Selected for the 'DREAM Software Human Resource Fostering Project', a college specialization program of the Ministry of Education
Selected for Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning's 'Seoul Accord Promotion Support Project'
1,050,000,000 won in national funding in 2014 and total of 4.3 billion won for the next five years
[July 3, 2014]

 The Department of Computer Engineering was selected for national funding support projects back-to-back. They attracted approximately 1,050,000,000 won for just this year and will receive a total of 4.3 billion won for the next five years in national funding.

 First, according to the college specialization project selection results announced by the Ministry of Education on the 30th, YU was selected for 8 project teams and procured the largest national funding in the nation. The 'DREAM Software Human Resources Fostering Project' of the Department of Computer Engineering' will receive a total of over 4 billion won over the next five years, starting with 820 million won this year. The Department of Electrical Engineering will also participate in this project to pursue software human resources fostering projects in the robot, energy, automobile, medical and green sectors.

 Professor Kwak Jong-wook (Department of Computer Engineering), who is leading the DREAM Software Human Resources Fostering Project Team, said, "Operating education programs that ensure employment by linking with the regional specialization industries to foster software convergence human resources is what this project is all about." He added, "While focusing on fostering IT convergence software experts with creative problem-solving skills, we will use the 'quality of job index' in the project team's self-evaluation index to construct a high quality teaching-learning environment that takes into consideration not only employment rates, but also the quality of employment, in our quest to become the IT specialized department that represents the Daegu and Gyeongbuk region."

 On the 2nd, YU was also selected for the 'Seoul Accord Promotion Support Project' by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency. The universities selected this year were five four-year university IT departments around the nation including YU and Handong University in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions. Accordingly, the Department of Computer Engineering will receive 220 million won in funding for one year from July and is planning to carry out various educational and R&D projects in connection with the local IT industry. For this project, 13 professors and 70 junior sand seniors in the Department of Computer Engineering will comprise a total of 17 teams, while IT experts from 12 local companies will also participate as mentors to provide practical consulting.

 Professor Kim Jong-geun (Department of Computer Engineering) who will supervise the project said, "We will construct an industry-academic educational curriculum and research system aiming at developing IT technologies related to the major industries of the region, while fostering creative and practical IT experts fitting to the convergence age." He also added, "In particular, we will resolve the issue with mismatching of IT human resources supply and demand to become a success model in which local industries and universities can have a win-win relationship."

 The 'Seoul Accord' is the first-ever international agreement among countries that mutually guarantee graduates of computer and IT majors in four year universities to permit them to freely gain jobs in the participating member nations. There are currently eight countries that are members of this since the 'Seoul Accord' in 2007 such as Korea, USA, England and Japan. The 'Seoul Accord Promotion Support Project' aims at responding to industrial demand through IT education innovation in link with the Seoul Accord and to pursue improvements in university programs such as strengthening IT major capacities, professor evaluation, and undergraduate management with the goal of fostering world-class IT experts who completed their bachelor's program.