Kyungpook National University, Signed an Industrial-academic

Agreement with the Korea National Food Cluster Support Center​

Kyungpook National University (President Kim Sang Dong) and the Korea National Food Cluster Support Center (President Yoon Tae Jin) signed an an industrial-academic cooperation agreement for the development of the food industry at the President’s Office of Kyungpook National University on May 8. Through the agreement, the two organizations will make mutual efforts to cultivate talents in the food industry and develop technologies for tenant companies in the cluster by making full use of their capabilities and infrastructure.

The main contents of the agreement include development and co-hosting of exchange programs, cooperation and support for students' employment and start-ups, on-site training for professors, and technical guidance and management advice.

Kim Sang Dong, president of Kyungpook National University, said, "The department of food engineering at Kyungpook National University has been training professionals who have led the development of the nation's food industry for about 40 years since 1978 when its predecessor, the Food Processing Department, was established. Through the agreement with the Support Center that operates and manages the Korea National Food Cluster, the first food industrial complex in Korea, we will contribute to making Korean food industry become a global market hub.

(Source: Newsway ​http://www.newsway.co.kr/news/view?tp=1&ud=2019050909030692601)​