Signed MOU with the Air Force and will select 20 freshmen in the 2021 school year
Generous support including full four-year scholarship, free textbooks, and training at competent agencies
Specialized curriculum including aviation theories, flight simulation, and commissioning as ‘Air Force pilot officer’ after graduation
[June 1, 2020]
<Students in the YU air transportation course in flight simulation>
YU (President Sur Gil-soo) signed an MOU with the Air Force on May 1 and will open the ‘Department of Air Transportation’ that fosters Air Force pilot officers. YU is the only university to select Air Force pilot scholarship students in humanities tracks through an MOU with the Air Force.
With this MOU, 20 freshmen will be selected for the Department of Air Transportation from the 2021 school year. YU has been selecting and educating Air Force pilot scholarship students in the air transportation track within the College of Basic Studies School of Free Majors, and up until now, 39 were commissioned as Air Force officers. One of the graduates in February 2020 received the Air Force Chief of Staff Award, thus being recognized for the excellence of the education program.
YU decided to establish an independent Department of Air Transportation in order to foster expert Air Force pilot officers by operating a more systematic education process. The new Department of Air Transportation will be a department under the College of Business and Economics, and upon graduation, students will receive a bachelor’s degree in trade. Education will focus on and be specialized for the Air Force including aviation theories, practical aviation English, flight simulation, and piloting science. All graduates will be appointed as Air Force pilot officers. After completing the pilot education program, students will serve as Air Force pilots and after serving as a military officer, they can continue their career in aviation such as civil aviation pilots.
Freshmen in the YU Department of Air Transportation will be selected after reviewing their high school transcripts and college entrance examination grades, as well as physical and aptitude tests, fitness tests, and interviews, etc. All students will receive four full-year tuition scholarships. In addition, they will receive 600,000 KRW for textbook costs per semester, as well as training at relevant agencies, and benefits will go so far to also provide dormitories for all freshmen.
YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “With the full-fledged support of the Air Force, we were able to establish air the Department of Air Transportation while fostering expert Air Force pilot officers,” while adding, “We hope that students in humanities tracks will be able to realize their dreams of becoming Air Force pilots at the YU Department of Air Transportation.”
