Pukyong National University Wins Top Award for Engineering Education as 'Southeast Region University of the Year'

Awarded at the '2020 S-HOW Performance Presentation and Awards Ceremony' on the 2nd

Pukyong National University received the Best University Award of the Year in the field of engineering education in the Southeast region.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Pukyong National University (President Jang Young-su) won the Grand Prize for "2020 Southeast Region University of the Year" at the "2020 S-HOW Performance Presentation and Awards Ceremony," jointly hosted by 14 university engineering education innovation centers in the Southeast region.

At the event held on February 2 at the Grand Josun Busan Hotel, Pukyong National University was highly recognized for its contributions to engineering education innovation and industry-academia cooperation in the Southeast region over the past year.

Pukyong National University has been carrying out the Creative Convergence Engineering Talent Nurturing Support Project since 2007, supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology, under the supervision of the Engineering Education Innovation Center (Director Jeong Won-kyo).

Last year, the university fully implemented non-face-to-face online education programs, providing various extracurricular programs to engineering students and striving for innovation in engineering education.

In cooperation with other university engineering education innovation centers, it planned and operated programs such as the "Unboxing Robot Making Challenge," "AI Recipe Online Education," "Startup N Job Insight," and "Online Education for Building Energy Management System Experts."

It has actively participated in Southeast region engineering education programs, offering diverse engineering education opportunities to Pukyong National University engineering students.

Along with this award, Jeon Gyeong-jin, a full-time researcher at the Pukyong National University Engineering Education Innovation Center, received the "SUPER Staff Southeast Region Excellent Employee Contribution Award" for his contributions to the development of engineering education in the Southeast region.

Jeong Won-kyo, director of the Pukyong National University Engineering Education Innovation Center, said, "Based on the various online education know-how we have promoted to overcome the difficult educational conditions caused by the spread of COVID-19, we will provide even more complete education."

The Pukyong National University Engineering Education Innovation Center has shown excellent results, including winning the Grand Prize for Southeast Region University of the Year in 2018 and receiving excellent ratings in project evaluations in 2017 and 2018.

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