Dongmyeong University SW-Centered University Project Group, SW Project Final Evaluation 'Excellent'

Dongmyung University (President Jeon Ho-hwan) SW-Centered University Project Group (Director Jo Mi-kyung) was recently selected as an "Excellent" university in the final evaluation of the SW-Centered University Project, supported by the Ministry of Science and ICT and hosted by the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation.

Dongmyung University.

Dongmyung University SW-Centered University was the first private university in the southeastern region to be selected for the SW-Centered University Project in 2018. Over the past six years, it has received approximately 14 billion KRW in national and municipal funding to cultivate outstanding SW convergence talents and promote the value of software in the local community.

The university implemented industry-friendly SW education by completely overhauling the SW education system to reflect industry demands, mandating participation in internships by academic year, and requiring participation in industry-academia projects with companies before graduation.

Through tailored education based on skill levels, SW competency enhancement, and operation of the TU SW Honors Club, the TOPCIT (official SW competency test) scores of enrolled students have improved by an average of over 100% in the past three years. The university also achieved remarkable results such as winning sponsor awards at joint hackathons for SW-Centered Universities, excellence awards, special awards at AI competitions, and excellence awards at the SW Talent Festival.

Additionally, the university has fostered students' global SW competencies through project-based online global SW education with students from California State University and Delhi University in India, as well as a four-week dispatch education program at Purdue University and USC in the United States.

Programs to spread SW value in the Busan area have also been operated for many years. These include the Geumryeonsan Youth SW Camp, artificial intelligence education for middle schools under the free semester system, and training courses for SW education instructors targeting women with career interruptions, all of which have become very popular programs.

Due to these six years of specialized SW talent cultivation education, program operation for value dissemination, and outstanding achievements, the university was selected as an "Excellent" university in the final evaluation.

Through this selection as an excellent university, Dongmyung University is expected to further strengthen its role as an IT-specialized university cultivating essential SW convergence talents for this era by securing the POST SW-Centered University Project.

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