Kyungbok University Partners with Namyangju City for '6 Advanced Industry Education Collaborations'

Kim Kyung-bok, Acting President of Kyungbok University (right), is taking a commemorative photo with Joo Gwang-deok, Mayor of Namyangju, after signing a business agreement at the Namyangju Campus on the 15th.

[Asia Economy (Namyangju) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Kyungbok University has joined hands with Namyangju City to cooperate on education in six T fields, including youth biotechnology (BT).

Kyungbok University announced on the 16th that it signed a business agreement with Namyangju City on the 15th at the Udangwan International Conference Room on the Namyangju campus to implement a field-oriented education project linked to the 6T industry for youth.

This business agreement was promoted as part of a policy project to nurture young talent in the 6T fields, aiming to resolve manpower shortages in companies and create settlement conditions so that youth can play a leading role in future food industries.

The 6T industries refer to six advanced industries leading the future: ▲Biotechnology (BT) ▲Nanotechnology (NT) ▲Cultural Content Technology (CT) ▲Information Technology (IT) ▲Environmental Engineering Technology (ET) ▲Aerospace Technology (ST).

In particular, recently, nurturing young talent in the 6T fields and attracting advanced companies have emerged as major agendas in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

According to the agreement, the two institutions will join forces to jointly promote government-academia projects necessary for field-oriented education linked to the youth 6T industry, support youth technical education to resolve the shortage of skilled personnel in excellent industries and expand local talent employment, and actively exchange human and material resources to revitalize youth employment and entrepreneurship.

Kim Kyung-bok, Acting President of Kyungbok University, said, "Namyangju City is located in a key area of the metropolitan area and is a city with great potential in the 6T industry. Through this agreement, I hope that Namyangju City and we will put our heads together and promote projects jointly to achieve a win-win outcome." He emphasized, "The 6T industry is the core of the 4th Industrial Revolution era, and it is a field our university focuses on. We will concentrate the university's capabilities in cooperation with Namyangju City to nurture young talent in the local community."

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