Global Talent Cultivation University
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Humanities and Social Sciences Track
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Police and |
Jeonnam State University is the first public university in Korea to be certified for Police and Security Services education by the Ministry of Education. In particular, the program aims to provide a systematic training program for public officials in policing tasked with the execution of state power in protecting people’s lives, safety, and properties. Furthermore, private security, a mutually reinforcing field of policing, requires a significant investment in training the workforce for the security industry, equipped with a systematic education system through theory and practical training. |
Social Welfare |
Students in the Social Welfare department use their knowledge in social work and social sciences to diagnose and evaluate problems of the youth, elderly, women, persons with disabilities, and other marginalized groups to assist problem-solving work. Furthermore, youth counseling is a specialized field certified by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family to lead regional and international youth exchanges and group, volunteer, and art activities. Thus, this department seeks to establish the proper recognition and responsibility for social problems among future experts so that upcoming social workers and youth counselors can acquire the requisite knowledge and techniques to work as experts in the field. Moreover, the department’s focus is to train field-oriented, practice-oriented experts that can step up to the tasks in the field within the social welfare organizations and facilities in both the state and regional contexts. |
Early Childhood |
The program seeks to train creative and professional teachers equipped with an understanding of psychology and the stages of early childhood development, and capable of facilitating development in young children’s intellectual, emotional, social, moral, and physical development. In addition, the program aims to promote a healthy sense of identity and self-esteem in young children. To that end, the department is grounded in research results that point to intellect and personal character being mostly determined in early childhood, recognizing the necessity and importance of early childhood education to train teachers who can provide instruction for children, and providing a scientific investigation of theories and practice required thereto. |
Aerospace, Hospitality, |
The goals of the department are as follows: an absolute dedication to employment- and field-centered training for prestigious hospitality and aerospace service experts; service-centered language skills, value management, image-making, and other lifestyle and character training for business communication function; lifelong education for reemployment and startup creation through expert qualifications via the acquisition of licenses and competition history; and training specialists that can contribute toward regional development and tourism. |
Engineering Track
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Firefighting and |
With rapid changes in society driven by globalization, information, and regionalization, defense against fire and other natural disasters have become a work of paramount importance in the protection of people’s lives and properties as well as public order. To that end, firefighting activities have emerged from their focus on fire prevention and relief to encompass other work as well, such as national disaster response, emergency rescue, and even some areas of social welfare, which are expected to drive the demand for qualified firefighters even further in future. Thus, this program offers training based on systematic and scientific theory, field-oriented knowledge, and expertise not only in firefighting but also in industrial safety, design of firefighting facilities, management, services, and inspection. |
New Renewable |
New Renewable Energy and Electricity is an NCS-based curriculum that works together with the national Naju Energy Valley project. It is implemented in an industry-academic cooperative campus that is designed to offer a qualified workforce and system to KEPCO and other energy firms with a special focus on the convergence of advanced digital and information technologies. This industry-academic field-oriented expert training program offers specialized training for employment in various automated electric automation, electronic application, and other industrial fields. The program also integrates a cooperative arrangement with the Naju Energy Valley project, which seeks to equip the students with field-oriented, demand-driven skills that will guarantee employment in industrial organizations after their graduation. Other elements of the program include the faculty supervision system, which offers personalized instructions for all students, and license acquisition programs that aim to help students earn at least one national certification in the field of renewable energy and electricity. |
Drones and |
Drones are one of the centerpieces of Korea’s new growth driver project, as a next-generation transportation system established strategically for many municipal and regional authorities. As such, this department focuses on training expert drone operators who combine creativity with mechanical excellence in drone operation, design, production, maintenance, software, survey, and aerial photography centered around regional service. The mechanics part of the program uses cutting-edge technology, such as sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and other mechanical disciplines. Based on a social demand-driven curriculum, the program operates agreements, employment plans, and industry-academic cooperation training to guarantee the employment of the graduates in industrial sectors, while the municipal-university innovation project directly connects the graduates of the program with the strategic programs of the region. The curriculum is based on the National Competency Standards (NCS) program, which offers a core infrastructure for the training of field-oriented experts. |
Public Engineering and Environment |
Public and environmental engineering is a field that seeks to preserve the natural environment while developing the land for human use, including theories and technology required for the planning, design, construction, and management of social infrastructure. The public engineering portion of this program focuses on the operation of social infrastructure facilities, such as roads, railways, bridges, dams, airports and seaports, waterworks, and water resources, with equal focus on theory and practical knowledge. Furthermore, the environment portion of this program focuses on expert knowledge and technology related to water and air quality, waste disposal, noise and vibration, and other issues concerning the environment and their effective resolution. |
Artificial Intelligence |
This program focuses on the emerging fields of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, from the Internet of Things (IoT), AI, and Big Data to other information and communications technology (ICT) fields and convergence. It offers an NCS-based program that encompasses the entire field of cutting-edge industry, from AI and drones to autonomous driving, AR/VR, smart factories, and robotics. In addition, it makes use of the state-funded Naju Energy Valley campus to integrate a strong element of industry-academic cooperation in its program, expanding the opportunities of employment for students and offering field-oriented education with work-and-learn programs. |
Future Automobile |
The automobile industry is undergoing an unprecedented change in future forms, as seen in environmentally friendly, autonomous vehicles. This gives rise to the need for quality workers in entry-level management and skilled production. To that end, this department offers NCS-based corporate and field training on the production, maintenance, and development of electric and autonomous vehicles and their components. An integrated curriculum of automotive engineering seeks to train students who will be equipped with the required skills for mid-level technological posts in a corporate environment. This department offers “regional innovation platform” and “Off-JT (OJT)” programs. - Regional innovation platform: This is a five-year regional specialization program involving a yearly budget of KRW 60 billion that seeks to train regional and specialized talents for the strategic goals of Gwangju and South Jeolla regions, fostering the mutual growth of the region and university through municipal-academic cooperative agreements specialized on future mobility and other fields. - Off-JT (OJT) program: This program is a pilot program offered by three universities across Korea, with Jeonnam Provincial College being the only university offering this program in Gwangju-South Jeolla region. It consists of sophomore-level students engaging in work-and-learn arrangements with 13 automobile maintenance companies, including Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors, Renault Samsung Motors, and GM Korea, for a field-oriented training program brought together through industry-academic cooperation under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Employment and Labor. This program offers various benefits for the participants, including full tuition support for the sophomore year, eligibility for the national scholarship program, monthly trainee wages (approximately KRW 400,000 and above), equipment support, and employment guarantee at the training site. |
Food and Biological Science |
1. The Department of Food and Biological Science is grounded in the utmost necessity of human happiness—food. It focuses on developing new growth drivers in bio and food industries, the development of the sixth industry, and field-oriented training required for food processing, production, and quality management of food materials.
