha Ranked 5th Among Korean Universities from Asian University Evaluation Ewha was ranked 5th among universities in Korea from Asia's university evaluation compiled by Chosun Ilbo and the global university evaluation institute QS of the U.K. The evaluation was conducted among 448 universities in 11 Asian countries, and Ewha was ranked 7th in Korea when including advanced institutes, KAIST and POSTECH and 48th in Asia when ranked in the group of colleges and universities. The excellent research quality and globalization of Ewha Womans University contributed to such performance. Ewha was ranked 1st place among universities in Korea for citation counts from research papers. It is an indicator that shows the direct impact of the university's research capacity. Ewha had been ranked 1st in 'SCI Journals Quality Assessment' among universities from Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning last February. Ewha's has been the best university for globalization in Korea. Ewha ranks third in the category of total ratio of the in-bound international students who come to Ewha to study from all over the world. Moreover, Ewha ranks 1st in the ratio of out-bound students, the percentage of Ewha students who study aborad through exchange programs. The ratio of foreign professors teaching at Ewha showed steep increase and its ranking in the category rose to 57th this year from 134 last year. The University of Hong Kong topped the list for two consecutive years including this year from Asia's university evaluation and among Korean universities, Seoul National University ranked 6th, followed by KAIST at 13th. The top 100 Asian universities include 17 Korean universities, 33 Japanese, 11 Chinese, seven Indian, six in Hong Kong this year. KOREAN Rankings University Rankings Univ. Asian University Rankings Grade 1 Seoul National Univ. 6 97.0 2 KAIST 13 93.2 3 Postech 14 92.2 4 Yonsei Univ. 19 87.2 5 Korea Univ. 29 79.9 6 SungKyunKwan Univ. 43 73.5 7 Ewha Womans Univ. 48 69.7 8 Hanyang Univ. 49 69.5 9 Sogang Univ. 52 67.5 10 Kyunghee Univ. 62 65.1
- No.-2
- Writer홍보실
- Date2010.05.24
- Views22529
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Ewha Ranked Third in the SCI Quality Assessment of Journals

Ewha Ranked Third in the SCI Quality Assessment of Journals According to the 'Performance Evaluation Report of 2009 National R&D Programs' released by KISTEP(Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning) on February 4, Ewha has ranked third in the Modified Rank Normalized Impact Factor(mrnIF) following KAIST and POSTECH. Modified Rank Normalized Impact Factor(mrnIF) is a complementary indicator of 'Impact Factor' that shows deviation among research areas. Ewha has recorded 1.048 mrn Impact Factor while 1.0 is the average level of all journals in the world. The mrnIFs of major countries are 1.066(U.S.), 1.044(U.K.), 0.947(Japan), 0.896(China), and 0.924(Korea). Ewha has been enhancing the quality of journals and boasting its capacity in the research area through indicators of performance evaluations. In addition to the mrnIF record, Ewha received excellent evaluation from the Korea Research Foundation last year for ranking third in qualitative assessment of journals posted in Science Citation Index and ranking first in the Impact Factor category among Korean universities.
- No.-4
- Writer홍보실
- Date2010.02.22
- Views15622
-5
Ewha Top 10 News of the Year 2009

The year 2009 has reached the end. The year 2009 was full of delightful news. The Office of Communications has selected the Top 10 news of the year. Ewha ranked 4th among universities in Korea and 42nd among universities in Asia this year, boasting excellent research quality and degree of globalization from Asia's university evaluation compiled by the Chosun Ilbo and global university evaluation institute QS of the U.K. Ewha ranked 4th among Korean universities in the number of selected projects of WCU(World Class University) Project announced by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology this year. Research and lectures at Ewha are expected to reach that of international levels following its selection as a WCU project, making the university a hub for human networks connecting home and abroad. Ewha has signed exchange partnerships with the universities in major cities of the world including Hong Kong, Singapore, Berlin, and Frankfurt. Ewha has established global campus network in 18 cities by this year. The global campus network is a part of 'Global Ewha 2010 Project', which is building Ewha's exclusive knowledge networks with universities in major cities of the world. In addition, Ewha has strengthened exchanges with prestigious universities like Harvard and Cambridge. Ewha has hosted a series of events to remember Mary Fletcher Scranton, the founder of Ewha, who passed away one hundred years ago, on October 8, 1909. Scranton memorial chapels, a memorial services, and an academic symposium were prepared to observe the works of Mary F. Scranton and commemorate the spirit of Scranton who has sowed a seed for the poor and the sick in Korea. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton held a town hall meeting with 2,000 Ewha Students on February 20 at the Welch-Ryang Auditorium. Secretary Clinton received the title, 'Distinguished Honorary Ewha Fellow' from Ewha on that day for her extraordinary contributions to the cause of human rights and the protection of the interests of women, children, and the family. The year 2009 can also be called the year of Nobel scholars at Ewha. Professor George F. Smoot, Robert H. Grubbs, Le Clezio, Muhammed Yunus, Jose Ramos Horta, and Rigoberta Menchu visited Ewha and gave lectures to the students. In March 2009, Ewha has newly opened a service called the 'Tuition Fee Ombudsman Service' to support students who are in desperate need of help for paying tuition fee. The prospective recipients include students who are living on the minimum wage as well as whose household is under bankruptcy. Warm hearted Ewha students helped a lot of underprivileged people and moved our hearts. A volunteer group, 'A-ga Ppoppo' has been volunteering to foster the children at Holt Children's Services. Some students gathered to plan the 'Happy Wedding Project' and held a wedding ceremony for foreign labor workers who could not afford such ceremony. Many programs were held as a part of Ewha Renaissance Project' this year. 'The Historic Site Exploration with the President' was held in October. In addition, two classes, ‘Meeting the Leaders of Today’ and 'Special Lectures on Culture and Arts' were opened for students and provided series of special lectures of the leaders of today. Ewha has launched the 'Ewha Brand Power Campaign' and the 'Ewha With You' campaign this year to boost up the morale of the members of Ewha.
- No.-6
- Writer홍보실
- Date2009.12.28
- Views15589