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[World Class] Hoseo turns regional ind...

 Behind each university’s global ambitions are choices about what to preserve, what to develop and where to go next. In “World Class,” The Korea Herald interviews leaders of Korean universities about the strengths they are cultivating and the futures they envision. — Ed.ASAN, South Chungcheong Province — Hoseo University is betting that its strongest draw for international students is not simply a place on campus, but a path from the classroom into the industries shaping South Korea’s regional economy.The university is building that path around its location near major manufacturing clusters, linking education and research with employment, entrepreneurship and international partnerships.Its challenge is to turn those connections into opportunities that students can carry into careers in Korea or abroad.“Our strength is in industry-academia cooperation,” Hoseo University President Kang Il-ku told The Korea Herald on Oct. 12.“We want to connect South Chungcheong Province’s key industries and our education and research capabilities with overseas universities and companies, so students can experience real industrial challenges and develop skills that are competitive globally.”That approach underpins Hoseo’s ambition to become what Kang calls a “distinguished world-class university.” Rather than follow the model of large universities in Seoul, Hoseo is building its international identity around fields in which it already has deep ties, including semiconductors, displays, future mobility, entrepreneurship and industry-linked education.Those fields are closely connected to the industrial clusters around Cheonan and Asan, South Chungcheong Province, where the university’s two main campuses are located. ✨Connecting international students to regional industry“I believe the internationalization of regional universities depends on how well we connect the region’s strengths to students’ futures,” Kang said.South Chungcheong Province is home to major semiconductor, display and future mobility operations, as well as extensive supplier networks.Asan hosts Samsung Electronics’ Onyang semiconductor operations and a dense network of materials, parts and equipment companies.The city has also been selected as the site of a government-backed Global Startup Campus aimed at attracting and supporting foreign entrepreneurs.Hoseo has sought to build practical education programs around that industrial base.It operates three early-employment contract departments in semiconductor and display engineering, advanced-industry AI engineering and logistics and distribution.Companies participate in curriculum design, and industry employees contribute to teaching.In 2025, the university was selected by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy as a semiconductor academy education center. It also runs packaging and testing programs with companies including Samsung Electronics, Hana Micron and SFA Semicon.Hoseo sees this experience as a foundation for extending industry-linked semiconductor education overseas. In 2024, its semiconductor specialization program organized visits to the Vietnamese operations of Hana Micron, KX HiTech and Hanyang Digitech.The university also wants to apply its industry-linked approach more broadly to international students, particularly in fields where employers need foreign talent.Its plans include combining technical training with workplace Korean and communication courses, so students can apply their skills on the job after graduation.For Kang, employment is the key link.“The first challenge we need to address is ensuring that international students’ education leads to stable jobs,” he said. “Settlement begins with a job where they can use their major and skills to plan their future.”He acknowledges that this part of its strategy is still a work in progress.Kang said regional talent visa rules should be reviewed to determine whether they match demand at industrial sites and support employment and settlement. He added that areas needing improvement should be communicated to the government.As part of the government’s Anchor project, Hoseo is pursuing a support system that would guide international students from recruitment through settlement.The university would provide education and career guidance, companies would offer opportunities to apply students’ skills, and local governments would support visas, housing and other aspects of settlement.Many of Hoseo’s international graduates currently return to their home countries rather than seek work in Korea, the university said. Korean companies have yet to recruit international graduates on a large scale, and visa-related administrative hurdles remain.Some Hoseo graduates have found jobs at semiconductor and display-related companies, where they help connect Korean businesses with their home markets.Kang also sees graduates who return home as part of the university’s internationalization outcomes.What matters, he said, is whether students can use the professional knowledge and experience they gained at Hoseo to build careers, in Korea or elsewhere. ✨Internationalization beyond student exchangeHoseo has 1,309 international students from 48 countries, up from 708 in 2022, according to university data. It aims to raise that number to 2,500 by 2030.But Kang says student numbers alone are not enough to measure the success of internationalization.He wants the university to consider whether graduates work in fields related to their studies, whether employers value their contributions and whether students feel their education was worthwhile.