Changwon Special City, National Changwon University and Gyeongnam University Selected as Preliminary Glocal Universities... Achievement of Two Universities

Changwon National University is an Advanced Science and Engineering Research-Oriented University
Gyeongnam National University Leads the National Industrial Complex Digital Transformation

Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam Province, expressed its welcome on the 16th regarding the preliminary designation of National Changwon University and Gyeongnam National University in the Ministry of Education's Glocal University 30 contest project.

On January 22, a 'Changwon City - Six Local Universities Business Agreement Ceremony' was held for regional development and fostering local talent.

The Glocal University 30 contest project is a program that selects 30 non-metropolitan universities to lead regional co-growth by 2026, providing 100 billion KRW per university. On this day, the Ministry of Education announced 33 preliminarily designated universities across 20 institutions, including Changwon University.

The preliminarily designated Changwon University proposed a transition to the Gyeongnam Changwon Specialized Science Institute, a research-centered university for K-defense, nuclear power, and smart manufacturing that will lead the next 50 years of the Changwon National Industrial Complex, in collaboration with the Korea Electric Research Institute and the Korea Institute of Materials Science, based on Changwon’s corporate strengths. This also includes integration with the provincial Geochang College and Namhae College, and the establishment of a Gyeongnam higher education grand integration belt through alliance with Korea Elevator University.

Gyeongnam National University presented a vision for the digital transformation of the Changwon National Industrial Complex to revitalize Changwon, focusing on nurturing digital convergence talents, building a digital ecosystem within the region, and joint development cooperation among government, industry, academia, and research institutes. In particular, it submitted strategies to secure sustainable growth engines through infrastructure construction such as the Ultra-Large AI Global Joint Research Center.

Changwon Special City has actively supported innovation led by universities by establishing a University Innovation Support Team earlier this year, signing business agreements with local universities, holding planning meetings for the preliminary designation of Glocal Universities by each university, and providing data related to regional industries.

Especially, Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, who has experience working at the Ministry of Education, derived innovative planning directions linked to regional industries through several meetings with Park Minwon, President of Changwon University, and Hong Jeonghyo, Vice President for External Affairs of Gyeongnam National University.

Mayor Hong said, “I am very pleased that two universities in the region, partners who will share the great transformation of Changwon industry on the 50th anniversary of the National Industrial Complex this year, have been preliminarily designated as Glocal Universities. We will actively support them together with the local industry and Gyeongnam Province until the final designation.” He added, “We plan to continue supporting other local universities to be designated as Glocal Universities in the future.”

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education will receive implementation plans for the final designation until the end of June and announce the final designated universities in July.

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