In terms of the goals and content of education, an art school and art department at the university serve two distinct purposes. The former offers a professional education to promote the capability of practice and production for professional creative artists; the latter offers education for studying arts in the academic field.
What separates Korea National University of Arts from other common art universities is its educational goals and curriculum, which aim specifically to professionally educate artists in the creation of fine arts in their respective fields.
Therefore, each curriculum is designed to improve students’ production capability within their major. To achieve this, all classes are structured so as to promote students’ voluntary will to learn. Teaching through rote memorization is rejected as often as possible and classes are operated through a combination of one-on-one lessons, group discussion, workshops, group production, and practice in the field.
The credit and graduation system are designed utilizing the concept of supremacy enhancement: the nurturing and acceleration of talented students according to their individual levels. The graduation process demands students’ complete dedication and effort. Therefore, students who do not make the effort naturally fail. On the other hand, there are acceleration systems such as the ability completion or early graduation system for advanced and exceptional students to be placed and rewarded accordingly.