“I would feel the greatest sense of reward if an international student said, ‘I’m glad I came to Hoseo,’ and recommended the university to friends or younger students,” he said.Hoseo is also seeking to expand overseas joint education programs and award more degrees through them.It has operated a joint curriculum with China’s Hunan Institute of Science and Technology since 2015, with Hoseo professors teaching courses in semiconductors and cosmetics at the Chinese institution.In 2025, 44 Chinese students came to Hoseo for three weeks of cosmetics manufacturing education, including practical training linked to regional companies.Kang said the university plans to build on these programs and begin jointly awarding Hoseo degrees to Hunan Institute of Science and Technology students in 2027.The goal is for overseas education to connect not only to degrees, but also to students’ careers after graduation. ✨From Morocco to EuropeHoseo’s international strategy also includes research partnerships abroad, with links to industry.One central initiative is the ATLAS Innovation Hub, launched with Cadi Ayyad University in Morocco and Asan. It is designed to connect Hoseo’s education and research capabilities, Asan’s industrial base, and overseas universities and companies.The partners are developing their first joint research project, an AI-based digital agriculture platform.Hoseo will develop the platform using AI and digital twin technologies, while Cadi Ayyad University will test it in local agricultural conditions.The project reflects Kang’s view that international cooperation should address practical problems, rather than end with memorandums of understanding. Corporate participation has not been finalized, but the partners plan to explore commercialization as the technology is tested.Hoseo is also looking ahead to a proposed Horizon Europe joint research project in 2027.It is discussing a consortium with the Spanish National Research Council, France’s National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, Paris-Saclay University, and the University of Reading and Rothamsted Research, both in the United Kingdom.If the proposal moves forward, it would extend the Morocco partnership beyond a bilateral university relationship and connect Hoseo with research institutions across Europe and North Africa.Kang says this kind of collaboration can bring together universities with different technical strengths to tackle shared problems. ✨Venture spirit as a global strategyEntrepreneurship is another part of Hoseo’s identity that Kang wants to take global. The university has emphasized venture education and startup support since the 1990s and established Korea’s first graduate school dedicated to venture studies in 1999.Its current ambition is to help startups from its regional ecosystem test themselves in overseas markets.Hoseo says startups nurtured through its venture network, including GnT and ARA, have won prizes at international competitions and explored markets in Malaysia and Europe.Kang believes the university’s proximity to semiconductor, display and mobility companies, from major corporations to suppliers, gives its entrepreneurship programs an advantage.The manufacturing base can help students and startups move from an idea to prototyping, testing and production while staying connected to industry.He also wants international students and overseas researchers to become part of that ecosystem.“I want international students at Hoseo to gain the confidence to think, ‘I could start a business with my own idea,’” he said.“If they have a good idea, they can work with our faculty and regional companies to turn it into an actual product and then take on markets in their home country or elsewhere.” ✨Taking Hoseo education beyond the campusHoseo is also considering ways for international students to access its programs without spending their entire degree in Korea.The university is studying online education models, including those operated by Arizona State University, and exploring ways to deliver its semiconductor and venture entrepreneurship courses digitally.One possibility Kang raised is a model in which students study online in their home countries for two or three years before coming to Hoseo for a year of equipment training, prototype development, research or corporate projects.The proposal remains under review. The university has not finalized a launch date or enrollment target, and the online and on-campus arrangement is one possible format, not a confirmed degree program.Hoseo plans to start by offering online courses with demonstrated overseas demand, particularly in semiconductors and venture entrepreneurship. It will then assess whether they can be expanded into degree programs.The idea reflects the broader direction of Kang’s strategy: Bringing overseas students to Hoseo, while also taking fields in which the university believes it has something distinctive to offer to students abroad.“Internationalization is not a concept limited to a particular department or certain students,” Kang said. “Just as digital transformation drives change across a university, internationalization should also be viewed as encompassing education, research, industry-academia cooperation and the overall student experience.”His longer-term goal is for students overseas to see Hoseo not simply as another Korean university, but as a place tied to opportunities they cannot easily find elsewhere.“I want students around the world to say, ‘If I want to learn this and take on this kind of challenge, I have to go to Hoseo,’” Kang said. *The Korea Herald

🎓🔥 호서대 조기취업형 계약학과, 수험생·학부모 관심 ‘후끈’ 🐮..