2. The department has been reorganized as a specialization program to reflect the demands of the Korean food industry, focusing on the training of skilled experts in the production and processing of nutritious foods as well as food quality management.
3. The goal of the program is to train skilled experts who are not only equipped with holistic knowledge on food processing and quality management, and capable of playing a central role in the development of the food industry and bioengineering, but also instilled with character for community service.
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Hanok Architecture |
Hanok refers to the traditional forms of Korean domicile. The program aspires to train field-oriented experts who can skillfully combine traditional building techniques with modern spatial design so that they can respond flexibly and proactively to the changing trends of the cultural content industry.
1. The goal is to train specialists who are firmly rooted in the style and aesthetics of Korean hanok yet able to showcase the diversity of the art form while preserving the cultural heritage and reinterpreting them for modernity.
2. The standardization, regionalization, and industrialization of the hanok cultural content will help create employment and additional value for the community and the industry.
3. This architectural program focuses on the construction and design of hanok, with the goal of training specialists in cultural heritage maintenance.
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Public Health / Natural Sciences Track
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Public Health Information |
The department aims to train excellent talents who will play a central role in sought-after fields from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, medical organizations, and medical device production companies. These include public health administration, information management, medical record and health insurance work, insurance review work, hospital management, and medical device management. Thus, the department offers preparatory courses for national certifications, such as Health Information Manager, Claims Adjuster, Hospital Administrator, and Health Insurance Reviewer. Furthermore, it offers field-oriented training with experienced instructors and provides full employment through industry–academic–public cooperation. |
Hospitality Cooking |
Work the magic of flavors at your fingertips. The department seeks to train talented specialists equipped with theories and practical knowledge in navigating the international dining industry. As such, the department offers national competency standard (NCS)-based basic techniques and creative, practical skills in in-demand areas in the economy, such as Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Western cuisine. Moreover, it includes blowfish preparation, food coordination, coffee service, wine service, as well as baking, cake decoration, candy art, chocolate art, and other field-oriented tasks. |
Arts and Sports Track
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Performing Music |
The demand for performance music has increased significantly with the rise of public media. Therefore, this department focuses on training excellent talents who are capable of adjusting to various fields of music without losing their unique creativity. The program is also informed by the task of reinterpreting, recreating, and elevating the form of Korean performance art, and it operates a progressive curriculum with an emphasis on international exchange to facilitate these goals. |
Tea Ceremony and Culture |
This department instructs students in the use and production of Korean tea vessels and ceramics concerning Korean tea culture, aiming to train conscious and creative artists and tea masters who can lead the future of the industry and culture. Anyone interested in tea ceremony, art, and ceramics can enter this program and learn everything from the basics to the fieldwork to chart their future careers as tea specialists, designers, and instructors. |
Beauty and Cosmetics |
The program intends to prepare students in the field of beauty and cosmetics in hair design, skin care, makeup, and nail art, offering theories and practices that will equip them for a position of leadership in the 21st century beauty industry. Moreover, it seeks to train artists with a strong sense of character and skills for not only the local but also the international beauty industry. |
Industrial Design |
The goal of the Department of Industrial Design is to train field-oriented talents that combine the emotive design techniques of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and responsiveness to the demands in the field through industry-academic cooperation. Its cutting-edge design training and excellent faculty will prepare the students to engage actively and competitively in the industry and public sectors in the production and design of cultural and artistic products, webtoon and game design, brand design, print media, editing, packaging, 3D design, and other aspects of the field of industrial design. |
Work to School Track
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Smart Energy |
Employment First, Education Later: Work to School Track Work to School Track programs combine field-oriented experience at work and stability in employment (with company resignation during the program prohibited), with 50% of the fees supported by South Jeolla Province and the remaining 50% handled by the company and student. This project allows the companies to secure access to two years (the duration of the program) of stable employment and skill enhancement, and it enables students to gain the confidence of their potential future employer while acquiring the skills for their diploma. |
