page_title: Student and university culture in South Korea
section_title: MT (Membership Training)
hierarchical_section_title: Student and university culture in South Korea / Events / MT (Membership Training)
caption_attribution_description: English: membership training
context_page_description: University culture in South Korea is different from that in other countries, consisting of events such as Student Orientation and Membership Training, as well as festivals and student clubs.
context_section_description: MT is the abbreviation for Membership Training. It means all same major students from freshman to seniors spending time at same place promoting friendship and harmony.
  April is the unofficial season of MT, one month after the beginning of the semester. April is very warm and a good month to do MT. It is one of the unique things about Korea's university culture that can't be seen in other university cultures. This is one of the aspects many exchange students from abroad appreciate about the Korean student life.
  Usually MT runs for 3 days. Same as in the orientation event before, they get organized to rent a big space for all students of the same major.
  Major locations of MT
  West of Seoul - Incheon  Yung Jong Island / Eul-wang ri / Kang hwa do
  East of Seoul - Gapyeoung-goon / Nearby Gang-chon station / PajuLimjin-gak / Po-cheun / Gwa cheoun Chung-gye mountain / Near Daeseong-ri Station
  East of Gyeonggi-do- Chung-cheong do Ahn myeoun do / Dae chun / Dae bu island, Je bu island / Yong-in Gogiri valley / Everland (amusement park & Resort)
  Gang-won do - Gang-reung si, Sok cho si (vallies located at Yang-gu goon, In je goon, Hong cheun goon)
  Jeolla-do (including Gwang ju) - Jang-su goon, Nam won si / Gu rae goon / Dam yang goon / South coast
  Jeju island - Internal of Jeju island
  Gyung sang do - Daegu, North of Gyung sang do - Po hang si / Yung duk goon / Wool jin goon - Busan, South of Gyung sang do - Song jung beach / Yang san si / Geoje island
  The students spend the time cooking and eating food, sleeping and playing some games together. The schedule and program are managed by the student organization. They plan some events and games so that all students can join in and enjoy themselves. There are a lot of games like dodge ball, a speed quiz where the team that can answer the questions the fastest is winner and so on. At night, all the students get together and drink some beer, eat delicious food and play some drinking games.
  After 3 days, all the students may become close with each other. They also share some good tips for university life or on how to get good grades on the tests. If some text books that student need for class are too expensive, this time is a chance for freshmen to get the books from seniors.
  While it may sound at first like an event that students go to just in order to play games and drink alcohol, it provides many good opportunities for students to meet their classmates, make new friends and develop a firmer sense of value about their major.
caption: Membership training
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