Many Kingos may have failed to register for the classes they wanted this semester because of the fierce competition on class registration day, or lack of the classes that they wanted to attend. In these cases, students sometimes visit their professors and beg for an extra position or take a seasonal
Last semester our university unveiled the upgraded version of i-Campus, the new online lecture program. The new version of i-Campus showed improvements in the overall quality of lectures to enhance the general academic achievements of students taking online lectures. Nevertheless, there are still qu
The year is nearing its end. The upcoming year will again see the campus full of freshmen. In our school, most of these freshmen first belong to general academic departments before their specific major is decided. As such, on both the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus and Natural Sciences Campus
According to a survey in 2017 conducted on a part-time job recruiting website, the average monthly cost of living for university students was 690,000 won. Also, six out of every 10 college students have said that they work parttime jobs along with their school study, so it seems that parttime jobs a
Nowadays, a lot of university students participate in various outside activities to increase and express their competitiveness in the job market. Thanks to outside activities, students can expand their social circles and gain invaluable experiences. At the same time, however, they sometimes come int
During the semester, lots of undergraduate and graduate students are going to stay in the school dormitories. Meanwhile, a curfew lasting from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. exists in the dorms that are under the direct control of the school. Students who have failed to enter a dormitory before the curfew hours h
As the final examinations are drawing nearer, more and more Kingos are visiting libraries to study for their exams and to tie up the goals they made at the beginning of the semester. During every exam period, several issues regarding the library reading rooms become more problematic due to a boom in
School cafeterias are essential places where Kingos can eat delicious meals, which is one of the most important parts of student welfare. Many Kingos, however, are reluctant to eat in the school cafeterias and eat off-campus instead, which obscures the purpose of the school cafeterias. For those Kin
Members of the universities are concerned about impacts of the so-called “Act on Parttime Lecturers” ahead of implementing this law on August 1st. The original name of the revised act is the Amended Legislative Bill on Higher Education Act, which is designated to improve the status and treatment of
The cold snap in March seems to have gone away, and the warmth of spring seems to be covering the campus. Most Kingos appear to be enjoying the warmth of the spring on their way to school. Even in this atmosphere, however, there are still Kingos who have difficulty taking classes and also have a har
A new online community of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), SKKU:ter has recently been released as an application this semester. SKKU:ter was launched in September 2018, due to Kingos’ continuous demands for a new online community. The university’s online communities play an important role in assistin
On November 16th, a joint research team led by Professor Kim Kyeong-kyu of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at SKKU and Doctor Lee Seung-seo at the University of Southampton succeeded in finding a new antitoxic infection-treating material without antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resista