1. Higher education: Korean institutions of higher learning include junior colleges, education universities, normal universities, comprehensive universities and graduate schools, with full-time education as the mainstay. Among them, the junior college is a two-year program, the education university, normal university and comprehensive university are a four-year program, the medical university is a six-year program, and the master's degree and doctoral degree of the graduate school are three years each. In addition, there are broadcast correspondence universities and open universities that implement adult higher education in Korea, which mainly offer junior college and bachelor's degree courses for 2 to 4 years. South Korea's universities are divided into three management systems: national, public and private.
2. Secondary education: Secondary education includes junior high school and senior high school. South Korea's junior high schools, as secondary education institutions, have a three-year academic system and recruit primary school graduates to prepare for entering high schools and other schools equivalent to high schools. South Korea's high schools are divided into humanities high schools and industrial high schools, both of which have a three-year academic system, and the enrollment targets are junior high school graduates and those with equivalent academic qualifications.
3. Primary education: South Korea's primary education lasts for six years, enrolling six-year-old children to prepare for junior high school. Primary education institutions in Korea are all compulsory schools. Starting from the fourth grade of primary school, industrial courses are added to provide students with basic science and technology education and simple vocational training.