Professor Choi Jaeyoung of Youngjin College Receives Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award... Fostering Talented Professionals in the Exhibition Industry

Professor Choi Jaeyoung of the Interior Design Department at Yeungjin College in Daegu received the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award for his contributions to nurturing young exhibition designers and the balanced development of the exhibition industry.

Professor Choi was awarded the commendation from the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy at the ‘3rd Exhibition Industry Day Ceremony’ held by the Korea Exhibition Industry Promotion Association on the 8th at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.

Professor Choi Jae-young of Youngjin College receiving the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award.

Yeungjin College is the only regional college to have established and operated the ‘Exhibition Design Major (Interior Design Department)’ since 2016, producing high-quality exhibition designers essential to the domestic MICE industry.

The MICE industry, which includes Meetings, Incentive tours, large-scale Conventions, and Exhibitions, is growing into a ‘high value-added industry that lays golden eggs.’

Professor Choi has actively led the development of talent required in the exhibition industry by signing ‘customized education agreements’ with 24 exhibition design-related companies nationwide and has taken the lead in the development of the exhibition industry and industry-academia cooperation in the exhibition field.

He contributed to establishing an educational system in the exhibition design field by newly developing the national competency standards for exhibition design, ‘Exhibition Design NCS,’ publishing educational materials, and developing the ‘Exhibition Designer Qualification Course’ together with the Korea Exhibition Design Installation Association to create an environment recognizing the professionalism of exhibition industry workers.

In particular, students majoring in ‘Exhibition Design’ under Professor Choi’s guidance have demonstrated overwhelming skills both domestically and internationally by winning the grand prize, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award, six times over seven years from 2016 to 2022 in the ‘University Student Exhibition Design Competition,’ where students from 2- and 4-year universities nationwide compete.

Professor Choi said, “There are only three universities in Korea with exhibition design departments, and the supply of exhibition design personnel is very insufficient compared to demand. Our college recognized the importance of the exhibition design industry early on and established the Exhibition Design Major, producing ‘practical exhibition designers’ who have received very positive evaluations from industry. We will devote ourselves further to education and industry-academia cooperation that can grow together with exhibition design companies.”

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