Gyeongnam National University Selected for Gyeongsangnam-do RISE Pilot Project ... Achieving University Innovation Success

Gyeongnam National University is actively participating in the RISE project, a new university innovation support system aimed at driving the co-growth of the region and the university.

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As the university's innovation efforts to nurture talent in response to changes in industrial economic structures and technological convergence bear fruit, it has gained further momentum in being finally selected as a '2024 Glocal University.'

Gyeongsangnam-do and the Gyeongsangnam-do Lifelong Education Promotion Institute for Talent have announced the '2024 RISE Pilot Project' to establish the 'Gyeongnam-type RISE project model' and have completed the selection of lead universities in the fields of ▲industrial skilled workforce development in aviation and shipbuilding ▲establishment of industry-focused lifelong education systems ▲foreign student workforce development ▲industry-academia joint research and manufacturing workforce development.

So far, Gyeongnam National University has focused on securing regional industrial competitiveness and developing core convergence parts and materials as the lead institution for the 'Future-type Automobile Technology Convergence Innovation Talent Development Project,' even establishing a Department of Future Automobiles to foster technical talent.

The field selected is 'industry-academia joint research and manufacturing workforce development,' with the proposal titled 'Future-type Automobile Core Convergence Parts Technology Innovation Talent Development.' This project aims to transform the region's key industry, the 'automobile parts industry,' into the 'future-type automobile industry,' and to promote educational innovation, industry-academia joint technology research and development, and the advancement of talent development systems to support this transformation.

First, to cultivate specialized talent in future-type automobile core convergence parts, an 'industry-academia-research institute linked curriculum' will be operated. The 'Planetary Gear' model, which organically integrates 'teaching methods,' 'shared collaboration,' and 'teaching innovation' in the fields of environmental and smart automobiles, autonomous driving/SW, and the 'LETSGO (eLEcTric, Smart, Green autO)' education model, which enables step-by-step achievement from the basics of future automobile technology to convergence through field and industry-academia programs, will be the main focus.

Students will learn core technologies for eco-friendly vehicles, enhancing creativity and innovation capabilities, and subsequently connect to employment through field training and industry-academia projects. The graduate school also operates a '3.5＋1.5 program' linking bachelor's and master's degrees, focusing on cultivating core personnel desired by companies.

Through industry-academia joint research with companies, efforts will also be made to nurture regional strategic industries and local resident talent. Centered on the Future-type Automobile Business Group, research topics demanded by the industry such as R&D, technology, and required personnel will be identified. Participating companies, professors, master's and doctoral students, and undergraduates will solve various problems faced by companies through projects, and promote technology transfer and commercialization with enhanced practical skills and field experience.

In addition, a 'cooperation system among local government, industry, and academia' will be established through a consortium, and a 'workforce development system' with future-type automobile core parts industries will be created to contribute to the retention of talent in the region.

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