Ewha Womans University graduates made up a significant share of graduate workers at foreign companies in Korea, a recent survey has indicated.

Korea Foreign Company Employee’s Human Network, an online association of employees of foreign companies here founded in 1999, recently surveyed some 6,500 of its members.

The online club said that 320 of its members, or about 5.6 percent of the survey participants, were Ewha alumni.

Korea University won second place with 5.2 percent, followed by Yonsei University with 5.0 percent and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies with 4.6 percent.

Hanyang University and Sungkyunkwan University each placed fifth and sixth on the list, respectively.

“This year, the number of Ewha alumni far exceeded that of HUFS. That is a notable difference because HUFS has been the unbeaten No. 1 in this annual survey,” said Kim Jong-cheol, 47, the head of KOFEN.

The same survey also revealed that Ewha graduates made up the largest number of human resources staff at foreign companies in Korea. Ninety-three of the some 210 survey participants who work in human resources were Ewha alumni.

By Chung Joo-won (joowonc@heraldcorp.com)