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Signed MOU with the Air Force and will select 20 freshmen in the 2021 school year Generous support including full four-year scholarship, free textbooks, and training at competent agencies Specialized curriculum including aviation theories, flight simulation, and commissioning as ‘Air Force pilot officer’ after graduation [June 1, 2020] <Students in the YU air transportation course in flight simulation> YU (President Sur Gil-soo) signed an MOU with the Air Force on May 1 and will open the ‘Department of Air Transportation’ that fosters Air Force pilot officers. YU is the only university to select Air Force pilot scholarship students in humanities tracks through an MOU with the Air Force. With this MOU, 20 freshmen will be selected for the Department of Air Transportation from the 2021 school year. YU has been selecting and educating Air Force pilot scholarship students in the air transportation track within the College of Basic Studies School of Free Majors, and up until now, 39 were commissioned as Air Force officers. One of the graduates in February 2020 received the Air Force Chief of Staff Award, thus being recognized for the excellence of the education program. YU decided to establish an independent Department of Air Transportation in order to foster expert Air Force pilot officers by operating a more systematic education process. The new Department of Air Transportation will be a department under the College of Business and Economics, and upon graduation, students will receive a bachelor’s degree in trade. Education will focus on and be specialized for the Air Force including aviation theories, practical aviation English, flight simulation, and piloting science. All graduates will be appointed as Air Force pilot officers. After completing the pilot education program, students will serve as Air Force pilots and after serving as a military officer, they can continue their career in aviation such as civil aviation pilots. Freshmen in the YU Department of Air Transportation will be selected after reviewing their high school transcripts and college entrance examination grades, as well as physical and aptitude tests, fitness tests, and interviews, etc. All students will receive four full-year tuition scholarships. In addition, they will receive 600,000 KRW for textbook costs per semester, as well as training at relevant agencies, and benefits will go so far to also provide dormitories for all freshmen. YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “With the full-fledged support of the Air Force, we were able to establish air the Department of Air Transportation while fostering expert Air Force pilot officers,” while adding, “We hope that students in humanities tracks will be able to realize their dreams of becoming Air Force pilots at the YU Department of Air Transportation.”
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Student Consulting Center operates ‘customized psychological quarantine consulting programs’ for freshmen and students preparing for employment Various online group consulting programs such as art therapy, cinema therapy, and photo therapy highly popular [June 3, 2020] <A researcher at the YU Student Consulting Center is holding a meeting with ‘YU PEER Supporters’ students> Psychological quarantine consulting conducted by YU (President Sur Gil-soo) to overcome the Corona Blues (COVID-19 induced depression) is receiving huge popularity among students. The YU Student Consulting Center provides psychological quarantine consulting customized to students. It aims at providing psychological stability to students complaining of depression and stress due to the prolonging of COVID-19. The face-to-face consulting of the past have been changed to various non-face-to-face consulting programs such as by phone or video conferencing. Various online group consulting programs were opened including art therapy, cinema therapy, and photo therapy and participants will be invited until June 11. About 100 students applied to participate as of now, and the program started from June 3. In particular, customized consulting programs per grade attracted attention. In the case of the ‘Wise College Life’ for freshmen, it is expected to be very helpful to freshmen having trouble adapting to college life being deprived of normal college life as most events including orientation, admissions ceremony, freshmen welcoming events were canceled due to COVID-19. Consulting programs for older students suffering from psychological and emotional difficulties while preparing for employment are also very popular. The YU Student Consulting Center selected the ‘YU PEER Supporters’ and have been actively promoting the center’s programs and activities. The YU PEER Supporters made up of a total of 10 students in three teams have been producing card news, webtoons and videos to prevent the Corona Blues and suicide to share the information through the center’s homepage, official social media accounts, and the personal blogs of supporters. The ‘Y Peer