Aligning the 'Talent Code' with New Industries... Dong-Eui University LINC 3.0 Project Group Cultivates Customized Talent through Industry-Academia-Research Collaboration

Cultivating Convergent Innovative Talent Based on Dong-Eui University's Specialized Professor Model 'Collabo X-Face'

Building the Southeast Region Bio Belt in Collaboration with 9 Universities in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam Areas

Nine universities in the Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam regions, including Dong-Eui University, have launched collaboration to establish the Southeast Bio Belt for technology development and talent cultivation.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Dong-Eui University (President Han Su-hwan) is establishing a strategic industry-academia-research cooperation brand to lead a new innovative ecosystem in emerging industries beyond the diversity and changes of the 4th Industrial Revolution era.

In line with the university vision of "a university that innovates creatively and leads changes in the world," Dong-Eui University is implementing enhanced education and industry-academia-research cooperation projects to nurture creative talents who can lead new industry trends and contribute to the local community.

Dong-Eui University places emphasis on cultivating talents tailored to new industries through industry-academia-research linked education. Based on the specialized teaching model called Collabo X-Face, which expands Dong-Eui University’s Collabo education philosophy, the university strengthens convergence education customized to social demands to focus on nurturing innovative talents.

Collabo X-Face is an educational model that combines collaboration in educational content, educational agents, and educational methods with industry-academia-research linked teaching methods.

To this end, the university explained that it is intensively operating core talent development education directly linked to employment and entrepreneurship through the ‘Industry-Academia-Research Linked Master Curriculum System,’ composed of specialized technical courses, industry-academia collaboration courses, PM courses, and advanced industry-academia-research linked courses. This includes developing and operating WG-based specialized technical convergence track courses, advancing capstone design, and expanding standardized field training.

Additionally, various collaborative programs are being promoted with diverse participants, such as data scientist education and AI-based smart city courses specialized for the 4th Industrial Revolution, an online relay course focused on enhancing academic convergence capabilities, special lectures on innovative teaching methods in the metaverse field for developing innovative industry-academia-research linked teaching methods, and microdegree courses to activate convergence education.

Global industry-academia-research linked education seminars are also held to enhance students’ global competitiveness, embodying the university’s capabilities in improving convergence competencies.

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Lee Im-geon, head of Dong-Eui University’s LINC 3.0 Project Group, said, “Based on basic-intermediate-application courses, we focus on nurturing field-adapted talents through a process that progresses from acquiring practical knowledge centered on theory and discussion to laboratory practice, projects, capstone design, and field training.”

Dong-Eui University’s LINC 3.0 project also has distinct characteristics in shared collaboration between industry, academia, and research. To expand shared collaboration, the university is concretizing joint program promotion based on a comprehensive cooperative network among universities, serving as a shared collaboration hub in the southeastern region.

To this end, the LINC 3.0 Project Group has established a Shared Collaboration Center (Director Yoo Hyung-sook) and links platforms such as the Convergence Parts and Materials ICC, Bio-Tissue Regeneration ICC, SW Certification ICC, and Biohealth Innovation Shared University platform. Along with nurturing practical talents, they conduct value-oriented shared collaboration projects including 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 (Gyeongsang National University, Kyungsung University, Dong-A University, Dong-Eui University, Pukyong National University, Busan Catholic University, Pusan National University, Ulsan University, and Inje University) have jointly established the ‘Southeastern Bio Belt.’

They are fostering a university-centered specialized biohealthcare industry by linking and utilizing research achievements, technologies, and human and material resources in the bio field held by each university. To this end, in February this year, they signed a memorandum of understanding on ‘University Shared Collaboration for Activating the Southeastern Bio Belt’ in the conference room on the 2nd floor of Dong-Eui University’s main building.

The LINC 3.0 Project Group at Dong-Eui University operates a Capstone Design course to enhance students' problem-solving skills and multidimensional thinking abilities through the entire process of team projects, including idea generation, planning, design, and production. On December 6th, the LINC 3.0 Project Group held the "2022 2nd Semester Capstone Design Competition" at the PRIME Multipurpose Convention Hall on the first floor of the Industry-Academic Cooperation Building.

By combining the specialized fields each university possesses, they collaborate on △joint development and operation of talent nurturing programs through biohealth education △mutual cooperation for talent development to advance the biohealth industry △talent nurturing by linking the southeastern biohealth sector’s capabilities with nationwide shared university hubs △sharing specialized biomedical education curriculum and shared university infrastructure △development of ICT convergence technologies and talent nurturing for use in smart medical devices and medical fields.

The universities participating in the belt have specialized fields including livestock and agricultural bio, fisheries bio, traditional Korean medicine bio, smart bio, biomedical, smart healthcare, digital healthcare, digital therapeutics, anti-aging, AI big data (medical and medical), bio-tissue ICC (corporate collaboration center), life care ICC, medical device ICC, biohealth materials ICC, smart health ICC, pharmaceuticals, pharmacy, medicine, and Korean medicine.

Lee Im-geon, head of Dong-Eui University’s LINC+ Project Group, said, “The bio belt industry is attracting attention as a promising future industry amid issues such as aging population intensification, infectious disease spread, and rising income levels in emerging countries. Through building networks between universities and companies, technological innovation, and technology sharing, productivity improvement and practical talent development in the biohealthcare field are expected.”

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