"Fostering Talent Sought by Industry and the Future" ... Dong-Eui University LINC 3.0 Project Group Launches New Industry-University-Research Cooperation Brand

Dong-Eui University.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Dong-Eui University (President Han Su-hwan) is breaking through the limitations of regional universities and pioneering industry-academia-research cooperation projects in the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam (Bu-Ul-Gyeong) area with unstoppable momentum.

Dong-Eui University was selected for the LINC+ Project (Leaders in Industry-university Cooperation) in 2017 and invested about 20 billion KRW over five years to introduce a convergence-based collaborative education system.

The university is establishing a comprehensive foundation including industry-friendly organizations, infrastructure, and corporate support policies, solidifying its position as a leading university of the 4th Industrial Revolution among universities in the Bu-Ul-Gyeong region. In April this year, it was selected for the 3rd phase of the Industry-Academia-Research Cooperation Leading University Development Project (LINC 3.0), hosted by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea. The university is taking vigorous steps with the project goals of advancing workforce development to meet industry and future society demands and revitalizing corporate support.

Starting this year, Dong-Eui University is receiving a total of about 24 billion KRW over six years, focusing investment on core projects aimed at ‘activating industry-academia cooperation and technology commercialization based on enterprise-department convergence.’ This is linked to the core strategic task of ‘building an evolutionary industry-academia cooperation ecosystem’ under the university’s Dong-Eui Vision 2025.

To achieve the LINC 3.0 project goal of ‘activating industry-academia cooperation and technology commercialization based on enterprise-department convergence,’ Dong-Eui University is applying a strategic model that further advances its new industry-centered industry-academia-research cooperation brand. The university explained that based on a well-structured platform of industry-academia-research cooperation systems, organizations, and performance management, it is conducting customized technology commercialization and advanced field workforce development tailored to corporate demands.

First, Dong-Eui University is creating core outcomes centered on WG (Working Group), an industry-academia cooperation community unit organization combining departments, companies, and research institutes. Through WG, three engineering colleges?the College of IT Convergence Components and Materials Engineering, the College of ICT Engineering, and the College of Engineering?form consultative bodies with ICCs (Industry coupled Cooperation Centers), companies, institutions, and research institutes, promoting talent development education based on corporate needs, corporate support projects, joint industry-academia research, technology commercialization, and startups.

To support this, the university is building educational infrastructure such as Makersville for prototype production, bidirectional remote teaching classrooms, and co-teaching classrooms for industry-academia joint team teaching, as well as specialized equipment at the Convergence Components and Biomaterial Regeneration Core Research Support Center.

Additionally, for corporate support, the LINC 3.0 project team operates various programs through the Family Company Cooperation Center, including discovering new paid family companies, managing the POOL, needs matching and feedback, employee training, technology transfer, providing excellent personnel, and linking with national projects.

Dong-Eui University assigns specialized professor mentors by industry to provide support and feedback services responding to corporate demands. It also continuously hosts events such as the Dong-Eui Paid Family Company Festival, joint industry-academia technology performance presentations, and technology matching days to create opportunities for corporate networking and technology exchange.

Industry-academia-research linked education focuses on nurturing talent tailored to new industries. Based on basic, advanced, and applied courses, the process emphasizes cultivating field-adapted talent through theoretical and discussion-centered practical knowledge acquisition, laboratory practice, projects, capstone design, and field training.

Through the ‘Industry-Academia-Research Linked Master Curriculum,’ composed of specialized technical courses, industry-academia collaboration courses, PM courses, and advanced industry-academia-research linked courses, the university intensively operates core talent development education directly linked to employment and entrepreneurship, including WG-based specialized technical convergence track development and operation, capstone design advancement, and expansion of standardized field training.

The university’s LINC 3.0 project also shows distinct characteristics in shared collaboration among industry, academia, and research.

It has established platforms such as the Convergence Components and Materials ICC, Biomaterial Regeneration ICC, SW Certification ICC, and the Biohealth Innovation Shared University platform, conducting value-oriented shared collaboration projects including practical talent development, shared equipment operation, research and development, technological innovation, corporate consulting, and employee training.

Along with Dong-Eui University, nine universities in the Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam regions jointly established the ‘Southeast Bio Belt,’ linking research achievements, technologies, and human and material resources in the bio field possessed by each university to foster a university-centered specialized biohealthcare industry.

The inauguration ceremony of the Busan Power Semiconductor Talent Development Shared University, jointly operated by 13 universities in the Busan area including Dong-Eui University under the LINC 3.0 Project Group and Busan Technopark, is being held on November 15.

On the 10th of last month, the Dong-Eui University LINC 3.0 project team and 13 other universities’ LINC 3.0 project teams in the Busan area held the ‘Power Semiconductor Talent Development Center Opening Ceremony’ with the participation of each university’s LINC 3.0 project directors and Busan Technopark officials. On the 15th of the same month, the ‘Busan Area Power Semiconductor Talent Development Shared University Agreement’ was signed at Busan City Hotel with the attendance of Busan Mayor Park Hyung-joon, officials from the Ministry of Education, and the National Research Foundation of Korea.

Accordingly, projects such as ▲joint operation of power semiconductor talent development education ▲joint operation of employee training for semiconductor-related companies ▲joint operation of semiconductor experience education and camps for high school students ▲joint use of curricula and content will be carried out.

The Busan Area Power Semiconductor Shared University plans to operate 10 track courses including materials, design, process, and packaging starting next year, nurturing about 300 semiconductor specialists annually, including local university students, company employees, and high school students. Dong-Eui University’s Power Semiconductor Talent Development Center will serve as the hub of the shared university, overseeing overall operation and networking.

Lee Im-geon, head of Dong-Eui University’s LINC 3.0 project team, said, “Through the LINC 3.0 project, we are securing the sustainability of a new industry-tailored talent development system and focusing on creating an industry-academia-research cooperation brand by further strengthening corporate support and shared collaboration platforms. We plan to measure industry-academia-research cooperation performance using an independent evaluation model called the DI index and improve outcomes through a stepwise performance management system.”

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