Mokpo Maritime University, 'Field-Oriented Talent Development' Responding to the 4th Industrial Revolution

In Line with the Global Shift to Eco-Friendly Ships, 'Education is Changing.'

The first class of 8 students for the field-customized Future Marine IN talent development program. Photo by Mokpo National Maritime University

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Seunghyun] The talent development program of Mokpo National Maritime University’s Eco-friendly Ship Promotion Project Group, which has introduced an active education system in line with the changes of the 4th Industrial Revolution, is expected to help alleviate the manpower shortage of local companies.

According to the project group on the 21st, under the vision of “Leading Gwangju and Jeonnam in the Era of the 4th Industrial Revolution,” they have promoted talent development education programs with the support of the central government, Gwangju City, and Jeonnam Province, aiming to maximize the university’s innovation capabilities, strengthen core industry competitiveness, and encourage young people to settle in the region.

In particular, Mokpo National Maritime University, participating in the university-local government cooperation-based regional innovation project, conducted a field-customized future maritime IN talent development education program and produced the first batch (8 students), including marine mechatronics undergraduates, last month.

Recently, as local companies are also showing systemic changes in response to the global demand for specialized design, manufacturing, and operation of eco-friendly ship equipment and convergent manpower, the project group’s transformed talent development has received a positive response.

Kim Yang-gon, Deputy Director of the Eco-friendly Ship Promotion Project Group, said, “Talent development must also change in line with industrial changes,” and pledged, “We will create an educational environment where employment and recruitment can proceed smoothly, ahead of providing quality education.”

In particular, Mokpo National Maritime University and Daehan Shipbuilding entered full-scale talent development through a business agreement for industry-academia cooperation in January.

Through this, the university expects to improve the curriculum to cultivate talents demanded by local industries, while the industry anticipates resolving manpower shortages in shipbuilding and providing opportunities for excellent maritime talent development and career choices.

The Gwangju-Jeonnam Regional Innovation Platform is a project supported by the Ministry of Education, aiming to turn the crisis in the Gwangju and Jeonnam regions into an opportunity by focusing on future industries such as new energy and future transportation devices in response to the 4th Industrial Revolution era, and to resolve local employment through the expansion of customized curricula reflecting social demands.

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