This 12 months, 11 new King Sejong Institutes will open throughout 9 international locations, in response to South Korea’s Ministry of Tradition, Sports activities and Tourism. With the brand new facilities, there might be a complete of 252 institutes in 87 international locations.
Named after King Sejong the Nice (1397-1450), who created the Korean alphabet Hangeul, the King Sejong Institute Basis, which oversees Korean language schooling overseas, is increasing its community to ease waitlists and meet rising demand for Korean courses worldwide.
In Egypt, the place the one KSI in Cairo confronted a waitlist of greater than 1,200 college students, two new facilities will open at Ain Shams College and Alexandria College to accommodate learners keen to check Korean for tutorial, skilled, and cultural causes. The enlargement displays the rising presence of Korean companies in Egypt, which has elevated native demand for Korean language abilities for employment.
Uzbekistan, which already hosts seven KSIs, will achieve an extra heart at Ajou College in Tashkent. The nation already sends over 12,000 college students to Korea every year, the fourth highest after China, Vietnam, and Mongolia.
In Asia, new KSIs will open in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Dubai, Shenyang (China), Taipei (Taiwan), and Munoz (Philippines), whereas Europe’s increasing Korean language demand has led to new facilities in Bonn (Germany), Turin (Italy), and Miskolc (Hungary).
In 2024, a complete of 210,374 college students studied Korean at King Sejong Institutes, together with distant courses. It is a important improve from 2007, when the primary King Sejong Institute opened in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with simply 13 facilities in three international locations opening that 12 months, with 740 college students.
The ministry mentioned that it deliberate to steadily increase the variety of King Sejong Institutes to greater than 350 by 2030 to make sure that Korean language learners worldwide can entry courses as demand continues to develop.
