On April 2, DSU’s Industry Professional Practice Long-term Work Practice Project (IPP) achieved an ‘A’ grade in the 2018 IPP Work Day Cooperative Training Center Performance Evaluation.

Organized by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea University of Technology and Education, the overall result is based on evaluations of the organizational management, goal achievement, practical management, affiliated employment rate, and participant satisfaction of 38 IPP universities nationwide.

Dongseo University was selected as an IPP host university in 2017 to build a cooperative model of industry-university symbiosis and has been devoted to nurturing talented individuals in the field since. Scholarships for IPP were provided to fully support the participating students.
Also, efforts were made to reduce the burden on participating companies through support for on-the-job training and corporate consulting, and to form an industry-university cooperative relationship that grows with participating companies.

To run the IPP, DSU reorganized its undergraduate system so that students participating in the project were allowed to complete 12 credits on a four-month basis.

In addition, in order to increase the participation rate in the project and the practical benefits for students, the on-the-job training provided was supplemented by the provision of IPP scholarship funds and field training fees of 240 million won each, from which scholarship students received a fotal of 400,000 won per month.

Part of the operation of the DSU IPP team is involves inviting participation and input from industry experts who have been working in large companies for more than 20 years or who have run a company as a professor in industry-academia cooperation.

Participating experts then use their extensive field experience and corporate networks and know-how to help them assist students with employment through on-the-job training and career counseling.

Last year, 150 students from seven departments participated in longterm field practice, from which 41 students were recruited by companies in the field.

Dongseo University is planning to extend its participation to all departments this year and to conclude agreements with more than 150 local companies to extend long-term field practice to 110 more students.

In addition, on the basis of its excellent 2018 evaluation, DSU’s IPP project team’s capabilities will be expanded with the establishment of a joint training center in 2019.

As a result of the DSU’s IPP project team’s efforts so far, 36 senior students were employed as pre-graduate learning workers.

In the first semester, they received trained in National Competency Standards.

Professor Kwak Joon-sik, Director of the IPP project at DSU, said, "The IPP work-related system is a great opportunity for students to train for a long-time job in a company and to learn a systematic way to become a 'new employee with experience'. I will continue to make efforts to nurture differentiated talents."