Acronym

====Korean====
Many aspects of academics in Korea follow similar acronym patterns as Chinese, owing to the two languages' commonalities, like using the word for 'big' or 'great' i.e. {{lang|ko-Latn|dae}} ({{lang|ko-Hang|대}}), to refer to universities ({{lang|ko-Hang|대학}}; {{lang|ko-Latn|daehak}}, literally 'great learning' although 'big school' is an acceptable alternate). They can be interpreted similarly to American university appellations, such as "UPenn" or "Texas Tech".

Some acronyms are shortened forms of the school's name, like how [[Hongik University]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|홍익대학교}}, {{lang|ko-Latn|Hongik Daehakgyo}}) is shortened to {{lang|ko-Latn|Hongdae}} ({{lang|ko-Hang|홍대}}, 'Hong, the big [school]' or 'Hong-U') Other acronyms can refer to the university's main subject, e.g. [[Korea National University of Education]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|한국교원대학교}}, {{lang|ko-Latn|Hanguk Gyowon Daehakgyo}}) is shortened to {{lang|ko-Latn|Gyowondae}} (교원대, 'Big Ed.' or 'Ed.-U'). Other schools use a Koreanized version of their English acronym. The [[KAIST|Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology]] ({{lang|ko-Hang|한국과학기술원}}, {{lang|ko-Latn|Hanguk Gwahak Gisulwon}}) is referred to as KAIST ({{lang|ko-Hang|카이스트}}, {{lang|ko-Latn|Kaiseuteu}}) in both English and Korean. The 3 most prestigious schools in Korea are known as SKY ({{lang|ko|스카이}}, {{lang|ko-Latn|seukai}}), combining the first letter of their English names ('''S'''eoul National, '''K'''orea, and '''Y'''onsei Universities). In addition, the College Scholastic Ability Test ({{lang|ko-Hang|대학수학능력시험}}, {{lang|ko-Latn|Daehak Suhang Neungryeok Siheom}}) is shortened to {{lang|ko-Latn|Suneung}} ({{lang|ko-Hang|수능}}, 'S.A.').