Program’ is another program using for psychological quarantine consulting. ‘Y Peer’ refers to peer-aged consultants of YU. This is a mentor-mentee program where students who completed mentor training act as consultants for other students having trouble or a hard time adapting to college life. <Researchers at the YU Student Consulting Center are holding a seminar> The YU Student Consulting Center has opened and is operating special online lectures. It is also working on improving the student counseling capacities of instructors by producing student consulting guidebooks and suicide crisis response manuals. In the future, plans are to find and share excellent cases on consulting and interviews of YU professors. YU Student Consulting Center Director Lim Sung-woo said, “We expect that there are many students having psychological difficulties due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. If such students receive assistance from the experts, it will help with their mental health immensely.” He added, “There are some students who are unaware of the various programs of the Student Consulting Center or who may feel reluctant to ask for assistance. The Student Consulting Center will develop various programs that can help students and we will spare no effort in promoting and supporting it so that more students can participate.” Meanwhile, the YU Student Consulting Center is made up of career and psychological consulting and education-related experts such as consulting psychologists, youth advisers, professional consulting teachers, and professional consultants. The Center is continuously striving to construct a crisis response system among universities in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, and it is working hard to improve the mental health of students through an MOU with the Gyeongsan Mental Health Center and Daegu Youth Consulting Welfare Center.
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National funding of 794 million KRW to pursue projects such as strengthening fairness for college entrance exams, etc. Strengthening capacities for operating college entrance exams by increasing the number of admissions officers received good evaluations Planned college entrance talk concerts, touring major experiences, open campus, etc. [May 28, 2020] YU (President Sur Gil-soo) was selected for the Ministry of Education’s ‘2020 High School Education Contribution University Support Project’. The High School Education Contribution University Support Project is a project for enhancing fairness and transparency of the examination process to elevate the reliability of college entrance exams, and to support the university to build high school education conditions that are based on educational courses by operating feasible college entrance exams. When selected as a high school education contribution university, funding is provided for college entrance exam fairness strengthening activities, and screening operation related for people needing social consideration and regional balance. According to the 2020 high school education contribution university support project announced by the Ministry of Education on the 28th, 75 universities including YU were selected and will receive funding from a total of about 69.8 billion KRW. YU will pursue the project with government funding of 794 million KRW for this project. YU received high scores in all assessment areas including strengthening fairness of entrance exams, simplification of entrance processes and more disclosure of information, strengthened social responsibility fo the university, project operation plans, etc. In particular, it received good evaluations for strengthening the operational capacities of the college entrance screening by increasing the number of admissions officers. With the selection for this project, YU plans to strengthen its college entrance screening operation and capacities through admissions officer empowerment training and developing and operating a general student screening evaluation system, and use the funds to operate school education internalization programs such as college entrance talk concerts, college experience learning, touring major experience, open campus, Cheonma Schole (supporting operation of middle and high school club activities), career and education classes together with admissions officers, etc. YU Admissions Office Director Shin Yong-ho said, “As a high school education contribution university, we will not only convey college admissions information accurately and operate a transparent admissions screening process, but also actively plan and pursue various programs that can internalize school education and support student education activities.” YU had been selected in the ‘Admissions Officer Support Project’, which was the predecessor of the ‘High School Education Contribution University Support Project’ for four consecutive years from 2010 to 2013, and this is the third time it is being selected for the High School Education Contribution University Support Project following 2014 and 2016.
