Expansion of International Cooperation Leading Universities Participation to 45 Schools by 2025

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] The number of universities participating in the Leading International Cooperation Universities program, which supports domestic universities in establishing and reorganizing departments suitable for universities in developing countries, will increase from the current 15 to 45 by 2025.

The Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea announced the 2021 plan for fostering and supporting the Leading International Cooperation Universities project on the 21st.

The Ministry of Education explained that the Leading International Cooperation Universities project is a system that supports domestic universities in utilizing their excellent resources and experience to establish and reorganize customized departments for universities in developing countries and systematically train personnel. The project duration is 5 to 7 years, with annual support ranging from 100 million to 400 million KRW.

The number of universities eligible to participate in the project will significantly increase. The Ministry plans to expand from 15 project teams this year to 25 in 2022, and 45 by 2025. This year, a separate category for junior colleges (2022 project teams) will be newly established.

The application period for the project teams being recruited this time is from the 30th to December 11th. After first and second rounds of evaluation, preliminary selection will be made in January 2021, followed by final selection in December. Selected project teams will commence their projects from January 2022.

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