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CBNU Becomes Top Recipient of Government Funding After LINC Selection
Chonbuk National University has now become the most heavily government-fundedinstitution after recently being selected as a Technology Innovation University as part of the Leaders in Industry-university Cooperation(LINC) program, which is supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology(MEST) and the National Research Foundation of Korea.
According to the MEST, out of the 14 universities that were selected as a Technology Innovation University, our university received on ave..
2012-04-27
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CNBU, Sole University in Honam Region Selected as Industry-University Cooperation University
Chonbuk National University was the only university in the Honam region to be selected to the Industry-University Cooperation Project (as part of the 2012 Industry-University-Institute Collaborative Research Program) by the Small and Medium Business Administration (SMBA).
The SMBA based their selection on CBNU’s thorough support for previous industry-university cooperation projects, as well as regular research and development (R&D) projects. For this reason, they decided to fund only CBNU..
2012-04-23
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CBNU Extends Global Network to Prominent Southeast Asian Universities
Our university elevated its status as an elite global university by signing academic exchange agreements with some of the most esteemed universities from Southeast Asia.
In his recent trip to Southeast, President Geo-Suk Suh visited Thailand, the Philippines and Cambodia from March 19th to 27th to establish agreements on academic exchange and international double degree programs.
The first stop of the trip was Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University(CU), a Global Top 100 University, where..
2012-04-17
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CBNU, 8th in Amount of Financial Support Received from Ministry of Education
The amount of financial support(excluding personnel and operating expenses) that CBNU has received from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology(MEST) ranks 8th among 200 universities in Korea.
On January 25th, The Korea Economic Daily reported that, according to the “2011 University Support Related Projects and Current State of Affairs” report, our university received 65.2 billion won from Ministry of Education last year. CBNU followed Seoul National University(298.8 billion wo..
2012-02-15
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CBNU Founds Honam Region’s First Records Management and Archives Institute
CBNU is now becoming the epicenter for developing professionals in the field of records management.
Under the support and supervision of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and National Archives of Korea(NAK), our university has founded the Honam Region’s first Records Management and Archives Institute.
After the passing of “Act on the Management of Archives by Public Institutions” in 1999 and the “Act on the Management of Public Archives” in 2007, the field of reco..
2012-02-06
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Lunar New Year Celebration Held for International CBNU Family
“Share the warmth of new year celebrations with our international family.”
Our university held the “New Year Celebrations for the CBNU International Family” on January 18th at 03:30 PM at the Samsung Cultural Center Geon-Ji Art Hall to mark the traditional holiday Seollal, the first day of the lunar calendar.
Open to all international students and faculty members, the event is held every year to share Korean holiday traditions and promote friendship with our international community ..
2012-01-27
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Catalan-Korea Dictionary Compilation Presented to the Catalonian Parliament in Spain
Spanish and Latin American Language department Professor Nak-won Choi presented a Catalan-Korean Dictionary personally compiled by Prof. Choi to the Catalonian Parliament, bridging an opportunity to increase awareness of Korea and to establish academic exchange between both countries.
Catalan is the official language used in the Catalonia region in Spain and is one of the most prevalent languages of the 60 recognized minority languages in the European Union. While Catalan and Spanish(more ..
2012-01-24
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Recent Trip Paves Path to Cooperation with Prestigious European Universities
Our university has expanded cooperation endeavors with some of the most prominent universities in Europe in an effort to elevate its status as a global university.
President Geo-Suk Suh visited leading universities in France, Spain and the Czech Republic to sign academic exchange agreements last week.
The first stop on this trip was University of Paris-Est Marne La Vallee (part of an intercollegiate network of 10 universities in Paris), where both universities agreed to engage in double d..
2012-01-09
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Prof. Hee Joon Park, Invents Korea’s First Non-Flammable Wood
The number of fire accidents per year in Korea is more than 40,000 and these fires directly affect nearly 2,000 people.
In 2006, there were roughly 30,000 fire accidents and that number increased to 47,000 the following year. Of these fire accidents, a quarter of them took place in residential premises or multi-purpose facilities, making them all the more life-threatening.
An eco-friendly timber that does not burn may provide a solution to reducing the number of human casualties and in..
2011-12-22
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