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Number of full-time teaching faculty members in universities in South Korea from 2000 to 2025 (in 1,000s)

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Release date

November 2025

Region

South Korea

Survey time period

2000 to 2025

Supplementary notes

The figures do not include distance universities, open universities, corporate universities, and graduate schools. Industrial universities and universities of education are included.

Figures have been rounded. 

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Number of full-time university faculty members South Korea 2000-2025

Published by Zeynep Dierks, Dec 22, 2025

In 2025, approximately **full-time faculty members were teaching at universities and junior colleges in South Korea. Although this number has increased over the past few decades, it has shown a decline since 2021.

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