Being selected in energy field and self-driving car field in “2023 Industry Perspective University Evaluation”

Continuous selection of the best industrial-perspective departments since 2009

Biopharmaceuticals, oil and petrochemicals, electronic semiconductors, information communications, machinery (automotive), architecture (construction), environment, and civil engineering, etc.

[December 13, 2023]

<From the left, President CHOI Oe-chool, Dean LEE Seung-woo of Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Director KANG Seok-won of Department of Future Automotive Engineering, and Director KIM Seung-cheol of Planning Division>

YU (President CHOI Oe-chool) held a certification plaque award ceremony for Faculty of Chemical Engineering (energy field) and the Department of Future Automotive Engineering (autonomous vehicle field), which were selected as the best departments in “2023 Industry Perspective University Evaluation” announced by Accreditation Board of Engineering Education of Korea.

Industry Perspective University Evaluation has been done since 2008 to expand communication between industry and universities, to cultivate human resources that meet industry demands, and to improve university curriculum and departments are directly evaluated by industry personnel and talent development staff from related organizations.

This year, the evaluation fields increased from 4 to 5 fields (▲Environment ▲Energy ▲Shipbuilding and Offshore ▲Autonomous Vehicles ▲Intelligent Robots) and 33 departments of 22 universities were evaluated in three evaluation areas including industry-based curriculum design, operation, and operational performance.The universities that received the best evaluations were jointly awarded certification plaques in the names of the Ministry of Education, the Five Economic Organizations, and the Accreditation Board of Engineering Education of Korea. These plaques were presented to each department during today's award ceremony.

President CHOI Oe-chool said, “YU got good evaluations in the areas of education, research, and social contribution in various world university evaluations this year. Industry Perspective University Evaluation is very meaningful in the respect that industry personnel directly evaluates and certifies the curriculum of universities and departments. We will do our best to cultivate talents to lead the industry through development and operation of curricula that meet field demands and contribute in national development and common prosperity of society.

Meanwhile, YU has been producing best departments in Industry Perspective University Evaluation since 2009 in various academic areas including metal and steel, new materials, architecture (construction), general machinery, machinery-automotive, electronic engineering-semiconductor, information and communication, computer software, oil and petrochemicals, environment, biomedicine, food, civil engineering, etc.