Southeast Startup Hub Universities Form Cooperative Network for Startup Collaboration

Pukyong National University, Gyeongsang National University, and UNIST
Sign MOU to Boost Startup Ecosystem
Joint Efforts to Strengthen Southeast Region's University-Based Startup Education

Universities representing the startup sector in the Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam regions have joined forces to strengthen local startup education.

Pukyong National University, Gyeongsang National University, and UNIST jointly held the 'Southeast Startup Hub University Cooperative Network Seminar' on August 7, 2025, at the Lavalse Hotel in Busan, with officials from startup support departments and related offices in attendance.

This seminar was organized by the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundations of Pukyong National University (headed by Jin Yeongeup), Gyeongsang National University (headed by Choi Byeonggeun), and UNIST (headed by Kim Youngsik). The goal was to pool their capabilities in startup education and support, create an efficient university-based startup education ecosystem in the Southeast region, and collaborate on the full-scale implementation of startup education.

To this end, the three universities signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the same day to promote startup activation, diversify entrepreneurship education, and strengthen resource sharing and cooperation systems among universities. Through this agreement, each university plans to expand cooperation by jointly utilizing startup infrastructure, collaborating on extracurricular programs, and sharing startup education content, thereby building a regionally based startup education ecosystem together.

Pukyong National University and Gyeongsang National University are already participating together in the 'Laboratory-Based Startup Leading University (SPRINT) Project' and the 'Startup Education Innovation Leading University (SCOUT) Project' consortiums. With this agreement, they aim to expand cooperation with UNIST and further solidify their status as leading universities for startup education in the Southeast region.

Jin Yeongeup, head of the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation at Pukyong National University, emphasized, "Based on the discussed collaborative tasks in the startup field, we will strengthen the connection between the region and universities for startups and develop into a Southeast university startup hub that links startup education to regional startups."

Officials from Pukyong National University, Gyeongsang National University, and UNIST are signing a business agreement to promote startup activation.

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