Jeonnam National University Contract Department Leading University Project Group Takes First Step Toward Successful Project Implementation

The First Project of the Year: 'Current Students' Competency Enhancement Industrial Field Off-Campus Education' Conducted

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Smart Plant Contract Department Leading University Project Group at Chonnam National University has taken its first step toward successful project implementation.

The Chonnam National University Leading University Project Group announced on the 25th that it conducted off-campus industrial field education to enhance the capabilities of enrolled students as its first project of the year.

The industrial field education for enhancing students' capabilities was prepared under the supervision of the Smart Plant Contract Department Leading University Project Group, with the efforts and active cooperation of the department's faculty and staff.

The program was held in places such as Gyeongju and Pohang, with 51 first-year students from three departments participating.

The purpose was to strengthen students' academic capabilities by fostering interest in their studies through understanding electrical energy in daily life and providing an opportunity to comprehend renewable energy in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, thereby encouraging the setting of greater goals and a sense of purpose.

Various programs were conducted, including tours of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power plants and POSCO, workplace etiquette education such as image-making in the workplace, and team-building activities to boost confidence and teamwork among students, which drew high concentration and positive responses from the participants.

Project Group Director Kim Jeongyeop said, “Although daily life has returned to normal, concerns about COVID-19 remain, so there were many restrictions and difficulties in preparing the event,” adding, “Motivating students to achieve their individual goals and improving teamwork, which can greatly assist their future school and workplace life, were necessary reasons for conducting this program.”

He continued, “Seeing the students' enthusiastic response to participatory education that allows them to experience and feel the field rather than just knowledge-based instruction made our faculty and researchers think we need to work even harder.”

Professor Lee Chungu, who oversaw the preparation of the industrial field education, said, “Seeing the students' interest and passion turned the difficulties during the preparation period into a sense of fulfillment,” and added, “We will strive even more for the academic improvement and goal achievement of the participating students.”

Meanwhile, the early employment-type contract department is a department operated to simultaneously satisfy the desires of high school graduates for both higher education and early employment by securing excellent talent early who possess basic corporate literacy and foundational major knowledge.

Before admission, university and companies conduct joint interviews to confirm hiring, and after completing the first-year curriculum (60 credits), students spend the second and third years as working professionals, combining work and study to develop practical skills (60 credits) in a three-year program, culminating in a Bachelor of Engineering degree upon graduation.

Students can secure employment in good positions at innovative small and medium-sized enterprises, while companies can resolve manpower supply imbalances through early recruitment of excellent talent, fostering mutual growth between job seekers and companies.

Currently, Chonnam National University operates three departments: Mechanical IT Convergence Engineering, Smart Convergence Process Engineering, and Smart Electrical Control Engineering.

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