Soonchunhyang University Completes Construction of 'Chungnam Glocal Industry-Academia-Research Shared Campus'

Mobility, Medibio, Carbon Neutrality New Industry Creation and Youth Startup Innovation Hub Complex Development

Sunchonhyang University, a prospective designated Glocal University 30, held the completion ceremony for the 'Chungnam Glocal Industry-Academia-Research Shared Campus' and officially began the project.

Suncheonhyang University, a prospective designated university among the Glocal University 30, held a completion ceremony for the ‘Chungnam Glocal Industry-Academia-Research Shared Campus’ and officially launched the project.

The ‘Chungnam Glocal Industry-Academia-Research Shared Campus,’ established on a new university site of approximately 33,000 pyeong, is a campus where local government, industry, academia, and research institutions share resources to lead regional innovation by strengthening the global competitiveness of Chungnam’s new industries. It will create specialized zones for mobility, medibio, carbon-neutral new industries, and a youth startup innovation hub, which are the region-university specialized fields.

The Glocal Industry-Academia-Research Shared Campus consists of △Chungnam Local Industry-Academia-Research Shared Campus (LOCAL) and △Chungnam-type Global Industry-Academia-Research Shared Campus (GLOBAL). It will serve as a ‘gateway’ connecting Chungnam and global advanced cities, functioning as a core cluster for local government, industry, academia, and research, and is expected to become the center for realizing a regional mega economic zone.

The ‘Chungnam Local Industry-Academia-Research Shared Campus’ is composed of three zones: △Glocal Education and Research Shared Innovation Complex △R&SD Cluster Park △Campus Art Valley. Through shared educational programs with major universities in Chungnam, all universities will share cutting-edge research infrastructure and specialized curricula.

In particular, to establish itself as a global success platform serving as a hub for local government, industry, academia, and research cooperation, government and private research institutes, anchor companies, startups, and innovation organizations will support pre-early-stage startup technologies in advanced industrial fields.

Additionally, to play a central role in building governance for local government, industry, academia, and research cooperation, Chungnam residents, universities, industries, and venture startup investment institutions have jointly created a Glocal Mega Fund of 203 billion KRW.

The ‘Chungnam-type Glocal Industry-Academia-Research Shared Campus’ will establish shared campuses in world-leading cities and attract foreign university campuses to Chungnam, serving as a base camp for research exchanges with advanced global cities through global joint research and technology research.

Through this, outstanding local talents will be dispatched to the ‘Chungnam-type Glocal Industry-Academia-Research Shared Campus’ to experience industries in advanced innovation cities and then settle in Chungnam equipped with global capabilities, driving the globalization of Chungnam’s industries and technologies.

As the first step, Suncheonhyang University plans to dispatch about 300 freshmen in 24 minor-major teams to Manchester in the UK, Malm? in Sweden, and Munich in Germany through the Pre-GRP in June and July this year.

President Kim Seung-woo said, “Through the establishment of the Glocal Industry-Academia-Research Shared Campus, we aim to achieve the top domestic rank in global competitiveness of Chungnam’s new industries and start new innovations hand in hand with the region,” adding, “We will actively strive to achieve a youth population of 900,000 in Chungnam by 2030 and maximize the glocal competitiveness of Chungnam’s new industries through the Glocal Industry-Academia-Research Shared Campus.”

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