Jeju National University scores 79.7 in national university gender equality assessment, 15.7 points above its peer group average

【Financial News Jeju=Jeong Yong-bok, reporter】 Jeju National University scored 79.7 in the assessment of gender equality efforts at national universities, 15.7 points above the average for its peer group. Its score rose 14.6 points from the previous year, earning it an A grade for the second consecutive year.
According to Jeju National University on the 2nd, it was selected as an A-grade (Excellent) university in the General University I category, which includes institutions with at least 500 full-time faculty members, in the “2026 Assessment of Progress in Implementing the Gender Equality Action Plan for National Universities,” conducted by the Ministry of Education and KWDI.
This year’s assessment covered 39 institutions in total: 37 national universities and two national university corporations. They were assessed in groups based on university size and characteristics: 13 in General University I, 15 in General University II, and 11 universities of education and teachers’ universities.
JNU’s assessment score was 79.7, up 14.6 points from 65.1 last year. It was 18.4 points above the overall average of 61.3 for all universities assessed, and 15.7 points above the 64.0 average for the same General University I category.
The assessment takes a comprehensive look at gender diversity among newly appointed and full-time faculty, the gender composition of major university decision-making bodies, and efforts to foster a culture of gender equality. It reviews universities’ policies and implementation efforts to ensure that faculty appointments and decision-making authority are not concentrated in one gender.
Gender imbalance among faculty at national universities is a nationwide challenge. The share of women among full-time faculty at national universities, announced by the Ministry of Education last year, was 22.2%. JNU also received an A grade in the General University I category in that assessment and was selected as an outstanding university for its gender equality efforts, receiving a commendation from the Minister of Education.
JNU President Yang Deok-soon said, “I will continue to build a campus environment where diversity is respected and fulfill the responsibility of a national flagship university to lead a balanced university culture.”


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