Pukyong National University

Pukyong National University, Gyeongsang National University, and UNIST Sign MOU and Host Seminar to Promote Startup Ecosystem

- On August 7, the universities promoted the establishment of a startup cooperation network in the southeastern region

Leading universities in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam regions have joined forces to strengthen local startup education.

Pukyong National University, Gyeongsang National University, and Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) jointly held the “Southeast Startup Hub University Cooperation Network Seminar” on August 7 at Lavalse Hotel in Busan, with officials from startup support departments in attendance.

This seminar was jointly organized by the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundations of Pukyong National University (Director Jin Young-eup), Gyeongsang National University (Director Choi Byung-geun), and UNIST (Director Kim Young-sik) to pool their capabilities in startup education and support, establish an efficient university startup education ecosystem based in the southeastern region, and cooperate in the full-scale implementation of entrepreneurship education.

To this end, the three universities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the same day to promote entrepreneurship, diversify entrepreneurship education, and strengthen inter-university resource sharing and cooperation systems. Through this agreement, the universities plan to work together to build a regional startup education ecosystem by expanding cooperation in areas such as △joint use of startup infrastructure, △collaborative operation of extracurricular programs, and △sharing of entrepreneurship education content.

Pukyong National University and Gyeongsang National University are already jointly participating in the “SPRINT (Specialized Program for Startup from Research-based Innovation and Technology)” project and the “SCOUT (Startup Curriculum for Outstanding University Talents)” consortium. With this new agreement, they plan to expand their collaboration with UNIST and strengthen their position as leading universities in startup education in the southeastern region of Korea.

Jin Young-eup, Director of the Pukyong National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, stated, “Based on the collaborative startup initiatives discussed during this seminar, we aim to reinforce the link between regional communities and universities and take a leap forward as the startup hub of the southeastern region, from entrepreneurship education to local business creation. “ <Pukyong Today>