Jeonbuk National University, Buan County agree to cultivate talent for regional growth

Jeonbuk National University and Buan County in North Jeolla Province have agreed to cultivate talent for regional growth and promote industry-academia collaboration, the university said Wednesday.

Yang O-bong, president of the university, and Kweon Ig-hyeon, mayor of the county, signed on Tuesday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen bilateral cooperation at the university’s campus in Jeonju.

The two sides have agreed to cooperate in developing Jeonbuk National University into a regional hub university under the government’s 10 Seoul National Universities project.

The initiative seeks to develop flagship national universities into hubs linking industry, academia, research institutions and local governments.

Under the agreement, both sides will work together to elevate the university to a level comparable to Seoul National University in an effort to promote balanced national development and help address regional decline and depopulation.

“We will create a successful model of industry-academia collaboration that drives regional development by closely aligning the universit ...