Article 8(Establishment and operation of departments and faculties by agreement) #
(1) Where an industrial educational institution establishes and operates departments and faculties under an agreement pursuant to Article 8 (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "agreed departments, etc."), such departments, etc. shall provide high school courses, associate degree courses, bachelor's degree courses, master's degree courses, or doctorate courses, whichever the industrial educational institution has been authorized to establish and operate under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Higher Education Act, or the Lifelong Education Act; provided, technical high schools, among industrial educational institutions, and various schools defined under subparagraph 7 of Article 2 of the Higher Education Act, which have not been authorized to establish and operate any degree course, may establish and operate agreed any departments, etc. other than high school courses or degree courses. <Amended on Dec. 3, 2024>
(2) An industrial educational institution that intends to establish and operate agreed departments, etc. shall prescribe the following matters by its regulations (hereinafter referred to as "school regulations"):
1. Names of the agreed departments, etc.;
2. Organization and administration of educational courses;
3. Standards and methods for admission of students;
4. The total number of students;
5. Expenses to be incurred in operating the agreed departments, etc. and the allocation of such expenses;
6. Tuition fees and other charges to be paid by students;
7. Semesters and the number of school days;
8. The period specified for the establishment and operation of the agreed departments, etc.;
9. Protection of students attending the agreed departments, etc., if the agreed departments, etc. are to be abolished before the end of the period specified for the establishment and operation thereof.
(3) Classes of agreed departments, etc. shall be conducted in the form of regular class attendance, field practice, distance learning, etc., as prescribed by school regulations.
(4) The methods of selecting students for agreed departments, etc. shall be classified as follows: <Amended on Mar. 28, 2023; Dec. 3, 2024>
1. In the case of agreed departments, etc. under Article 8 (1) 1 of the Act, they shall be selected through admission screening methods under Article 82 of the Enforcement Decree of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act or general screening or special screening under Article 34 of the Enforcement Decree of the Higher Education Act (including the cases applied mutatis mutandis under Article 34 of the Lifelong Education Act), and specific details thereof shall be as prescribed by school regulations; in such cases, where an industrial educational institution establishes and operates agreed departments, etc. in accordance with a contract with at least two industrial enterprises, etc., it may allow students to apply for at least two recruitment units (excluding regular recruitment under Article 41 (1) of the Enforcement Decree of the Higher Education Act) according to the classification of the same agreed departments, etc. of industrial enterprises, etc.;
2. In the case of agreed departments, etc. under Article 8 (1) 2 of the Act, school regulations shall apply according to contracts with the State, local governments, or industrial enterprises, etc.
(5) Notwithstanding Article 51 of the Enforcement Decree of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Articles 28 (1) and 30 of the Enforcement Decree of the Higher Education Act, the number of students or the fixed number of students of the agreed departments, etc. shall be deemed to have a separate number of students or the fixed number of students, notwithstanding Article 51 of the Enforcement Decree of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Articles 28 (1) (including the cases applied mutatis mutandis under Article 34 of the Lifelong Education Act) and 30 of the Enforcement Decree of the Higher Education Act; provided, the number of students or the fixed number of students for each school year of the agreed departments, etc. shall not exceed the fixed number of students classified as follows: <Amended on Jun. 20, 2017; Mar. 28, 2023; Dec. 3, 2024>
1. In the case of agreed departments, etc. under Article 8 (1) 1 of the Act: 20/100 of the total number of students admitted in the relevant school year or 20/100 of the total number of students admitted in the relevant school year; provided, where an industrial educational institution establishes agreed departments, etc. in the fields of high-tech industries determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Education, such as artificial intelligence and big data, it shall be 50/100;
2. In cases of the agreed departments referred to in Article 8 (1) 2 of the Act: 20/100 of the number or total number of all students admitted for each school year; provided, it shall be 50/100 if the Minister of Education deems it necessary to enlarge the number or total number of all students admitted for each school year, in consideration of the demand of industrial enterprises, etc.
(6) Where agreed departments, etc. are established and operated, the contribution granted by the State, a local government, or an industrial enterprise shall be at least 50/100 of the expenses incurred in operating the agreed departments, etc. under paragraph (2) 5.
(7) Notwithstanding paragraph (6), where an industrial educational institution located in an area other than the Seoul Metropolitan Area under the Seoul Metropolitan Area Readjustment Planning Act (limited to universities or colleges defined in subparagraph 2 (c) of Article 2 of the Act) under the Seoul Metropolitan Area Readjustment Planning Act establishes and operates a contract department, etc. (referring to a contract department, etc. defined in Article 8 (1) 1 of the Act) in the field of high-tech industries determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Education, such as artificial intelligence, big data, etc. under a contract with an industrial enterprise, etc., the contributions to be borne by such industrial enterprise, etc. may be less than 50/100 of the expenses incurred in operating the contract department, etc. <Added on Mar. 28, 2023>
(8) Where the contribution of industrial enterprises, etc. under paragraphs (6) and (7) is borne by a subcontractor as defined in Article 2 (3) of the Fair Transactions in Subcontracting Act, the principal contractor as defined in Article 2 (2) of the same Act may bear such contribution on behalf of the subcontractor. <Added on Jun. 2, 2025>
(9) Where the contribution of industrial enterprises, etc. under paragraph (7) is less than 50/100 of the expenses required for the operation of agreed departments, etc., the tuition and other fees paid by students shall not exceed 50/100 of such expenses. <Added on Mar. 28, 2023; Jun. 2, 2025>
(10) The establishment and operation period of agreed departments, etc. shall be at least the minimum period during which students enrolled in the agreed departments, etc. can obtain a degree or recognition of their academic background. <Amended on Mar. 28, 2023; Jun. 2, 2025>
(11) Where a person who enters an agreed department or faculty has work experience related to the curriculum, the head of an industrial educational institution may recognize that he or she has completed the curriculum within the limit of 25/100 of the curriculum for the agreed department or faculty. <Amended on Mar. 28, 2023; Jun. 2, 2025>
(12) The head of an industrial educational institution (limited to a university referred to in Article 2 (2) (c) of the Act) may amend the university admission management plan under Article 34-5 (4) of the Higher Education Act pursuant to the proviso of paragraph (6) of the same Article if all of the following requirements are met: <Added on Mar. 28, 2023; Jun. 2, 2025>
1. Where it is inevitable to modify the plan due to changes in the employment environment and employment conditions of the industrial enterprises, etc.;
2. Where the reorganization of agreed departments, etc. or an increase or decrease in the maximum number of students under Article 8 (1) 1 of the Act is accompanied.
(13) Matters necessary for the establishment and operation of agreed departments, etc., other than those provided for in paragraphs (1) through (12), shall be prescribed and publicly notified by the Minister of Education. <Added on Jun. 20, 2017; Mar. 28, 2023; Jun. 2, 2025>