Keimyung University won the award for ‘2019 Award for Best Merit for Venture Start-up Promotion’ from the ‘Minister of Small and Medium Venture Companies’ which was held in Seoul on December 10th,2019. Keimyung University has been running start-up clubs and courses to find and educate young people who are interested in start―ups. Further, the university is continuing to expand a ‘start-up-friendly’ curriculum for students, and a ‘start-up personnel system’ to revitalize professors’ start-ups. “This award is very meaningful and we will continue to support the successful start-up of companies re
Students of Keimyung University had a meaningful time during December and January as they engaged in overseas volunteer work with four other countries that had all participated and/or supported the Korean War. Keimyung University, as it often does, hosted overseas volunteer programs in four countries over its winter vacation. This year, volunteers went to Ethiopia, Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines. On the 70th anniversary of the Korean War, Keimyung University planned its overseas volunteer activities to express its gratitude and to reciprocate the help South Korea received during the Ko
Keimyung University’s Future Industry Usability Evaluation Center (Usability center) promoted win-win cooperation based on a usability evaluation through a symposium on December 12. The AW Hotel hosted the 2019 usability evaluation-based, industry-academic win-win cooperation symposium. Through this symposium, the Usability Center established a strategy to respond to the domestic manufacturing industry with strengthened international standards, such as ISO, and to share trends and development examples of big data convergence technology. The project will evaluate the products from each company
On December 19th, 2019, Keimyung University was reaccredited as a Best-case University related to social responsibility. The accreditation process occurs every five years, and only three universities were accredited among all certified universities. The university accreditation process aims at ensuring and improving the quality of university education to educators every five years. Keimyung University, which was selected as an excellent example of a socially responsible university, organizes and operates voluntary sharing using the Keimyung 1% love share in 2004. In this program, 900 faculty m
On January 22nd, Dong-A University's LINC+ held a mutual business agreement ceremony and performance exchange meeting with Keimyung University's LINC+ business group. LINC+ is abbreviation of Leaders in Industry University Cooperation. The event aimed to promote the cooperation in three ways. First, it aimed to share mutual excellence among the local districts and business groups. Second, it strengthened cooperation for the spread of its effects and the development of new industrial cooperation. Third, it promoted diversification of the scope of business through benchmarking. The convention wi
On Nov. 29th, KMU established the Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do Province Social Innovation Support Center. This center aims to develop a role for universities to better contribute to the community. KMU established the Social Innovation Support Centre to perform and manage the university’s role in developing the region’s future. Social responsibility granted to universities has been defined normatively under the mission of higher education in education, research, and service. However, the concept of service has been expanding recently, and while it was previously seen as a passive ‘service’concept
A team consisting of Major in Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, called the Guardian Team, won the best prize at the recent Daegu International Future Auto Expo 2019 Car Startup Camp which was held October 17th to 20th. The Guardian Team showed off a user-installed automatic sprinkler system in a car and received excellent reviews from the judges. They got one million won for prize money and surprisingly, they donated all to the school on October 29th. Kim Si-woo, a member of the team, said they decided to donate the prize money because they wanted to spend it meaningfully. The Keimyung V
Keimyung University and Daegu City held the "2019 Public Diplomacy Symposium in Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do " under the sponsorship of the KF. The symposium was held on November 15th, and the theme was ‘Public diplomacy in the Glocal Era: Expanding the Perception of Public Diplomacy in Daegu and North Gyeongsangbuk-do’. Professor Lee Seung-geun, head of relations between the KF public diplomacy and Keimyung University, said, "We will enhance understanding and spread awareness among Daegu and North Gyeongsangbuk-do residents about public diplomacy through various events related to public diplom