Pukyong National University and University of Comoros in Africa Sign MOU for International Academic Exchange

Cooperation in Student Exchange, Joint Research, and Academic Information Exchange

Pukyong National University (President: Jang Youngsoo) and the University of Comoros in Africa (President: Ibroihim Ali Tabibou) signed an international academic exchange MOU on the 4th.

Kim Youngbok, Vice President of National Pukyong University (left), and Ibroi Ali Tabibu, President of Comoros University, are signing an MOU and posing for a commemorative photo.

On this day, the two universities signed the MOU at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, agreeing to cooperate on student exchanges related to joint educational programs such as fisheries science, joint research, and academic information exchange.

The University of Comoros, located in Moroni, the capital of the African island nation Comoros, is a comprehensive public university with approximately 4,500 students.

Through this agreement, the two universities plan to collaborate on educational activities including: ▲strengthening the fisheries science program ▲developing joint educational programs ▲joint research and development in fisheries and aquaculture sectors ▲joint monitoring of vulnerable/endangered fishery resources.

Pukyong National University is exhibiting one of the two coelacanth specimens donated by the Comoros government to the Korean government in 1985 at its university museum.

The coelacanth, which appeared in ancient times, is the oldest surviving jawed fish and is known as a "living fossil."

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