"Need to globalize industry-academic cooperation in the global age"
YU President Noh Seok-kyun visits universities and industry-academic cooperation institutes of China such as the Capital University of Economics and Business and the China Technology Exchange Center to discuss plans to expand global industry-academic cooperation
[Sep 2, 2014]

 YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) visited different parts of China to strengthen their global industry-academic cooperation.

 YU President Noh Seok-kyun, LINC Project Team Director Lee Hee-young and Global Industry-Academic Cooperation Center Director Park Il-gyu visited the Korea-China Science & Technology Cooperation Center, Capital University of Economics and Business, China Technology Exchange Center, and the China Science Technology Development Strategy Research Institute located in Beijing on August 28 and 29.

 This visit was made to strengthen the school's industry-academic capacities in light of the internationalized age. For this, Mr. Noh visited major universities and industry-academic institutes of China to discuss measures on constructing a global industry-academic research cooperation infrastructure, personnel exchange and joint research promotion plans.

 Mr. Noh first visited the Korea-China Science & Technology Cooperation Center (Director Yoon Dae-sang) at 3 p.m. on August 28. This center was established in 1993, one year after making diplomatic ties between Kore and China to act as a window for science technology exchange and a cooperation hub between China and Korea and is currently under the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.

 Mr. Noh met with Director Yoon Dae-sang and listened to explanations on Chinese science technology manpower, science technologies and the infrastructure status in connection with the center and held discussions on measures to promote YU's global industry-academic cooperation and research exchange with China. Afterwards, YU and the Korea-China Science & Technology Cooperation Center signed an MOU to find global industry-academic cooperation partners for YU.

 During the second day of their visit, they had a busy schedule visiting three different places on the same day. In the morning, Mr. Noh visited the Capital University of Economics and Business and met with Dean Wang Jiaqiong to discuss student exchange and industry-academic programs. The Capital University of Economics and Business has a 50 year history and is one of the central universities of Beijing and is ranked 8th in China for finance and economics. The Capital University of Economics and Business has signed an exchange agreement with YU in October 2004 and has been actively exchanging students since then. During this visit, the two universities discussed ways to promote student, faculty and researcher exchange, join research in humanities and sciences, possibility of developing internationalization programs, and other programs that could make the relationship of the two sister schools stronger.

 Mr. Wang requested cooperation from YU for short-term student exchange of 2 to 3 months, installation of a joint diploma program, dispatch of students to the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul, and participation in the global Capstone Design Camp for the safety management and engineering sectors. Furthermore, the two schools also agreed to extend the MOU, which was scheduled to expire in 2015.

 In the afternoon, Mr. Noh and his party then visited the China Technology Exchange Center and the China Science Technology Development Strategy Research Institute.

 The China Technology Exchange Center is technology exchange service institute jointly established by Beijing City, the Chinese Science Technology Ministry, Chinese Intellectual Properties Office, and the Chinese Science Institute in August 2009. Its main duties are to carry out industrialization of science technology outcomes of projects carried out by the central and regional governments of China and to combine the R&D capacities of colleges and research centers with the technological demands of companies to provide support for joint industry-academic-research R&D projects. Accordingly, YU discussed methods to construct an industry-academic-research cooperation cluster and possibilities for YU to participate in technology exchange and industrialization between Korea and China.

 The tight schedule ended at the China Science Technology Development Strategy Research Institute. The Chinese Minister of Science Technology Wang is also the director of this research center. Mr. Noh checked the industry-academic-research cooperation policies and success cases of China to look for ways to promote YU's industry-academic cooperation.

 Noh Seok-kyun, who had a very tight schedule in China, said "In order for true globalization of colleges, it is important not only to conduct exchange with educational and research institutes with foreign colleges, but also to enhance the school's international industry-academic cooperation capacities by being linked with foreign national research institutes and industry-related organizations." He added, "As we put our foot in the door for practical discussions with major research centers and government institutes of China with this visit to Beijing, it is expected that YU's global industry-academic-research cooperation will be promoted even further.