UOS T-Star Core Competencies
Background
The University of Seoul re-established its UOS T-Star model in 2019 by partially integrating and expanding the
existing core competencies (established in 2015) in line with social demands and the Development Plan.
The UOS T-Star model features 9 skills under 3 core competencies based on thinking, ability,
and action to ensure well-rounded qualities matching the ideal talent based on the university's
educational philosophy of truth, creation, and service.
UOS T-Star Talent Development

- Harnessing Specialty
- Expanding Communication
- Demonstrating Creativity
UOS T-Star Core Competencies
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Specialty
Competency to acquire professional
Comprehensive Thinking
knowledge, information, and skills needed for
future society and comprehensively apply
them to various fields- Analytical Thinking
- Inferential Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Technological Literacy
- Seeking Alternatives
- Implementing Alternatives
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Communication
Competency to achieve community goals and
Empathy & Collaboration
visions through interaction with others and
international society,
and contribute to social development- Inclusive Thinking
- Cooperative Thinking
- Multicultural Acceptance
- Global Understanding
- Community Contribution
- Social Responsibility
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Creativity
Competency to recognize problems from
Invention
various perspectives, create new values,
and positively change society- Original Thinking
- Divergent Thinking
- Consilience Skills
- Convergent Thinking
- Challenging Action
- Creating Change