Incheon National University Innovation Support Project Receives 'Highest Excellence' A Grade in Ministry of Education Annual Evaluation

Incheon National University

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon National University received the highest grade, 'A grade,' in the '2019 University Innovation Support Project Type I (Autonomous Agreement Type) Annual Evaluation' conducted by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea.

According to Incheon National University on the 12th, the annual evaluation was conducted on 131 universities nationwide and 53 universities in the metropolitan area, and was divided into three grades: A, B, and C through relative evaluation. The University Innovation Project Group of Incheon National University received the most outstanding evaluation among the A grade, which is the top 30% of all 53 metropolitan universities.

Incheon National University received the highest scores in quantitative indicators such as student enrollment rate, full-time faculty securing rate, and education expense return rate, as well as qualitative evaluation items such as performance according to university innovation strategies, appropriateness of project fund execution, excellent program operation performance, and appropriateness of project management organization and system operation.

Heo Jin, head of the University Innovation Project Group (Director of Planning and Budget Office), said, "This meaningful result was achieved through a Bottom-UP style project operation planned by the active participation of university members and the demands of students as education consumers," adding, "Obtaining the A grade proves the excellence and competitiveness of our university's innovation capabilities."

The University Innovation Project at Incheon National University consists of innovation strategies in four areas: education, research, industry-academia cooperation, and others.

It is closely linked to the university's mid- to long-term development plan by promoting seven representative programs including the establishment of the INU SURPRISE learning support system, WISE-inU liberal arts curriculum innovation, STAR-inU employment and start-up education innovation, INU research cluster creation project, smart regional industry innovation platform construction, integrated big data system for higher education, and the establishment of laboratory practice, liberal arts education, and creative collaboration spaces.

Jo Dongsung, president of Incheon National University, stated, "The incentives from the annual evaluation will be used to provide students with a more innovative educational environment," and added, "We will not be satisfied with this evaluation result and will do our best to nurture creative convergence talents who contribute to regional communities and national growth engines in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution."

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