Students interested in engineering and working with high-tech equipment may want to study automation. Through a variety of classes, students can learn how to operate, fix and maintain automated equipment of electromechanical systems and industrial electronics.

The institutions of higher education included regular four-year colleges and universities. Education is taken very seriously in South Korea, and the country is home to several world class universities, many of which have exchange agreements with various foreign universities, and are a good way for foreigners to experience life in the country.