Our university's newly appointed Director of the Administration Bureau is Hwang Hong-gyu (50), Associate Professor, Department of Policy, College of Policy Science, Hanyang University.

  Born in Gimje, Jeonbuk, Director Hwang graduated from Gwangju High School and earned a bachelor's degree in Public Administration from Hanyang University. He received a master's degree in Education and a Ph.D. in Law from the same university's graduate school.

  Having passed the 27th national civil service examination and entering public service in 1986, Director Hwang is regarded as an expert in education.

  He has held key positions including with the Gwangju Metropolitan City Education Committee, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, the Ministry of Education and Human Resources (serving as First Division Chief of the Bureau of Human Resources Policy and as Director of the General Affairs Division), Director for University and Research Institution Support Policy at the Ministry of Education, professor at Hongik University, and posts in the Presidential Secretariat.

  Director Hwang, who has worked in the field of education for more than 25 years and built an extensive professional network, is regarded as a career education bureaucrat well suited to make a significant contribution to the development of Jeonbuk National University (JBNU).

  Hwang Hong-gyu said, "I am very pleased to join the JBNU family, which has made the most remarkable progress and attracted the greatest attention among universities nationwide," and added, "I will do my utmost to help JBNU grow into a globally renowned institution beyond Korea."