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52 out of 71 students in 9th class pass for an unrivaled passing rate of 73.2% Top 5 - YU, Kyunghee University, Yonsei University, Seoul National University, Sungkyunkwan University Rate of earning master’s degree compared to admitted students first in nation... Proving the fostering of high quality law professionals [May 12, 2020] <Panoramic view of the YU Law School> YU Law School took first place in the 9th bar examinations in terms of national passing rates (for 9th Law School class). After the 9th bar exam passers were announced on April 24, the Ministry of Justice released its analysis on passers by university. In result, YU Law School passed 52 of its 71 students in its 9th class to rank first in the nation at a passing rate of 73.2%. YU was followed by Kyunghee University, Yonsei University, Seoul National University, and Sungkyunkwan University for the top 5. YU ranked second nationwide (8th class) at the 8th bar exam following Seoul National University last year, and finally recorded first place in this year to solidify its status as Korea’s best law school. Of the 3,316 applicants for the 9th bar exam, 1,768 passed and the passing rate for all applicants was 53.3%. The bar exam passing is an index that best shows the competitiveness of law schools. The legal circles, academia and test preparation centers say that when computing the bar exam passing rate, the passing rate of the number of students admitted or the quota, rather than the number of test-takers, is the most important. This is because it is viewed that law schools can adjust the bar exam passing rate by not allowing students to earn master’s degrees through graduation exams. Due to this, the master’s degree earning rate of law schools is another important index. YU Law School also has very high master’s degree earning rates. Of the 71 students in the 9th class, 63 earned their master’s degree, once again taking first place (88.7%) with the bar exam passing rate. YU was followed by Ewha Womans University (81.9%) and Korea University (80.3%). When basing on all students admitted to the law school from the 1st to 9th classes, YU has a huge master’s degree earning rate at 94.1% (648 students admitted/610 graduated). YU has continued to make great achievements every year since its establishment and the reason why its education program for fostering legal professionals was recognized was because of the perfect harmony of professors, students and administrative workers. YU Law School’s accumulated academic growth and student guidance program has taken root as an unparalleled program that cannot be compared with other law schools. The advisors provide criticism on practice tests and hold study groups with students or provide individual guidance to help students concentrate more on their studies. In particular, case-study type education and 1:1 corrective training programs for students having trouble with their studies have upward standardized the capacities of all law school students. Full-time professors also turned in their vacation to give special lectures and instruct group studies, etc. Professors who were formerly judges, prosecutors or attorneys work hard to teach students who intend to become law clerks or prosecutors, and part-time professors who are currently legal professionals also provide practical training. The nation’s best administrative services are another big factor. Study areas were improved, 24 hour study halls, lounges and all of the convenience facilities are being provided from the perspective of students to minimize all discomforts that students may feel while studying. Efforts are placed in all academic areas including school affairs, admissions, scholarships, life, etc. so that professors and students can concentrate solely on the goal of fostering high quality legal professionals. This is why the school is actively managing student concerns and stress as well. There is a full-time researcher solely for law school students at the Student Support Center who provides counseling for students. YU Law School Dean Lee Dong-hyung said, “There is a perfect harmony among the university’s full support, education and research by excellent faculty, and self-initiated studies among students, and this is supported by outstanding administrative competencies. This is why YU has been a top tier law school since its establishment.” He added, “The biggest factor such achievements is the students who worked hard and followed the lead. The university will continue to provide full support to become the most prestigious law school by cultivating high quality legal professionals.”
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‘Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge’ held for the 6th straight year... Graduates and current students gather online due to COVID-19 89 alumni currently working in conglomerates and public corporations pass down employment knowhow to juniors Over 600 students connect simultaneously... Employment counseling and knowhow for life in the office offered [May 6, 2020] <An alumnus (top-left) participated in the online ‘Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge’ to provide employment consulting for his juniors> On Labor Day, May 1, a unique Homecoming Day event was held for YU alumni. The 6th YU <Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge’ event was held online. The ‘Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge’ is an event where YU alumni working in different fields of society including conglomerates and public corporations after graduation provide employment consulting for their juniors at YU. This year, alumni and students gathered online due to COVID-19. A total of 89 alumni working at conglomerates such as Samsung and LG, as well as at major public corporations such as the Korea Electric Power Corporation and Korea Railroad Corporation, and local companies participated in this event. They used the online career and employment support system that was constructed by YU in March of this year to open their online rooms to pass on their knowhow for professional life and to provide employment consulting to their juniors at YU in real-time. At this event that lasted from 10 a.m. Until 7 p.m., over 600 students logged on to show their huge interest. Kim Min-ae (25), who graduated from the YU Department of German Language and Literature and currently works at the National Health Insurance Service, said, “I received a lot of help from my seniors through the ‘Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge’ while in university, which helped me to successfully land this job. I wanted to help my juniors preparing for employment after I graduated.” She added, “It was a bit unfortunate that I could not meet my juniors in person due to COVID-19 this year. I hope that next year I can come to the school and meet my juniors to pass on my knowhow.” YU University Employment Center Director Lee Seung-woo who organized this event said, “The Employment Senior Tacit Knowledge event has especially high satisfaction levels among students compared to other employment programs. Despite most lectures and programs being offered online at the university due to COVID-10, over 600 students participated in the event on May 1.” He added, “Students receiving counseling can gain more confidence as seniors currently working at companies offer their own personal experiences.”
