The Jeonbuk National University (JBNU)-affiliated Center for Gifted Education in Science (Director Professor Jeong Deok-ho) held a completion ceremony on December 13 at the University Academic and Cultural Center for 160 students who completed the 2025 gifted education program.

At the ceremony, 160 students in total completed all programs, including 52 students from the Elementary Advanced Program, 80 from the Middle School Advanced Program, and 28 from the Middle School Mentored Program, who completed their courses at the Center.

Students in the Advanced Program received at least 100 instructional hours over one year in software coding education, hands-on artificial intelligence (AI) training, and project-based exploratory activities across various fields. Through the curriculum, the Center carried out its initiative to cultivate creative, inquiry-oriented scientific talent.

Additionally, the Mentored Program for students demonstrating exceptional giftedness ran from April to November in the form of research projects for approximately eight months, providing more than 80 instructional hours. The program played a leading role in nurturing future scientists.

Director Jeong Deok-ho offered words of encouragement, saying, "Over the past year, your relentless curiosity and passion in surpassing your own limits have brought great emotion and hope to everyone gathered here." He added, "Under the responsibility of being the leading institution for gifted science education in the Jeonbuk region, the JBNU Center for Gifted Education in Science will redouble its efforts to cultivate outstanding scientific talent to lead the future."

Founded in 1998, the Center for Gifted Education in Science operates as an affiliated institution of JBNU with support from the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity. With a sense of responsibility and mission as the representative institution for gifted science education in the Jeonbuk region, JBNU faculty members and instructors holding doctoral degrees or higher are dedicated to gifted education. Utilizing state-of-the-art educational facilities, the Center conducts student education and has demonstrated its capabilities and standards by receiving excellent program evaluations each year.