Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Industry-University Cooperation Regional Child Center Jeonbuk Support Team, which operates under commission from Jeollabuk-do Special Self-Governing Province, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Hwang Yang-hee Language Development Center (Director Hwang Yang-hee) and the Lagom Psychological Counseling Center (Director Lee So-hyun) and established an integrated support system encompassing language, psychological, and emotional services.
 
This agreement was arranged to support the development of children using regional child centers in Jeollabuk-do and to improve their care environments. In particular, participation by specialized institutions in language development and psychological and emotional services is expected to enable more systematic and professional support tailored to each child’s developmental characteristics and needs.
 
Under the agreement, the Hwang Yang-hee Language Development Center and the Lagom Psychological

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Residence Hall (Director Professor Kim Hwan-gyu) held the residence hall festival 'Hongwa Dormitory Festival' on the 19th, providing an opportunity for the rapidly increasing number of international students and domestic students to come together in harmony. With roughly 1,800 new international students arriving this year and the residence hall's international environment greatly expanded, this year's festival was organized as a venue for exchanges blending Korean and global cultures.
 
This year's Hongwa Dormitory Festival was characterized by programs designed to welcome international students moving into the residence hall and to allow them to experience Korean food and culture firsthand. It also focused on promoting natural communication and exchange between domestic and international residents to strengthen a sense of community.
 
The event was divided into a first part featuring cultural experience programs and a second part consisting

Harnessing vast seawater to produce freshwater and electricity simultaneously is no longer imagination. Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Professor Nam Chang-woo’s research team (College of Engineering, Department of Organic Materials and Textile Engineering) has realized this and is drawing attention from the global academic community.
 
Existing technologies have separate functions for converting seawater to freshwater and for electricity generation, and they have been limited by dependence on external power supplies. In particular, implementing an integrated system that operates reliably in real outdoor environments has been difficult, significantly constraining practical application.
 
This study is significant because it implemented a "self-sustaining integrated system" capable of producing freshwater and generating electricity simultaneously using only solar energy and seawater.
 
The team used a cellulose-based hydrogel to convert seawater to freshwater w

JBNU Professor Junho Moon's research team, College of Veterinary Medicine, has developed a technology that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to precisely assess the quality of bovine embryos and has begun full-scale field validation studies for application in livestock production.
 
This research is recognized as a core technology that can increase embryo transfer success rates, reduce the economic burden on livestock farms, and raise overall productivity in the Korean beef industry.
 
The research involves collaborative participation by Daehyun Kim of Chonnam National University, Jun-gu Lee of Hankyong National University, and Woosung Kwon of Kyungpook National University. The universities will enhance the technology's on-site applicability and strengthen industrial competitiveness through inter-university cooperation.
 
Bovine embryos are high-value resources priced at about KRW 250,000 each, but quality assessment has relied on the experience of skilled experts. This

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Professor Jaeyoung Park of the Department of English Education has completed and published the first full Korean translations in Korea of two important works of nineteenth-century English literature, Confessions of a Justified Sinner and Father and Son. This translation project has attracted attention from both academia and the publishing industry for earnestly introducing core texts of British literary history to Korean readers.
 
The translated Confessions of a Justified Sinner is the representative work of the Scottish writer James Hogg. Since its publication in 1824, it has undergone lengthy reevaluation and is today regarded as an early psychological novel that anticipates modern anxieties and the divided self. The novel relentlessly probes the duality of human inner life and the question of moral responsibility by depicting how a protagonist, consumed by religious fanaticism and predestinarian belief, seeks to "justify" his crimes. In parti

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Semiconductor Specialization Project Group (Director Jinsoo Kim) is operating the 'Semiconductor Leader Training – Six Sigma Green Belt' program to strengthen data-driven problem-solving capabilities required at semiconductor manufacturing sites, and is accelerating the cultivation of practice-oriented semiconductor professionals.


The training was held for seven days from May 11–17 in Building 8 of the College of Engineering. It focused on systematically teaching statistical analysis and quality-control techniques essential to semiconductor processes in order to enhance students' on-site responsiveness. In particular, the program was practice-centered to strengthen data-driven decision-making skills that can drive process improvement and increase production efficiency.




The curriculum was organized around DMAIC—the core Six Sigma methodology (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control). Participating students learned specialized stati

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) University Museum (Director Park Yong-jin) will undertake systematic cataloguing and utilization of uncatalogued buried cultural properties that have been stored for extended periods to promote the dissemination of their historical and cultural value.
 
The JBNU University Museum announced that it has been selected for the "2026 Preservation and Utilization Project for Uncatalogued Buried Cultural Properties," organized by the National Heritage Agency and the Korean Association of University Museums. The project aims to systematically catalog uncatalogued buried cultural properties held by university museums and pursue their transfer to state ownership, while supporting activities such as the publication of academic reports.
 
Through this, the University Museum is commencing comprehensive cataloguing of uncatalogued buried cultural properties excavated prior to 2000. Through a series of processes—artifact cleaning, joining and restora

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Department of Fashion Design faculty and graduate students demonstrated their research capabilities by winning consecutive awards at the nation's most prestigious conference in costume studies.
 
JBNU announced that Professor Kim Yeon-ju of the Department of Fashion Design and two students, one graduate and one undergraduate, received one Best Paper Award and two Excellent Paper Awards at the recently held '2026 Spring Conference Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Korean Costume Society'.
 
The conference, themed 'Creative Reinterpretation of Traditional Costume for the Korean Costume Society's Next 50 Years,' drew domestic and international researchers and featured active scholarly exchange across various sessions.
 