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Proposed a new material combining minerals-organic matter-metal with nature replication (flower shape) 3D structure Surface area widened to greatly increase structure and functionality... Can be applied in various industry sectors including the energy and bio sectors Published in the world-acclaimed academic journal for materials, ‘Progress in Materials Science’ [May 11, 2020] The new material made up of a combination of ‘metals-minerals-organic matter’ proposed by YU School of Materials Science and Engineering Koh Young-gun (43, photo) and his research team is receiving global attention. Professor Koh recently published his research results on new materials that allows wide-ranged property control never before realized in the past by combining the strengths of different materials such as metals, minerals and organic matter. In particular, this new material proposed by Professor Koh has a 3D structure similar to a flower with a large surface area, thus confirming that the material property was significantly improved. <Magnification of the new metal-mineral-organic matter combined material in the shape of a 3D flower> Generally, metals have outstanding mechanical properties such as intensity and ductility, but are weak against the environment and corrosion. Meanwhile, minerals have excellent anti-corrosive properties, but it has lower stability against impact. On the other hand, organic matter allows relatively higher diversity in materials compared to metals and minerals. Therefore, Professor Koh combined the strengths of the individual materials in this study to propose a 3D complex structure for the first time int he world that can supplement weaknesses and maximize surface area. He thus proposed a creative concept that can procure both material structure and functionality. This new material is judged to have very high industrial potential as it can be used in a wide range of fields including energy, environment and bio. The research results are scheduled to be published in the July edition of the globally acclaimed academic journal <Progress in Materials Science, impact factor 23.725) under the title ‘Hybrid Mineral-Organic Material with a Nature Replicating 3D Structure’. It is more surprising that this worldwide research achievement was from the proprietary research capacities of YU, rather than as joint research among domestic and foreign universities or research institutes. All of the researchers including in this paper as authors are research professors conducting research at Professor Koh’s lab or PhD researchers being advised by Professor Koh. <Right on photo. Professor Koh Young-gun’s research team> Professor Koh stated, “Many outstanding researchers from both Korea and abroad earned their degree at YU and are currently conducting research. The research achievements prove that YU’s research capacities have stepped up to global standards in the new materials sector.” He also revealed his future research plans saying, “Following this research, I plan to conduct research for developing advanced materials with multiple functions that exceed structure limits by using material combination technologies that expand the concept of physical metallurgy and surface engineering.” Meanwhile, this research was conducted with the support of the middle-grade researcher support project by the Ministry of Science and ICT.”
