Korea University, Yonsei University and some other renowned universities were slammed for exaggerated or false advertising regarding employment among graduates and access to stipends.
The Fair Trade Commission said Sunday that it has ordered a total of 17 universities and two-year colleges to remove deceptive ads on their official websites and leaflets. It issued a warning to two others.
The 17 which received the order include Korea University, Yonsei University, Sogang University, Hyung Hee University and Sahmyook University in Seoul. Dongguk University in Seoul and Kyungpook National University received a warning.
Universities, competing to attract more applicants and raise their profile, advertize themselves using various university ranking data. However, one university was found to have advertized as if they had the highest graduate employment rate out of all universities in Korea, when it ranked No. 1 among a group of universities of a similar size.
Some others were found to have misled readers to believe they were on top of the university rankings for years in a row, when they were just on top for one particular year.
Kongju University, for instance, was found to have advertised being among the top universities in terms of availability of a stipend, when it ranked only 40 out of 200.
FTC officials advised university applicants not to blindly believe what universities advertize and to check information about the university they are applying to at a website run by the Education Ministry, www.academyinfor.go.kr.
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