Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) has signed an academic exchange agreement with the Philippines' leading national university, the University of the Philippines Los Baños (hereinafter UPLB), focusing on cooperation in the agricultural field.

For this agreement, Oscar Zamora, Vice President for Academic Affairs of UPLB, Jin Loyola, Director of External Relations, and Maria Cynthia Oliveros, Associate Professor in the College of Agriculture, visited JBNU on the 22nd and met with Vice President Shin Hyo-geun to sign the agreement.

The University of the Philippines Los Baños is a specialized university founded on its College of Agriculture that conducts research on resources, forestry, and the environment. World-renowned institutions such as the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) are located at the university.

Accordingly, JBNU and the University of the Philippines Los Baños will exchange faculty, staff, researchers, and students in the agricultural life sciences and will share academic information and materials. The two universities will also conduct outstanding agricultural research together through collaborative research projects.

Oscar Zamora, Vice President for Academic Affairs of UPLB, said, "This agreement is intended to establish close exchanges with Jeonbuk National University, which has the leading research competitiveness and educational environment in the agricultural life sciences," and added, "Let us seek mutual advancement by sharing excellent research, cutting-edge technologies, and personnel."

In response, Vice President Shin Hyo-geun said, "We are pleased to begin exchanges with the Philippines' top national university, which is recognized not only in Asia but worldwide in the agricultural field," adding, "We will strive to make this a model case of international cooperation in agricultural life sciences by devoting efforts to collaborative research as well as exchanges of resources."