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YU Dokdo Lab held groundbreaking ceremony of the ‘Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden’ on the 18th Fostered with development funds donated by co-presidents of Round Lab Lee Young-hak and Jung Seo-rin 30 million KRW handed over to Dokdo Lab on the 18th... Total 60 million KRW donated [May 18, 2020] <YU Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden groundbreaking ceremony> YU (President Sur Gil-soo) will open the nation's first ‘Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden’ on campus. YU held the the Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden at the garden next to the University HQ Building on the 18th. The YU Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden was built using development funds donated to the YU Dokdo Lab by Round Lab co-presidents Lee Young-hak and Jung Seo-rin. Prior to the groundbreaking ceremony of the Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden held in the morning of the 18th, Lee Young-hak and Jung Seo-rin of Round Lab handed over 30 million KRW to YU asking to use the funds for research and education related to Dokdo. The co-presidents visited YU in April and donated 30 million KRW saying that they wanted to contribute to the Dokdo wild vegetation and ecosystem research activities, and when combined with past donations, they donated a total of 60 million KRW to the YU Dokdo Lab. <From second from left, Co-president Lee Young-hak, YU President Sur Gil-soo, Co-president Jung Seo-rin> At this groundbreaking ceremony were present YU President Sur Gil-soo, Dokdo Lab Director Choi Jae-mok, YU Department of Biotechnology Professor Park Seon-joo, who is an expert of the Dokdo ecosystem, and co-presidents of Round Lab Lee Young-hak and Jeong Seo-rin. Round Lab, which is a cosmetic product manufacturing and distribution company, launched Dokdo-related products which have been received warmly by general consumers. Their most famous products are Dokdo-related cosmetic products named ‘1025’ that branded Dokdo Day (October 25) such as ‘1025 Dokdo Toner’ and ‘1025 Dokdo Cleanser’. Co-president Lee Young-hak said, “I am very happy to be able to contribute to the establishment of the ‘Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden’ at YU, which is a leader in Dokdo-related research. I hope that this will be used as a place to preserve the biological resources of our island Dokdo, and be used for education to learn about the beauties of its ecosystem without actually going to Dokdo. YU will establish the Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden on a 500 square meter area nex tot the University HQ Building. Of the 57 wild vegetation that grow in Dokdo, 5-6 species will be planted first such as Aster spathulifolius Maxim, Campanula takesimana, Sedum takesimense Nakai, Arabis stelleri, and Sedum oryzifolium Makino, and continue to increase the number of species every year. Also, a 661 square meter Dokdo Wild Vegetation seedbed center will be operated near the east gate of campus. The YU Dokdo Lab intends to use the Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden for education on Dokdo’s wild vegetation and environment for the general public as well as elementary, middle and high school students. YU currently operates the ‘Dokdo Archives’ on the 6th floor of the Central Library and a ‘Natural Museum’ was established at the College of Natural Sciences where visitors can see samples of Dokdo wildlife and vegetation. In particular, over 2,000 elementary, middle and high school students visit the ‘Dokdo Archives’ operated by the YU Dokdo Lab every year, and therefore, it is expected that the Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden will also be highly used. YU Dokdo Lab Director Choi Jae-mok (Professor of Philosophy) said, “We were able to build the Dokdo Wild Vegetation Botanical Garden thanks to the generous support of Round Lab. This botanical garden will be important research resources for Dokdo researchers and it will provide indirect experiences of Dokdo to studetns and citizens visiting YU, and will also be a place for education to share the value of Dokdo.” Meanwhile, a work MOU agreement ceremony was held between YU and Round Lab as well. The two institutes agreed to mutually exchange human and material resources for joint development, share contents related to industry-academic cooperation, lifelong learning, and arts and culture, and gather their capacities to pursue relevant projects.
