Suncheon National University, Selected as 'Glocal University', Opens Advanced Materials Gwangyang Campus

Sunchon National University has completed the opening of five Jisan-Hak (regional industry-academia) campuses, a project initiated following its selection as one of the Glocal University 30.

On the 27th, Sunchon National University held an opening ceremony for the Advanced Materials Gwangyang Campus at the Gwangyang Bay Area Parts and Materials Knowledge Industry Center.

Sunchon National University held an opening ceremony for the Advanced Materials Gwangyang Campus on the 27th. Photo by Sunchon National University

The Gwangyang Campus is equipped with lecture rooms, research offices for industry-academia collaboration-focused professors, an industry-academia cooperation office, as well as experimental equipment and training facilities such as a robot laser system room and a secondary battery system room.

With a focus on the region's specialized industry in advanced materials, the campus aims to nurture 200 resident young talents, foster 100 leading local small and medium-sized enterprises, secure 500 lifelong education students, and attract 100 international students.

The Gwangyang Campus will remain at the Knowledge Industry Center until 2026, after which it will relocate to a newly constructed 4,400-square-meter Advanced New Materials Research Center on the reclaimed land in Jung-dong, Gwangyang.

Prior to this, Sunchon National University had already opened the Green Smart Farm and Aerospace Goheung Campus, the Green Bio Seungju (Sunchon) Campus, and the Animation and Cultural Contents Sunchon Campus.

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