Department of Civil Engineering to receive national funding for up to 5 years and all graduate school students to receive scholarships
Joined by 5 universities including SNU and KAIST, and the only university selected in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions
Expected to construct infrastructure and curriculum for fostering experts in plant and construction engineering
[June 18, 2019]
YU was selected for the ‘2019 Industry Expert Empowerment Project’ hosted jointly by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology.
The YU Department of Civil Engineering was selected in the ‘Smart Digital Engineering Expert Fostering Project’ and will take part in the project by receiving national funding from the government for up to 5 years from this year until 2024.
The ‘industrial expert empowerment project’ is for specialized educational courses of graduate school or higher and it aims at fostering industrial experts in various fields that will lead the future industries. The project will last for 4-5 years depending on the project, and this year’s government budget is approximately 2.7 billion KRW.
The ‘Smart Digital Engineering Expert Fostering Project’ will be joined by five universities including YU, Seoul National University KAIST, Myongji University and Inha University. In particular, the YU Department of Civil Engineering was the only department in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk region to be selected for this project. The project will last for five years from 2019 to 204, and after evaluation in the third year, a decision will be made on whether or not to continue support.
With the selection for this project, the YU Department of Civil Engineering is expected to construct world-class expert network and personnel fostering infrastructure to cultivate global leading engineers in the plant and construction engineering sectors, and will be equipped with systematic educational curricula. In particular, graduate school students participating in the project will receive full scholarships during the term of the project.
