Ulsan City Selected for Pilot Project to Establish Full-Cycle Supply System for Hydrogen Industry

Ministry of Science and ICT Announces 'Pilot Project for Establishing Industry-Academia-Research Cooperation'

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Ulsan City is embarking on an industry-academia collaboration project to establish a full-cycle supply system for the hydrogen industry.

On the 13th, Ulsan City announced that it had been selected for the ‘Pilot Project for Establishing Industry-Academia Collaboration Platforms’ organized by the Ministry of Science and ICT.

This project was designed to activate a virtuous cycle ecosystem for regional development by enhancing the region’s scientific and technological innovation capabilities through the establishment of a sustainable industry-academia collaboration platform. To this end, Ulsan City will support workforce training, new technology development, technology transfer, and innovative startups.

In June, the Ministry of Science and ICT pre-selected a total of eight consortia?two from each of the four regions (Chungcheong, Daegu-Gangwon, Honam-Jeju, and Southeast)?targeting consortia jointly led by regional universities and government-funded research institutes.

Following evaluation, four collaborative bodies from the four regions were finally selected. In the Southeast region, the consortium formed by the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, supported by Ulsan City and centered on its Ulsan headquarters along with Pusan National University, was selected. They secured 11.25 billion KRW in national funding through December 2027.

Ulsan City will provide 2.95 billion KRW in local government funds (2.5 billion KRW from Ulsan City and 450 million KRW from Busan City) to ensure the sustainability of workforce training and technological advancement related to the full-cycle hydrogen technology (hydrogen production, storage, and utilization), a key regional growth industry, through close cooperation with Busan City.

The main projects include ▲ establishing a jointly operated graduate school by Pusan National University and the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology ▲ advancing hydrogen technologies (production, storage, utilization) ▲ technology transfer and startups.

The graduate school, jointly operated with Pusan National University, will be established and operated in Ulsan, tasked with attracting outstanding young talent to Ulsan and retraining excellent personnel from industries. Recruitment for new graduate students is planned to begin in September next year.

An official from Ulsan City stated, “By establishing a hydrogen-specialized convergence graduate school in the Ulsan region, we expect to have a positive impact on regional development by fostering excellent talent through practical, hydrogen-related education and utilizing convergence and complex infrastructure, as well as advancing related technologies.”

Ulsan City Hall.

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