The Educational Effects of Residential College Program in Yonsei Engineering College

The engineering college in Yonsei University started the RCP(Residential College Program) at Song-do International Campus in 2013. . Every first-year engineering student is required to live on-campus at their first semester. They had integrated educational experiences combined with extracurricular community activities as well as curricular activities. The residential learning communities were to decrease the number of students in probation and enrich campus culture. The living and learning communities could help students achieve academic success and to lower the rate in dropping. We ran a survey over the students’ satisfaction on RCP. Academic achievement and retentions were compared between the ones in 2011 and 2013.