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2019 University Rankings by Industries based on surveys by directors of 1,105 companies School of Materials Science and Engineering with optimal education program for fostering multi-discipline convergent human resources focusing on materials engineering Department of Food Science and Technology manages student career with major tracks reflecting industry trends [April 29, 2020] YU (President Sur Gil-soo) was selected as the ‘best university’ by companies. On April 28, the Ministry of Education and the Korean Council for University Education (hereinafter KCUE) announced the results of the ‘2019 university rankings by industries’. YU School of Materials Science and Engineering was selected as the best university for new materials (metallics/ceramics) and the Department of Food Science and Technology for food in this ranking. In particular, these two departments were selected as best universities for the second time since the 2015 rankings, once again verifying the excellence of its educational programs. In this year’s rankings, a total of 88 departments from 62 universities participated in the three fields of △new materials (metals/ceramics), △food, and △media and a total of 30 departments from 25 universities received best rankings. In the new materials (metals/ceramics) sector, a total of 10 schools were selected including the YU School of Materials Science and Engineering, while 12 schools including the YU Department of Food Science and Technology were selected for the food sector, and eight schools for the media sector. The YU School of Materials Science and Engineering operates an optimized education course for fostering convergent human resources with relevant engineering fields such as electronics and mechanics while focusing on materials engineering (metals). It received good evaluations for organizing an industry-academic advisory committee and consistently reflecting the demands of students, graduates, professors, and industries in its education programs. The Department of Food Science and Technology responded to industry demands by constructing a CRM (career roadmap) based on three different major tracks such as ▲food development/quality management, ▲food process/hygiene management, and ▲functional food/biotechnology, thus being judged to offer a differentiated educational program compared to other universities. Executives and employees from 22 companies including POSCO and LG Display, as well as college ranking experts participated in this ranking to investigate educational course design, operation and outcomes based on industries. Surveys were carried out on graduates and current students to evaluate the operation of college education programs and surveys were also carried out on department heads of 1,105 companies to evaluate specialized and general work capacities. YU was selected as the best university with its Department of Biotechnology in the bio-medicine field in the 2018 university rankings by industries, and up until now, it has been selected as the best university in the oil refinery and petrochemical (2017), architecture (2016, 2012), metals, food (2015), bio-medicine (2014), electronic semiconductors, and information communication (2013). The university rankings by companies began in 2008 and it is a project to evaluate whether universities offer educational programs suitable for training human resources desired by industries, and to improve/operate educational courses based on this.
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YU offers full support to ‘improve quality and enhance learning effects’ of online classes Customized online education for instructors and increased participation in class consulting ‘Online study strategy education and 1:1 study consulting’ for students popular [April 29, 2020] <The YU Education Development Center is providing online study consulting for students> YU (President Sur Gil-soo) is speeding up its efforts to make ‘outstanding online lectures’. As the age of online education has arrived abruptly due to the spread of COVID-19, the university is providing full support to expand online teaching methods and to improve quality of education. Among them, education and consulting offered for professors and students offered by the YU Education Development Center is receiving a great deal of popularity. The YU Education Development Center turned the special teaching lecture that was offered both online and offline in the past to only online, thus providing instructors with ▲teaching strategies using SNS, ▲professor-student communication method in online classes, ▲development of visual materials to attract attention, ▲project teaching method, ▲academic motivation strategies, ▲edu-tech, and other teaching methods optimized for online education. Furthermore, 1:1 online class consulting was also offered for instructors. Consulting is offered on online education methods according to the types of classes such as major, general education, and practical classes, as well as lecture methods such as videos, real-time online classes, etc. In the future, the YU Education Development Center plans to share outstanding online class cases and class videos in the lecture portal system (LMS) through the ‘online class contents operation case contest’, and collect opinions of instructors to establish an optimized teaching model for online education. <Online real-time 1:1 class consulting> Online study strategy education and 1:1 study consulting for students are especially popular. Students are educated on study methods and learning strategies that can be used in online classes and 1:1 consulting is provided for academic plans and difficulties using Google Meet. In particular, education and consulting is being provided on various academic strategies for freshmen such as self-initiated studies, time management and practice, improving concentration, class utilization, reading and memory methods, test preparation, etc. Students are also creating their own ‘online study knowhow’ contents and sharing it as they also adapt to the online education age. YU Education Development Center Director Kim Geun-ho said, “Many instructors and students are participating in the teaching-learning online education and consulting. Instructors are operating online classes using various methods according to the major and class contents, and students are also maximizing the advantages of online classes to create their own learning knowhow.” He added, “We will expand the relevant infrastructure to maximize efficiency for instructors and students to prepare for education and to learn, and we will continue to offer education and consulting for education recipients.” The YU Education Development Center was designated by the Ministry of Education as the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Regional University E-learning Support Center and has constructed online lecture knowhow and infrastructure. Various contents production tool systems can be used at the 65 high-tech lecture rooms, 220 general lectures, professor research centers, labs, etc. to produce and distribute online lectures. As of the first semester of 2020, it is providing support for producing class contents and online classes for 3,082 undergraduate classes and 734 graduate school classes.
