-Sejong University aims to attract 6,000 more international students 
-Ministry of Education announces goal to attract 300,000 foreign students by 2027
-Ministry of Education announces Study Korea 300K Project, a plan to improve the competitiveness of international students' education to become one of the world's top 10 study abroad programs

In 2024, the Ministry of Education announced the Study Korea 300K Project, a plan to improve Korea's competitiveness in international student education, with the goal of attracting 300,000 foreign students by 2027, up from the current 200,000, to become one of the world's top 10 study abroad countries.

Following the announcement by the Ministry of Education last year, Sejong University, which currently has about 3,500 international students studying at the university, has adjusted its goal of attracting 6,000 international students by nearly doubling its enrollment. “To this end, we have decided to further advance and systematize our techniques for attracting globally excellent multinational international students. STUVISOR, led by Mr. Yang Gil-joon (Ocean), who has been professionally collaborating with and contributing to global educational institutions and international student recruitment for 22 years, was selected as a major partner by bidding with several professional companies through a formal process within Sejong University and signed a contract.” He expressed his expectations for the collaboration between Sejong University's International Exchange Office and STUVISOR.

▲ From left: Giljun (Ocean) Yang, CEO of STUVISOR, and Hyungwook Kim, Vice President of External Affairs at Sejong University (Professor of Biointegration Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Sejong University)​

“Starting with this agreement with Sejong University, we hope that STUVISOR can contribute to attracting excellent multinational international students as Sejong University aims to do by collaborating with our multinational partners around the world,” said Yang Giljun, CEO of STUVISOR. ”On September 26, we invited international education consulting agencies from the UK, Australia, Russia, Mongolia, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam, and CIS Central Asia to the AI Center of Sejong University to participate in the STUVISOR Agency Fair (SAF) and Korean universities. We invited consulting agencies specializing in international education from about 15 countries to conduct a Student Agency Fair (SAF) and an Admission Fair (SUEF) with Korean universities to provide admission application agency services for foreign students attending Korean universities for undergraduate and graduate admission in March 2025.”

STUVISOR, founded by Mr. Giljun (Ocean) Yang, who has been contributing to the global student recruitment industry for the past 20 years as Vice President of the World Study Abroad Association (FELCA), Director of the Association of Language Teaching Organizations (ALTO), and Chairman of the Korean Study Abroad Association (KOSA), is a specialized platform for global international education institutions, international students, service providers, and related government agencies to attract and manage international students. 

Korean universities and global international education institutions can sign up to the STUVISOR portal to showcase their programs and participate in the STUVISOR Fair World Tour (Agency Fair, International Student Attraction Fair, International Education Forum, etc.) that STUVISOR hosts in major cities around the world. In Korea, Sejong University, Hanyang University, Kyung Hee University, Duksung Women's University, and Yeungnam University have signed agreements and contracts with StuVisor and are in discussions with major universities.

Korean universities, global institutions, and international students can find relevant information on the STUVISOR website.

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