 호서대학교 2027학년도 대입 수시모집에서 취업과 학위를 동시에 잡을 수 있는 조기취업형 계약학과가 수험생과 학부모들의 관심을 끌고 있다.호서대는 ‘지역성장 인재양성체계사업(앵커사업)’을 통해 ▲반도체디스플레이학과 ▲물류유통학과 ▲첨단산업AI공학과를 조기취업형 계약학과로 운영하고 있다.조기취업형 계약학과는 대학과 기업이 공동으로 학생을 선발하고 채용을 약정하는 교육제도다. 학생들은 1학년 동안 전공 집중교육을 받은 뒤 2학년부터 협약기업에서 근무하며 학업을 병행한다. 3년 만에 4년제 학사학위를 취득할 수 있고 등록금 지원으로 학비 부담도 줄일 수 있다.수험생에게 가장 큰 매력은 대학 진학 단계부터 취업과 진로를 구체적으로 설계할 수 있다는 점이다. 재학 중 급여를 받으며 실무경력을 쌓고 졸업 후 별도의 취업 준비에 드는 시간과 비용도 줄일 수 있다. 학부모에게는 학비와 자녀의 취업에 대한 부담을 덜 수 있다는 점이, 기업에는 필요한 인재를 조기에 확보해 직무에 맞춰 육성할 수 있다는 점이 장점이다.호서대는 이러한 제도의 특성을 살려 지역 산업 수요에 맞춘 교육과정을 운영하고 있다. 특히 ‘반도체디스플레이학과’가 눈길을 끈다. 2027학년도 수시모집에서 모집정원의 3배가 넘는 125명이 지원했다. 인공지능(AI) 시장 확대와 고대역폭메모리(HBM) 수요 증가로 첨단 패키징 기술의 중요성이 커지는 가운데 반도체 산업현장에 특화된 교육과정이 관심을 모으고 있다.호서대가 오랫동안 쌓아온 반도체 교육·연구 역량도 강점이다. 전문 교수진과 패키징·테스트 실습 인프라, 기업 공동연구로 다져온 산학협력 네트워크를 갖추고 있다. 여기에 반도체 후공정과 소재·부품·장비 기업들이 밀집한 천안·아산의 산업 기반이 더해져 현장교육과 기업 채용을 뒷받침한다.‘물류유통학과’는 물류·유통 산업의 디지털화와 공급망 관리의 중요성이 커지는 흐름에 맞춰 물류 운영과 유통관리 분야의 실무형 인재를 양성한다. ‘첨단산업AI공학과’는 AI를 제조 현장에 접목해 공정 개선과 생산성 향상 등 기업의 디지털 전환을 이끌 전문인력을 육성한다.호서대 관계자는 “협약기업과 함께 인재를 선발하고 교육하는 체계를 강화하고, 학생들이 대학에서 쌓은 전문성을 지역 산업현장에서 발휘하며 안정적으로 정착하도록 지원할 계획”이라고 전했다. *대학저널

🎓 강일구 호서대 총장 "충남 교육 경쟁력, 지자체·대학 간 협력이...

