Gyeongkuk National University signs MOUs with three North Gyeongsang public institutions to advance 'public university' model

Gyeongkuk National University signed separate MOUs with the North Gyeongsang Province Culture and Tourism Corporation, the North Gyeongsang Province Agricultural Research and Extension Services, and the Andong Medical Center of North Gyeongsang Province on Tuesday at a policy conference room on its Andong campus, with Vice President for Public Affairs Kim Jong-su in attendance.

The agreements aim to extend the university's vision of an "integrated public university centered on K-humanities" into the broader community, linking the human and material resources and expertise of the university and public institutions to build a sustainable cooperation platform for shared regional growth.

Key areas of cooperation include establishing a collaborative governance framework for regional development, identifying joint projects, exchanging research personnel and faculty, sharing research and education infrastructure, strengthening the innovation capacity of public-sector talent, and pursuing joint initiatives in education, research and industry-academia collaboration.

With the North Gyeongsang Province Agricultural Research and Extension Services, the university will pursue joint research and development of specialized technologies tied to regional strategic industries, along with tailored on-site technology dissemination.

With the Andong Medical Center, the university will cooperate on developing a customized industrial workforce and promoting employment.

With the North Gyeongsang Province Culture and Tourism Corporation, the university will link its human and material resources with those of the corporation to pursue joint research and development connected to regional strategic industries and local businesses, as well as joint projects in education, research and industry-academia collaboration.

"Starting from these agreements, we will accelerate the building of a cooperation model that combines the university's education and research capabilities with the on-site expertise of public institutions to bring about real change in the region," Vice President Kim said.