Pukyong National University Startup Club Shines... Double Grand Prize Winner at 'Korea Student Startup Week'

Student members of the startup club at Pukyong National University won the grand prize twice in the entrepreneurship education program at the '2025 2nd Korea Student Startup Week'.

This event was co-hosted by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and ICT, and involved 44 leading universities for innovation in entrepreneurship education (SCOUT) nationwide, as well as the Korea Professional Football League and the Korea Baseball Organization. The program was designed as an ESG-based entrepreneurship idea education initiative linked with local sports teams. It was held in the vicinity of Chungnam National University from July 12 to July 18, 2025.

The Pukyong National University startup club students won the grand prize in both the '2025 KBO NINE' and '2025 The K-League' programs. In '2025 KBO NINE', Jung Minyoung and Kim Taekyung from the Department of Business Administration, Kim Jihye, Kwon Ijin, and Kim Haryoung from the Department of Design, Kim Chaeyeon and Seok Jiyoon from the Global Interdisciplinary Studies Department, and Choi Daneyoung from the Department of Computer and Artificial Intelligence Engineering, developed an ESG entrepreneurship idea in collaboration with the Lotte Giants, which received high praise.

In '2025 The K-League', Park Yeji and Kim Gyubin from the Department of Smart Healthcare, and Park Sojeong from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and IT Convergence, collaborated with Busan IPark and were selected for the grand prize with a startup idea that incorporated expert mentoring.

Ryu Jiyeol, head of the SCOUT project group for entrepreneurship education innovation at Pukyong National University, emphasized, "We will actively support students so that their creative ideas can lead to actual startups."

In this program, Pukyong National University (as the host) and University of Ulsan (as a participant), both members of the southeastern region SCOUT consortium, received the grand prize, while Gyeongsang National University was awarded the excellence prize and the encouragement prize, respectively.

The team from Pukyong National University that won the grand prize at the Korea Student Startup Week.

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