성평등계획

Status Diagnosis and Commitment to Improvement

Incheon National University conducted an organizational diagnosis to promote gender equality across research and education, improve the quality of Research & Innovation (R&A), and structurally establish sustainable gender equality.

Female Full-Time Faculty Ratio: 22.8%
Female Full-Time Faculty Ratio in Engineering: Critically Low at 5.6%
Multiple departments with zero female full-time faculty
Low female representation in key committees and major administrative positions (11%)
Inadequate gender-integration systems in research and educational content

Designation of Dedicated Office and Stakeholder Engagement

Incheon National University designated a dedicated GEP organization and head coordinator under the Office of Academic Affairs, seeking concrete measures to foster an inclusive research environment based on diversity.

Designated gender equality and GEP-related duties as official job responsibilities, identifying the university's current status by reviewing Higher Education Disclosure and internal statistical data.
Established policy directions through ad-hoc meetings (brown bag meetings) and mandated department-level action plan formulation.
Set targets to ensure monitoring results are directly reflected in faculty hiring plans, committee compositions, research grant selection criteria, and university regulations through a systematic ACT-stage feedback loop.
Monitored the implementation of gender equality outcomes led by the Academic Affairs Division in mutual collaboration with relevant departments.
Strove to achieve targets by incorporating gender equality tasks into the annual business plan.

Goal Setting

Incheon National University has established the following five goals for its Gender Equality Plan (GEP):

Cultivate an organizational culture that enables university members to achieve work-life balance and sustain their careers
Increase the proportion of women in key decision-making leadership positions
Promote gender balance throughout the entire hiring process and career development
Integrate gender dimensions into research and educational content
Strengthen prevention and response systems against gender-based violence

Implementation Plan by Goal

Incheon National University intends to establish implementation plans and monitoring indicators for each goal, assess current conditions, and periodically conduct surveys to examine members' awareness of gender equality and gather feedback to draw up improvement measures.

Information on Incheon National University's Gender Equality Plan (GEP) by Area, Goal, Implementation Measure, Monitoring Indicator, and Responsible Department.
Area	Goal	Implementation Measure	Monitoring Indicator	Responsible Department
Work-Life Balance and Organizational Culture	Establish institutional foundations to enable university members with caregiving responsibilities to continue their careers and studies Foster a culture supporting work-life balance for faculty and staff	Operate an on-campus daycare center	Gender breakdown of on-campus daycare center users	General Affairs Office
		Improve institutional systems so that parental leave for faculty does not adversely affect promotions and performance evaluations	Status of institutional measures designed to prevent disadvantages for employees taking leave beyond statutory parental leave	Academic Affairs Division
		Improve parental leave and childcare hours systems for staff	Number of system improvements implemented to prevent disadvantages compared to standard parental leave	Human Resource Development Office
Gender Balance in Leadership and Decision-Making	Increase the proportion of women in key leadership positions (Faculty/Staff)	Consider gender balance when composing decision-making bodies to achieve gender-inclusive decision-making	Gender ratio in key leadership positions (Faculty/Staff)	Academic Affairs Division General Affairs Office Human Resource Development Office
Gender Equality in Recruitment and Career Development	Promote gender balance in faculty and staff recruitment	Prevent gender inequality at all stages of recruitment, including recruitment planning	Gender ratio of newly appointed faculty and staff	Academic Affairs Division Human Resource Development Office
Gender Integration in Research and Educational Content	Integrate gender innovation perspectives into research and education, and cultivate the next generation of gender-equal scholars	Consider the gender balance of research teams as a condition when selecting internal research grant projects	Gender ratio in internal research grant projects	Division of Research Planning & Management
Gender Integration in Research and Educational Content		Operate curricula on diversity and inclusion for undergraduate and graduate students	Number of gender-related courses offered (Keywords: Women, Gender)	Office of Academic Affairs General Education Office
Prevention and Response to Gender-Based Violence	Strengthen prevention and response systems for gender-based violence to foster a safe research and learning environment	Enhance the role (counseling, investigation, processing, outreach, etc.) of the Gender Equality Counseling Center	Number of gender equality counseling cases and taken measures	INU Human Rights Center
Prevention and Response to Gender-Based Violence		Promote faculty and staff completion of mandatory prevention education against the four major types of violence	Completion rate of prevention education against the four major types of violence (All members)	Academic Affairs Division Human Resource Development Office

Incheon National University hereby declares that through the implementation of the Gender Equality Plan (GEP), it will promote gender equality within its organizational structure and research innovation systems, and build an inclusive research environment rooted in diversity.
Furthermore, we will contribute to fostering a scientific and technological ecosystem that yields innovative achievements.

February 12, 2026

President of Incheon National University Injae Lee