JBNU is accelerating the construction of a settlement-oriented glocal model that links expanded international student recruitment through the Glocal University 30 Project with local settlement and start-ups.

JBNU is pursuing a key strategy under the Glocal University 30 Project to recruit 5,000 international students and has secured more than 3,600 international students to date. Furthermore, it is strengthening employment and start-up support so that these students do not simply enroll but can settle in the region after graduation and take on industry-linked roles.

As part of this strategy, the JBNU Startup Support Center (Director Kuk Kyung-su) held the "Global Inbound Start-up Idea Camp" in Jeonju Hanok Village on May 26. The camp was held as part of Jeollabuk-do's 2026 Inbound Start-up Support Program and is a start-up-focused program targeting international students.

The event brought together 48 international students from three provincial universities—JBNU, Howon University, and Kunsan National University—who received start-up training linked with the Global Start-up Immigration Center, participated in idea generation sessions, received basic business model training, and benefited from one-on-one tailored mentoring. The program was designed with a phased structure, from entrepreneurship theory education to mentoring and an idea competition.

In particular, the camp is significant because it lays the foundation for international students to settle in the region through start-ups. At the next (second) camp, business models will be further developed, outstanding ideas will be selected through a competition, and prize money and follow-up support will be provided to help translate ideas into actual start-ups.

JBNU Startup Support Center Director Kuk Kyung-su said, "This camp will serve as the foundation for JBNU, which has been strengthening its capacity to attract global talent through the Glocal University 30 Project, to build a virtuous cycle linking international student education, start-ups, and regional settlement. Through follow-up support coordinated with local governments and global networks, we will create successful international student start-up models and establish conditions that enable an increasing number of international students to settle in the region through entrepreneurship."

He added, "In close coordination with the Glocal University 30 Project, international students' innovative start-up items will inject vitality into industries in the Jeonbuk region, and we will firmly establish a virtuous-cycle system in which these students settle locally, help prevent regional decline, and lead future regional growth."