Korean Traditional Crafts & Architecture School

Designed to support and nurture craftsmen who can create cultural products using traditional techniques and to teach people of all ages and backgrounds, to learn and appreciate traditional craft making as a hobby.

Courses Traditional embroidery, cloth-making, needlework, tie knotting, cloisonne work, ceramics, otchil (varnishing using urushi lacquer to create a very durable and glossy finish), somok (making wooden furniture and smaller items), daemok (house construction), jangseok (metal decorations), changho(making wooden door), gakja (letter engraving), and dancheong (painting) / One year course, a weekly three-hour class.
Lecturers : Officially recognized practitioners of cultural heritage crafts, recognized apprenticeship assistants, craft masters, and other traditional arts craftsmen
Tuition : 700,000 to 1,740,000 won

Cultural Properties Rehabilitation and Preservation Vocational School

The expert skills and knowledge required to repair cultural properties are taught to people engaged in architecture, design, dancheong, and other related areas. Apprentices working to obtain qualification can review and study materials and questions that may appear on a qualifying exam. As such, the school offers practical courses that prepare you for exams.

Courses Korean history, Korean architectural history, Cultural Properties Protection Act, repair and maintenance (stone/wood), chimok (carving timber for use in construction), repairing cultural properties, theory and practical techniques of dancheong, introduction to architecture and construction, field lectures, etc. / Saturdays, March to June
Lecturers : Senior government officials and experts specializing in cultural properties, professors, scholars.
Tuition : 700,000 won

Cultural Heritage Training for Teachers

KOUS lives up to its role as an institution specializing in cultural properties by providing in-depth education in cultural properties and expanding teachers' potential to provide instruction about cultural properties. Teachers wishing to learn about traditional culture are also accommodated for the sake of cultural welfare and public service.

Period : Summer vacations
Subject : Teachers currently working in Korea at the elementary or middle-school level