Changwon Mayor Hong Nam-pyo: "Outstanding Talents Will Contribute to the Creation of Changwon Industrial Innovation Park"

Changwon University Selected as SW-Centered University, Secures 5.5 Billion KRW (Up to 6 Years) in National Funding for Software Education Innovation

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam announced on the 22nd that Changwon National University has been finally selected for the ‘2024 Software-Centered University’ program, which was publicly recruited by the Ministry of Science and ICT to foster creative software convergence talents who will lead the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Hong Nampyo, Changwon Special Mayor.

The Ministry of Science and ICT announced that it has selected 17 new universities (15 general, 2 specialized) as recipients of the ‘2024 Software (SW) Centered University’ support program. Among them, Changwon National University, with fewer than 10,000 enrolled students, applied for the specialized track, which provides annual support of around 1 billion KRW (500 million KRW in the first year) and up to six years of funding (4+2 years). Competing at a ratio of 4 to 1, the university was selected as one of the final two institutions.

The Software-Centered University program, which began in 2015, aims to innovate university education systems with a focus on software in response to industry demands, and to nurture software professionals and convergence talents that meet the needs for new technologies such as AI. Through field-oriented major education, expansion of software convergence personnel, and programs to spread the value of software, the project has produced 48,969 software major graduates and 34,136 convergence talents over the past nine years (2015?2023).

With Changwon National University being selected for the specialized track this time, it is expected that the training of talents who will lead AI, software, and digital transformation (DX) will accelerate even further, alongside Gyeongnam University, which was selected for the general track of the Software-Centered University program in 2023 and is currently making efforts to foster outstanding talents.

Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, stated, “As local university students have been moving to other regions for education due to the poor educational environment in fields such as AI and software, the selection of the Software-Centered University is expected to attract not only local students but also those from other regions. It is also anticipated to contribute to the creation of the Changwon Industrial Innovation Park, which will lead the next 50 years of Korea’s future by nurturing world-class software professionals and convergence talents.”

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