This January, the Graduate Division of Tourism at DSU completed its first Tourism and MICE Professional Management Course, which was held for 4 weeks from January 9 to January 30, with a total of 74 participants from 36 companies.

The first graduates of the course were all impressed with the education they received, and many expressed their desire to attend again.
One anonymous participant said, "The lectures focused on the realities of the actual fields rather than providing a formal, abstract education course, and I didn’t want them to end at the end of each day.

I learned a great deal from this course, and would not hesitate to encourage other professionals in the industries to sign up and participate."
Overall, the course gained a total satisfaction score of 4.74 (out of 5).

In addition to the high quality of lectures, the first Tourism and MICE Professional Management Course made various achievements, including taking advantage of the networking possibilities offered, with participants from 12 companies signing MOUs to create sister relationships between their companies.

Hong Jung-hwa, Head of the MICE Centum Industrial Complex Campus, said, "I am grateful to the professionals in the tourism industry who participated in this new course. Taking full advantage of the opportunities it has presented, I will further strengthen the status of DSU’s Division of Tourism by accelerating cooperation with industry practitioners. The course will also be offered again in March of 2019."

Beginning in 2017, the MICE Centum Industrial Complex Campus is operated and funded at a level of 1.1 billion won by DSU’s Division of Tourism, the Ministry of Education, and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology. It will also receive a total of 2.4 billion won in government subsidies in its first 3 years of operation.