Kyungnam University LINC 3.0 Project Group Achieves Most Entries from Gyeongnam Region in 'Student Startup Promising Teams 300+' This Year

Six Teams Advance to the 'Growth Track' Selecting 250 Student Startup Teams

The LINC 3.0 Project Group at Kyungnam University achieved the remarkable feat of having the largest number of teams advance from the Gyeongnam region in the '2024 Student Startup Promising Team 300+' competition, hosted by the Ministry of Education and organized by the National Research Foundation of Korea and the Korea Youth Entrepreneurship Foundation.

Group photo of 300+ teams advancing to the 2024 Student Startup Promising Teams at Gyeongnam National University.

This student startup competition is open to university and graduate students nationwide, as well as elementary, middle, and high school students, and out-of-school youth. This year, it is being conducted in several tracks, including the Leap Track (General, International Students), Growth Track, and Preliminary Track.

Kyungnam University participated in the 'Growth Track,' which selects 250 student startup teams that require further development of their business plans and business models through entrepreneurship competency enhancement education. With a total of six teams advancing, the university secured the title of having the most teams progress from the Gyeongnam region.

All six participating teams are startup clubs discovered through the 'EX·Startup Academy' operated by the LINC 3.0 Project Group. In particular, teams such as INUS, M&M, Moodify, Dressroom, Silver Medic, and Jeomjawasori have all been given the opportunity to participate in the 'Student Startup Product Exhibition' at the 'Student Startup Festival' after receiving further entrepreneurship competency training and participating in the Startup Promising Team 300+ Networking Day.

Kim Seunghyun, head of the Entrepreneurship Education Center, stated, "As the selected teams will have the opportunity to participate in the upcoming Industry-Academia Cooperation EXPO and the 'Student Startup Product Exhibition' at the Student Startup Festival, we will spare no effort in providing customized education and support to ensure that their ideas lead to great results."