Vice Minister Ki Jae: "Incentives for Digital Convergence Virtual Campus Next Year"

Ando-geol, 2nd Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. (Photo by Ministry of Economy and Finance)

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] Ando-geol, the 2nd Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, said on the 4th, "Next year, we will provide bold incentives so that leading companies, private and national research institutes can participate in the Digital Convergence Virtual Campus."

Vice Minister Ando visited Hanyang University in Seoul on the same day, held a meeting related to fostering future talent, and explained the direction of budget allocation.

The Digital Convergence Virtual Campus is a project aimed at nurturing 20,000 high-level talents in the digital field by jointly designing and sharing convergence curricula among universities.

Vice Minister Ando also announced that he would designate higher education talent development projects, which are operated separately by each ministry, as collaborative budgets to identify overlapping projects and link or integrate similar projects.

Furthermore, he added that in the '3rd Phase Industry-Academia-Research Cooperation Leading University (LINC 3.0)' project starting next year, outstanding leading universities will be supported for global industry-academia cooperation activities as well.

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