Launched ‘YU Engineering Education Innovation Industry-Academy-Research Team’ on the 14th
Mutual growth of university and industry expected through fostering of excellent engineering human resources
Convergence human resources fostering in the ‘automobile smart convergence parts and internet of things’ sector linked to the regional industries
[July 14, 2015]
The ‘Engineering Education Innovation Industry-Academy-Research Team’ to support the employment and start-up of students, while fostering excellent human resources in engineering was launched at YU (President Noh Seok-kyun).
The YU Engineering Education Hub Center (Director Sohn Dong-joo) held a launching ceremony of the ‘YU Engineering Education Innovation Industry-Academy-Research Team; at the YU HRD Business Team at 11:30 a.m. on the 14th. This ceremony, which was held sponsored by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Minister Yoon Sang-jik, hereinafter MOTIE), was attended by industry, academic and research institutes in the region such as the Daegu Chamber of Commerce, Gyeongbuk Chamber of Commerce Association, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Regional Office of Small and Medium Companies, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Creative Economy Innovation Center, and the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Techno Park.
In June the MOTIE launched the second (2015 – 2017) Engineering Education Innovation Center, as well as the ‘Engineering Education Innovation Industry-Academy-Research Team’ together with 71 engineering education innovation centers around the nation including the Korean Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Korean Industries, as well as major industry-academy-research institutes such as the Engineering Education Innovation Center, Creative Economy Innovation Center Association and the Korea Techno Park Association. Participating institutes included six engineering education hub centers around the nation including YU, Korea University and the Seoul National University of Science and Technology that signed MOUs to compose teams by hubs joined by the industry, academic and research centers of each region. As part of this, the ‘YU Engineering Education Innovation Industry-Academy-Research Team’ in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk area for the first time in the nation.
This ceremony was attended by YU President Noh Seok-kyung MOTIE Industry Policy Chief Park Il-joon, Daegu Deputy Mayor of Economy Kim Yeon-chang, Gyeongbuk Vice-governor Lee In-seon, Korea Institute for the Advancement of Technology Director Yeo In-guk, Gyeongbuk Creative Economy Innovation Center Chief Kim Jin-han, Daegu Creative Economy Innovation Center Chief Yeon Gyu-hwang, Gyeongbuk Techo Park Director Lee Jae-hoon, Daegu Techno Park Director Gwon Eop, Gyeongbuk Chamber of Commerce Association Chairman Yoon Gwang-soo, Daegu Chamber of Commerce Vice-chairman Moon Young-soo, Korea Small and Medium Business Association Daegu Branch Director Jung Jin-gwang, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Advanced Venture Company Association Chairperson Kim Ji-mi, and other key figures of industry, academics and research by the central and local governments, and the region to agree on cooperation. The YU Engineering Education Innovation Hub Center and regional industry-academy-research institutes signed MOUs and agreed to strengthen field-based education according to industrial demands for students and to foster their capacities for employment in outstanding regional companies and to support start-ups.
With the launching of this team, YU is planning to lead local industries through cooperation with engineering colleges in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region and local industrial and relevant institutes, while concentrating support for fostering young engineers who will lead new industries in the future and to help them find employment and start new companies. In particular, YU is planning to operate undergraduate programs in the ‘ICT-based automobile smart convergence parts and internet of things’ linked to regional industries among key future technologies to preemptively foster excellent human resource sin the convergence technology fields. Furthermore, by operating education programs linked to institutes that signed MOUs, it is planning to foster practical engineering human resources, and help them transform their creative ideas into business opportunities.
YU President Noh Seok-kyun stated, “With the launching of the industry-academy-research team, we provided a cornerstone for colleges and regional industries to mutually develop,” and added, “We will team up with local industry-academy-research institutes so that the YU Engineering Education Hub Center can take the lead in fostering outstanding human resources that will lead the future.”
Meanwhile, the government has been operating engineering education innovation centers in 71 universities around the nation since 2007 to foster engineers equipped with practical field capacities in need by the industry. Of the 71 innovation centers, six universities were designated as hub centers to provide excellent engineering education innovation models and to spread achievements. In May, YU was selected for the second Phase 2 Engineering Education Innovation Hub Center that will be effective until February 2018. Thus, YU will be the Engineering Education Innovation Hub Center for six straight years from the first phase that began in 2012.
