Dongseo University President Jekuk Chang recently announced that DSU was awarded 13.2 billion won from the Korean Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea to enter the second phase of the Leaders in Industry-University Cooperation (LINC)+ project.

The highest level of support among recipients in the southeastern region of Korea, this funding will be received over the next three years.

President Chang also announced that DSU received an evaluation of “excellent” for its running of the first phase of the project from 2017 to 2018.

"Everyone at DSU is grateful to hear the news that our university received both such an outstainding evaluation and the highest amount of support in the southeastern region," said President Chang, “I will do my best to help continue the revitalization of local industry-academia cooperation, to assist students with securing employment, and to ensure their practical education and skillsets are responsive to the demands of industry.”

The LINC+ Project, a follow-up to the LINC Project of 2012 to 2016, continues its forerunner’s goals of deepening university education and cooperation between industries and universities in Korea.
In particular, through such projects, DSU is devoted to realizing its goal of establishing a world-class model university centred on industry-university cooperation and specialized cultural and artistic contents.

In this vein, after establishing industry-university cooperation specializing in cultural contents, DSU has indeed promoted sales and commercialization as well as the planning and production of cultural contents.

In addition, through the establishment of cultural contents start-ups such as the Culture Content Joint Venture Company, the LINC+ Project has been of invaluable assistance to both faculty and students.
The DSU Musical Center for Corporate Collaboration is working to cultivate the musical human resources of the Centum City area, and in the process is actively contributing to both local culture and industrial development.

Moreover, with the continuing operation of the social demand customization module, practical, and fusion and multi-disciplinary, education initiatives have been carried out.

Also, with the assistance of the Culture Content Joint Venture Company, the LINC+ Project has attracted 220 million won in industrial scholarships in the past 2 years.

Jo Dae-su, Head of the DSU LINC+ Project Team, said, "Dongseo University has been highly evaluated for its excellence by identifying and establishing unique and differentiated industry-university cooperation excellence models built in the first phase of the LINC+ Project."