3-way MOU among 'YU-Gyeongsangbuk do-LG Display' is expected to foster creative and convergent human resources, to create jobs, and to develop local industry.
[Mar 27, 2014]

 YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) constructed an industry-academic-government cooperation system to foster creative convergent human resources who can quickly adapt to the workplace needed by companies, and to enhance student employment rates.

 At 1:30 p.m. on the 26th, YU signed a work MOU for the development of the local display industry and to enhance student employment rates by fostering talented human resources and creating jobs together with Gyeongsangbuk-do (Governor Kim Kwan-yong) and LG Display (CEO Han Sang-beom) at the Gyeongbuk Provincial Office conference room1.

 The purpose of this MOU is to provide the opportunity for mutual cooperation and sharing roles to foster talented human resources, create jobs and develop local industries by using the strengths of colleges, companies and local governments and through their cooperation.

 Through this MOU, YU agreed to foster highly qualified human resources in demand by companies by constructing an outstanding education system and development of student employment capacity strengthening programs, while also using the university's research capacities to provide customized technological/development education for employees at LG Display and by joint utilization of the research equipment possessed by YU. Also, LG Display agreed to actively hire human resources from YU and Gyeongbuk promised to provide full administrative and financial support to enhance the competitiveness of the regional display industry and to create jobs.

 At the signing ceremony, YU President Noh Seok-kyun said, "Through this industry-academy-government MOU, we hope to bring about development of the regional industry and to create jobs," and added, "YU will also contribute in promoting the regional economy by not only fostering human resources needed by companies, but by sharing the research and technological capacities of our university."