Professor Kim Yeon-ju presented a paper titled 'Ergonomic Pattern Design and Wearability Evaluation to Improve Movement Functionality of the Inner Lower Garment of Functional Military Cold-Weather Clothing,' receivi

JBNU College of Engineering (Dean Kim Man‑young) has begun formal discussions with the University of Warwick to expand its global engineering education and research network.
 
JBNU College of Engineering announced on the 18th that it is pursuing the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group) at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom to establish educational and academic exchange cooperation.
 
This collaboration was initiated after the JBNU Contracted Enrollment Project Group (Director Professor Bae Jun‑su) and participating students visited WMG at the University of Warwick this past January to strengthen their global engineering capabilities.
 
Afterwards, the two institutions reached a consensus on expanding exchanges, and on the 12th invited Professor Robin Clark of WMG, University of Warwick, to JBNU to discuss the LOI and concrete directions for future cooperation.
 
The LOI will serve as a starting point for the two

JBNU has been selected as an operating institution for the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)'s 'Specialized Human Resources Training Program' and will begin full-scale efforts to cultivate global talent in the agriculture and bio sectors.
 
The Department of Agri-Food and Livestock Convergence at JBNU announced that it has been finally selected as the operating institution for KOICA's '2026 Specialized Human Resources Training Program' in the fields of agriculture, agricultural biotechnology, and bio.
 
With a total budget of 2.5 billion KRW, this project is a mid- to long-term educational initiative targeting trainees from low-income countries. Recruitment will begin in March, and training will commence in September.
 
The training program will run for 27 months across three cohorts. Ten trainees will be selected for each cohort. In addition to major coursework, trainees will receive practical, intensive instruction including Korean language training

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) has been selected as the host institution for the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA)’s specialized training program for the 'Defense Program Manager' national certification for the second consecutive year, further strengthening its position as a regional hub university for cultivating defense industry professionals.
 
JBNU launched the 'Defense Program Manager' national certification training program last year, the first such program in the Jeonbuk region, attracting substantial attention. At that time, about 70 applicants applied for 50 available spots, confirming strong demand for specialized training in defense program management and the defense industry. Building on that success, this year JBNU plans to expand the training audience and operate separate tracks for both current students and employees of Jeonbuk-based defense and related companies.
 
The 'Defense Program Manager' is a nationally recognized certification

The research team led by Professor Bae Hak-yeol in the Division of Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, Jeonbuk National University (JBNU), has succeeded in implementing a self-recovering 'brain-inspired AI semiconductor' and offered a clue to resolving a core challenge for commercialization of next-generation neuromorphic computing.
 
The related study was jointly conducted by the research team led by Professor Bae Hak-yeol at JBNU and the research team led by Professor Kim Tae-wan at the University of Seoul. It was published in the latest issue of the world-class journal Advanced Science (IF 14.1, JCR top 7%). (Paper title: Sustainable Synaptic Device with Two-Dimensional Ferroelectric Materials for Neuromorphic Computing).
 
This study is notable for elucidating the operating principle of a 'performance recovery technique' that electrically restores degraded performance occurring in synaptic transistors based on two-dimensional ferroelectric semiconductors, and

An international Korea–China joint academic conference to discuss key issues in AI and data legislation will be held in Seoul.
 
Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Institute for Northeast Asian Law (Director, Professor Song Mun-ho), together with the Department of AI and Data Law, Inha University; the Chuangxin Development Rule‑of‑Law Research Institute, Shenzhen University; and the Korea Institute for Criminal Law and Policy, will hold the "2nd Korea–China International Conference on AI Legislation" on the 16th at the Law&A law firm office in Gwanghwamun, Seoul.
 
Under the theme "Major Issues in AI and Data Law," the conference was organized to take an in-depth look, from the perspectives of both Korea and China, at key legal issues such as data use and regulation, platform liability, and personal data protection amid the rapidly changing AI technology landscape.
 
In the keynote presentations, Professor Wang Xiaoye of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

The Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Institute of French and African Studies, led by Director Professor Jo Hwarim, will hold a visiting humanities lecture series titled 'Closer to Citizens: Encountering Africa' from May 15 to September 11.
 
The series will be held over eight sessions at the library of Jeonju Shinheung High School. Domestic Africa experts will deliver lectures for students and teachers in the Jeonbuk region who are interested in Africa and the humanities.
 
The program is part of the Humanities and Social Sciences 3.0 (HK3.0) project in which the JBNU Institute of French and African Studies participates. It was planned to foster a regional humanities ecosystem by linking academia and society and sharing knowledge.
 
In particular, this visiting humanities program is designed to provide an accessible yet in-depth understanding of Africa. It is expected to serve as an opportunity to connect the local community with the world through the humanities.
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Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) expanded the scope of academic and cultural cooperation between the two countries by conferring the title of Global Honorary Professor on the president of Tajik State Pedagogical University. JBNU presented the Global Honorary Professor title to President Ibodullozoda Ahliddin Ibodullo of Tajik State Pedagogical University (Tajik State Pedagogical University after Sadriddin Ayni) at 2:00 p.m. on the 13th at the University Headquarters.
 
The ceremony commemorated continued exchange and cooperation and the enhancement of friendly relations between the two universities. The Tajik delegation included President Ibodullozoda Ahliddin Ibodullo; Vice-President Isroilov Ismoil; Director of International Affairs Mubirkoni Muminpur; and Deputy Director of the Personnel Division Jamshedzoda Farzona. Ambassador Kirom Salohiddin Amriddinzoda of the Embassy of Tajikistan in Korea and other embassy officials also attended, adding significance to the occasion.
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