 호서대는 20일 아산캠퍼스 성재도서관에서 박수현 충남도지사와 도내 대학 총장들이 참석한 가운데 '도지사와 대학총장 간담회'가 열렸다고 밝혔다.충청남도가 주관한 이번 간담회는 지역 대학의 당면 현안을 공유하고, 지자체와 대학 간 협력을 통해 지역 인재 양성 및 산업 발전을 모색하기 위해 마련됐다.현장에는 상명대, 백석대, 순천향대, 선문대, 한국기술교육대학교 등 도내 25개 대학 총장이 참석해 고등교육 생태계 조성을 위한 의견을 나눴다.참석자들은 '지역성장 인재양성체계'(앵커사업) 중심으로 대학의 교육·연구 역량을 충남 전략산업과 연계하는 방안을 집중 다뤘다. 산업 현장 맞춤형 전문 인력 양성부터 청년 인재의 지역 정착으로 이어지는 선순환 협력 구조를 다질 계획이다.강일구 호서대 총장은 "지방 대학 간 협력과 지자체의 유기적 지원은 충남의 미래 경쟁력을 담보하는 핵심 기반"이라며 "대학 간 연계를 강화해 고등교육의 질적 성장을 도모하겠다"고 전했다.박 지사는 "대학은 충남 미래 산업을 이끌 인재 양성의 거점이자 지역 발전의 핵심 축"이라며 "현장 의견을 도정에 반영해 대학과 지역이 상생하는 협력 체계를 더욱 견고히 구축하겠다"고 말했다. *머니투데이

호서대 가을축제 1만 명 북적…학생·주민 함께 즐겼다 🌰🍂🍁🎪

 호서대학교(총장 강일구)가 학생들이 직접 기획한 가을축제 ‘폴라리스(POLARIS)’를 지역사회에 개방하며 대학과 지역이 함께 즐기는 캠퍼스 문화행사로 확장했다.호서대는 지난 8일 아산캠퍼스에서 열린 가을축제 ‘폴라리스’에 학생과 지역 주민 등 1만여 명이 참여했다고 11일 밝혔다. 폴라리스는 지난 5월 열린 메인 축제 ‘루시드 드림(LUCID DREAM)’에 이은 가을축제로 학생들에게 대학생활의 활력을 제공하고 지역사회와 캠퍼스를 공유하기 위해 마련했다.축제장은 학생들이 직접 운영한 체험 프로그램과 먹거리 부스 등으로 꾸며졌다. 총학생회는 프로그램 기획부터 무대 구성까지 축제 전반을 주도해 학생 중심의 자유로운 캠퍼스 문화를 선보였다. 주민과 예비 대학생에게도 캠퍼스를 개방해 대학 구성원뿐 아니라 지역사회가 함께 참여할 수 있도록 했다. 학생 동아리의 공연도 이어졌다. 댄스 동아리 ‘비슈얼’, 록밴드 ‘고압선’, 치어리딩 동아리 ‘가디언즈’가 무대에 올라 공연을 펼쳤다. 프로미스나인과 래퍼 노엘의 공연이 이어져 축제 분위기를 한층 끌어올렸다.대학 축제를 예비 대학생이 캠퍼스를 경험하는 기회로 활용한 점도 눈길을 끌었다. 경기 성남 분당에서 축제장을 찾은 한규성 학생(3년)은 “관심 있던 대학의 캠퍼스를 직접 둘러보고 축제까지 경험할 수 있어 특별했다”며 “학생들의 자유롭고 활기찬 모습을 보면서 대학생활에 대한 기대가 커졌다”고 말했다.심경열 학생(빅데이터AI학과)은 “학업에 집중하면서도 축제를 함께 즐기는 것이 호서대만의 대학문화라고 생각한다”며 “주민과 학생이 자연스럽게 어울리는 행사가 확대돼 대학과 지역이 함께 성장하는 문화로 이어졌으면 좋겠다”고 말했다. 호서대는 학생 주도형 문화 프로그램을 확대하고 주민과 예비 대학생에게 캠퍼스를 지속적으로 개방하는 등 지역사회와 함께하는 대학문화를 넓혀갈 계획이다. *한국경제

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