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Ranked ‘First in the Nation’ after evaluating performance of the ‘GTEP Project Team’ hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea International Trade Association Fulfilled role as incubator for young trade experts for 19 years since the TI project in 2002 Only university in the nation specializing in the Middle East and fostering export experts to the Middle East in connection with major regional industries [April 27, 2020] <YU GTEP project team students participated in the 2020 Dubai GULF FOOD Expo to provide export consulting to buyers> YU (President Sur Gil-soo) was accredited as the incubator for fostering young trade experts. YU was ranked first in the nation in the ‘Global Trade Experts Incubating Program (GTEP) project team’ performance evaluations hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea International Trade Association. The GTEP project team is operated for a total of 20 universities around the nation including YU, Konkuk University, Soongsil University, Dankook University, Inha University and the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Among them, the YU GTEP project team received the highest score at 91.2 for the 2019 (13th) performance evaluations, thereby receiving an additional 20 million KRW project funding as incentives. YU also received incentives of 10 million KRW for its high ranking in the 2018 performance evaluations. The YU GTEP project team was joined by 42 students as the 13th team last year and helped 110 companies over 130 different export marketing sessions including overseas market surveys, participation in overseas expositions, and export consulting to achieve exports exceeding 2 million USD. In particular, the YU GTEP project team showed especially outstanding performance in the Middle Eastern market. YU is the only university among GTEP project teams around the nation selected to specialize in the Middle East. The YU GTEP project team is playing a big role in fostering trade experts with abilities to speak in Middle Eastern languages and practical knowledge in trade to help companies based in Daegu and Gyeongbuk engaged in major core export industries to enter foreign markets. YU was selected as a ‘GTEP overseas regional specialization project’ in 2014 and received separate project funding to pursue Middle Eastern trade expert fostering projects. YU is providing regular Middle Eastern industry and trade characteristic education for GTEP project team students and concentrated education is being provided on the characteristics of the Middle East and business practices by inviting Middle East export experts and corporate personnel in charge of Middle Eastern exports. This year’s YU GTEP project team signed agreements with 10 companies specializing in exports to the Middle East such as the agricultural corporation, Youngpoong and dispatched a total of 19 students for five days from February 16 to 20 to the 2020 UAE Dubai GULF FOOD expo. They were present at the expo demonstrating capacities equivalent to that of business professionals for product PR and buyer consulting, and acted as a spearhead for SMEs to enter foreign markets. The YU GTEP project team plans to expand participation in Middle Eastern overseas exhibits based on its network with Middle Eastern export companies and work knowhow that it accumulated over the past several years. It is expected that as automobile parts and textile industries, which are the main industries of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk regions, meet the needs of Middle Eastern countries and since demand for Middle East trade experts is expected to grow continuously, the YU GTEP project team’s Middle East trade expert fostering project will gain momentum. <YU GTEP Project Team that participated in the 2020 Dubai GULF FOOD> School of International Economics and Business Professor Son Sang-bum who leads the YU GTEP project team said, “We will foster advanced regionally specialized trade experts equipped with practical knowledge on trade and field experience desired by companies.” He added, “In particular, we will strengthen industry-academic cooperation with local SMEs to offer various practical experiences and to act as a hub that supports the supply of regionally specialized trade experts to SMEs.” Meanwhile, YU has been engaged in the young trade expert fostering project for 19 years since the TI (Trade Incubator) project under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in 2002, and this year, it is operating its 14th GTEP project team.
