DSME opens doors to high school graduates
High school graduates at DSME Heavy Industries Academy attend a lecture. / Courtesy of DSME
By Kim Tae-jong
The Heavy Industries Academy run by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) will invite applications from high school graduates from Nov. 26 to select “academy cadets.”
The academy is a “corporate university,” which refers to an educational entity set up by a company to provide employees or potential employees with job-specific training and education.
DSME is a pioneer in the recruitment of high school leavers by opening its doors to them and to arm them with the skills required to carry out specific tasks.
Upon its establishment last year, it recruited about 100 high school graduates as academy cadets. In its second year, the academy will again recruit about 100 cadets. Graduates from ordinary and vocational high school are encouraged to apply for admission until Dec. 7 at the academy’s official website,
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Successful applicants selected through document screening, a basic examination and face-to-face interview will be hired early next year.
But from this year, the academy will select applicants for two different curriculums ― DSME engineering college and experts on design and production management, as it received official permission to become a corporate university by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
Those who took the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) for the 2013 school year can apply for the DSME engineering college and will learn basic subjects such as English and history as well as about basic design and introductory courses on shipbuilding and marine engineering.
In the first year, they will undertake collective training but later they will also take professional lectures for their college diploma.
Meanwhile, high school graduates who did not take this year’s CSAT can apply for the curriculum for experts on design and production management.
Cadets taking this curriculum will receive special programs developed by the academy and on-the-job training so that they can become specialists in design, engineering or project management.
Applicants should select one of the two curriculums and if the cadets finish all the required courses and develop their career for seven years they will be considered the same as an employee with a university degree.
DSME plans to educate cadets through more systemized programs at its own academy to help them become experts in heavy industry.
“If cadets successfully complete all the required courses, they will become experts in shipbuilding and marine engineering who can stand out among those with college diplomas,” a DSME official said. “We expect a lot of high school graduates with big dreams and a passion for challenges to apply for our academy.”