JBNU has formally launched an industry–university project under the contracted enrollment system to cultivate industry-tailored professionals for the defense industry.

Last year, JBNU established a contracted department for a master’s program with an enrollment quota of 25 students in cooperation with some 20 defense companies and built an employment-guaranteed talent training model based on corporate demand. On the 11th, the university announced that it recently held a workshop to plan the industry–university project and has begun full-scale implementation.

The workshop, held from the 5th to the 6th, was hosted by the JBNU Aerospace-AI Advanced Defense Convergence Education and Industry Project Group (Director: Professor Bae Junsu). It was conducted with support from the Glocal University 3.0 Project, the Ministry of Science and ICT, and the Korea Industrial Technology Association.

The workshop was attended by representatives from 12 advanced defense industry companies focused on national strategic technologies such as aerospace, artificial intelligence, and advanced bio, together with participating students, supervising professors, steering committee members, and representatives of professional organizations. Participants included 코리아디펜스인더스트리, 휴니드테크놀러지스, 풍산에프엔에스, 다나, 생명과기술, 에코텍글로벌, 이스텍바이오, 친한F&B, 포도, DH오토리드, 애드아임 and others.

The contracted enrollment system is an employment-guaranteed, customized talent training program in which students, on the basis of prior employment agreements with companies, complete a two-year master’s program and then join the partner company. The university reflects corporate demand in curricula and research projects, while companies participate from the training stage to secure professionals who can be deployed immediately in the field.

At the workshop, the university shared project achievements to date through presentations introducing the participating students’ affiliated laboratories and progress reports on the contracted enrollment initiative. Presentations on the scope and schedules of company-specific industry–university project tasks helped to concretize collaboration directions among the university, students, and companies. Participants agreed to pursue the shared objectives of producing tangible outcomes and linking the projects directly to employment.

Professor Bae Junsu, Director of the JBNU Aerospace-AI Advanced Defense Convergence Education Project Group, stated, "The contracted enrollment initiative is an innovative industry–university cooperation model that organically connects university educational capacity and corporate talent demand to resolve mismatches between supply and demand. Because it provides students with high-quality education and stable employment opportunities without tuition burden, we will continuously expand the program through close collaboration with companies."

Hong Young-ran, Deputy Director of the Korea Industrial Technology Association, commented, "This workshop has established a practical cooperative foundation between JBNU and the participating companies. I expect JBNU to position itself as a hub university for K-defense specialized talent training, contribute to the government’s goal of making Korea one of the world’s top four defense powers, and develop into a model case for the Ministry of Science and ICT’s contracted enrollment initiative."