University Evaluation to Include Sports Activity Performance, Expectations to Revitalize KUSF University Sports

Mar 03, 2025

University Evaluation to Include Sports Activity Performance, Expectations to Revitalize KUSF University Sports
photo courtesy of the Korea University Football Federation



Physical education activities are included when evaluating universities in the future. The university evaluation will be organized by the Korea Institute of University Evaluation and will include physical education and sports activities at universities during the 4th cycle of university institution evaluation certification (December 2025 to November 2030). In response, the Korea University Sports Council (KUSF) welcomed the move, saying it expects to foster the university sports department and revitalize university sports.

College sports these days are a crybaby. Promising players with excellent skills no longer consider college entrance a mandatory course. For example, in soccer baseball, a popular professional sport in Korea, young guns who showed talent early are jumping directly into the professional stage from the middle and high school level. In particular, in the K-League of Professional Football, the phenomenon is likely to accelerate further as there are cases of emerging as stars through semi-professional contracts. In the professional baseball KBO League, after graduating from high school, direct professional teams have become the standard course.

In this situation, the evaluation and certification of university institutions included fostering the university sports department and operating sports facilities in the sports field. Specifically, it was decided to reflect the use of ▶ University's sports facilities and the performance of sharing and cooperating with the local community in the national core manpower training plan that meets ▶ University's founding ideology or development plan as a social contribution and community connection and cooperation item. In addition, ▶ sports facilities (physical training room, playground, gym, etc.) were included as student welfare facilities as dormitories and student welfare facilities. The university evaluation considers fostering student athletes in professional sports, securing and utilizing in-school sports facilities through university sports clubs and in-school league activities. In addition, the field of physical education was included in the evaluation criteria to strengthen the social responsibility and student welfare of universities.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.