Seven Specialized Colleges in Busan Region Sign Alliance Agreement for Glocal Specialized Colleges

Seven specialized colleges located in Busan (Daedong University, Dong-Eui Institute of Technology, Busan University of Science and Technology, Busan Kyungsang College, Busan Health College, Busan Women's College, and Busan Arts College) held a business agreement ceremony on the 14th at the main conference room of Dong-Eui Institute of Technology (the host university) and signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to devise a joint model among the colleges.

Busan-based United Glocal Junior College taking a group commemorative photo at the signing ceremony.

This agreement was established to strengthen the competitiveness of specialized colleges in the Busan area, jointly respond to crises, support innovation through sharing and cooperation, promote coexistence and collaboration, build a unified governance system, and cultivate specialized personnel for Busan’s key and strategic industries.

Through this alliance, the colleges plan to break down barriers between the member institutions and jointly build a “Global Hub City-type Glocal Vocational Education Platform” utilizing both online and offline methods. They aim to continuously provide high-quality vocational education services across all 16 districts and counties of Busan, leading the co-growth of universities and the local community.

Additionally, they share the common goal of effectively responding to rapidly changing internal and external educational environments, fostering local talent, creating a virtuous cycle of regional settlement through employment and entrepreneurship, and driving innovation in university and higher vocational education through mutual sharing and cooperation.

The main contents of the agreement include ▲establishing a flexible workforce planning management system that reflects and allocates manpower needs of the local community in academic department plans ▲joint recruitment of foreign students and overseas personnel in vocational and technical fields to cultivate future settlement-type foreign workforce ▲policy proposals and research to discover new growth engines in the Busan area ▲creation of joint curricula among the member colleges through glocal projects, joint course enrollment and credit sharing for students, and development and implementation of joint programs by the alliance universities ▲sharing educational facilities, infrastructure, educational content, and tangible and intangible educational services among universities ▲and other activities that can drive the co-growth of the Busan Glocal Specialized Colleges alliance.

Kim Young-do, president of Dong-Eui Institute of Technology, stated, “While maintaining the identity and autonomy of each alliance university, we plan to create a ‘single governance’ system for broad cooperation toward common goals.” He added, “The seven colleges will unite to establish a glocal innovation platform model responsible for vocational education across all regions and age groups in Busan, contributing to the development of Busan as a global hub city.”