Gwangju University Accelerates Fostering Student Startups Leading 'Entrepreneurship Education'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwanwoo] Gwangju University is accelerating efforts to nurture promising young entrepreneurs who will lead the 4th Industrial Revolution.

The Gwangju University Startup Education Center announced on the 29th that it will implement the ‘2021 GU-Startup Club’ program as part of the University Innovation Support Project to discover technology-convergence type star entrepreneurs.

Through this program, 20 startup clubs will be selected, and support will be actively provided for activity expenses and material costs for item development, as well as participation in on- and off-campus startup competitions and startup camps.

Last year, Gwangju University supported 22 startup clubs, achieving results including 9 patent applications for startup items and the registration of 5 student-led startup companies.

Applications for the GU-Startup Club can be submitted by downloading the registration form from the school website, filling it out, and visiting the Startup Education Center on the 2nd floor of the Inseong Building by the 12th of next month.

An orientation and education programs related to startups will be conducted for the finally selected clubs.

Yoon Incheol, head of the Gwangju University Startup Education Center, said, “Gwangju University, established as a startup-centered educational university, will actively support students with creative ideas and high interest in startups to discover star entrepreneurs.”

Meanwhile, Gwangju University operates an intellectual property application support program to help students register their ideas as legal rights and concretize them as business items.

Additionally, having served as the host institution for the ‘Initial Startup Package Support Project’ for five consecutive years, the university actively supports commercialization funds and startup education to ensure the continuous growth of early-stage entrepreneurs with promising technology startup items.

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