Chonnam National University’s ‘Bitgreen Industry-Academia Convergence Campus’ Fully Operational

Chonnam National University’s Bitgreen Industry-Academia Convergence Campus will enter full-scale operation in the upcoming second semester.

As an industry-academia cooperation model where the university and companies collaborate to nurture talent in ‘future mobility,’ synergy is expected in industry-linked research and practical talent development.

Chonnam National University announced on the 1st that it recently received final approval from the Ministry of Education to establish the Bitgreen Industry-Academia Convergence Campus.

The AI Convergence College’s Department of Intelligent Mobility Convergence (undergraduate) and Department of Future Mobility Convergence (graduate school) will relocate to the Bitgreen Industry-Academia Convergence Campus and operate industry-linked curricula with future mobility companies starting from the second semester.

The Bitgreen Industry-Academia Convergence Campus is located on approximately 16,500㎡ at 672 Samgeo-dong, Gwangju Metropolitan City, equipped with lecture rooms, research labs, experimental practice rooms, and state-of-the-art educational research equipment.

Fifty companies have moved into the corporate research center linked to the campus, planning to jointly conduct research and development and practical talent training with the university.

Chonnam National University has made various efforts to play a leading role in the future mobility field.

Starting with being selected in 2020 for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s Gwangju Bitgreen Industry-Academia Convergence District project, establishing infrastructure and cooperation systems for industry-academia collaboration within the Bitgreen Industrial Complex, the university established the ‘Department of Intelligent Mobility Convergence’ in 2021 to take the lead in nurturing future mobility talent.

The ‘Department of Intelligent Mobility Convergence’ is Chonnam National University’s representative department for future mobility, possessing excellent faculty, abundant educational infrastructure, and specialized capabilities.

It has played a leading role in the future transportation equipment sector in the Ministry of Education-led Gwangju-Jeonnam Regional Innovation Platform project, and this year was selected for the inter-ministerial talent nurturing project led by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

Through this, it will receive 1.3 billion KRW in national funding by 2025 and embark on nurturing innovative talent in future automobiles. With outstanding capabilities, it has been included in the Ministry of Education’s advanced department expansion target and will select 60 freshmen, an increase of 20 students, starting from the 2024 academic year.

Jeong Seong-taek, President of Chonnam National University, stated, “We expect the Bitgreen Industry-Academia Convergence Campus to serve as a hub leading the future mobility industry. Chonnam National University will strive to nurture talent and create an academic ecosystem leading the future mobility field in cooperation with local industry, academia, and research institutions, spearheaded by the Department of Intelligent Mobility Convergence.”

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