Pukyong National University College of Engineering and Next Generation Entrepreneurs Club Sign Industry-Academic Cooperation Agreement

The College of Engineering at Pukyong National University and the Next Generation Entrepreneurs Club have signed an agreement to create local job opportunities and promote economic development in the Busan region.

On the 14th, the College of Engineering at Pukyong National University and the Next Generation Entrepreneurs Club held an industry-academia cooperation agreement ceremony at the Grand Moment Youth Hostel to foster talent tailored to the local community.

Through this agreement, the College of Engineering at Pukyong National University and the Next Generation Entrepreneurs Club will collaborate to create jobs by nurturing and recruiting talent customized for the local community, leading the economic development of the Busan region and promoting mutual growth.

The two organizations plan to actively cooperate on efforts for mutual growth aimed at the development of the Busan region, including ▲establishing a cooperative system for joint research and development ▲exchanging industry-academia technology and jointly utilizing research facilities and equipment ▲opening and operating educational programs to nurture local talent reflecting corporate demands ▲and promoting events for hiring local company talent.

Dean Wang Jepil (fifth from the right) and Chairman Kim Giduk (center), along with other attendees of the agreement ceremony, are taking a group commemorative photo.

Wang Jepil, Dean of the College of Engineering, said, “I hope this will be a great opportunity for Pukyong National University engineering students to explore and support hidden champions and small but strong companies in the Busan area.”

Kim Giduk, Chairman of the Next Generation Entrepreneurs Club, said, “I hope today’s meeting will serve as a catalyst to resolve the mismatch between employment supply and demand between students and companies, allowing excellent talent to stay in the Busan area and drive the region’s economic development.”

The Next Generation Entrepreneurs Club is a group of businesspeople united in their commitment to the sustainable economic development and prosperity of the Busan region. It started in 2008 and currently has about 150 businesspeople as members.

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