Recently, regarding the issue of domestic students residency at the Residence Halls on JBNUs Jeonju Campus, Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) and the JBNU Student Council have agreed to maintain the number of domestic resident students at last years level.   JBNU held a meeting on January 26 at 1:00 PM attended by President Yang Oh-bong, senior administrative faculty, and the JBNU Student Council executive team (President and Vice President) to discuss measures to minimize housing inconveniences for domestic students.   At the meeting, participants agreed to pursue measures such as increasing the capacity of certain Residence Halls on the Jeonju Campus and designating Hunsan Geonji House as a facility exclusively for residence hall use to respond to this years surge in international student demand while expanding allocations for domestic students.   In particular, the core point of the agreement is that domestic students will be substantially accommodated in Chambit Hall, which had

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) successfully concluded the '2025 JBNU Research Fair Week,' a large-scale research exchange event aimed at expanding the university's advanced research outcomes into industry and future growth engines.
 
The event took place from January 20 to 22, 2025, at the Jinsudang area of JBNU. It focused on bringing together the university's accumulated research capabilities and advanced-field achievements to expand industry–university–research collaboration and strengthen links for regional and national innovation.
 
Held under the slogan "Extending Research Outcomes to Industry and the Future," the Research Fair Week was organized as a comprehensive research exchange event that combined conferences and academic programs centered on national strategic industries such as Physical AI and the defense industry, along with linked programs for graduate students and international students.
 
On the first day, January 20, the opening ceremony was fol

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Physical AI Convergence Technology Project Group (hereinafter, the Project Group) announced that it plans to begin full-scale implementation to build an AX (AI Transformation) industry ecosystem centered on Physical AI.





The Project Group conducted an on-site inspection titled "On-Site Check of Pre-Verification Outcomes of the Jeonbuk AX Project" at 3:00 PM on January 26 (Mon) in the JBNU Manufacturing Technology Demonstration Lab (Changjo 2 Building). The on-site inspection was arranged to directly examine and share the infrastructure and outcomes established through the 2025 pre-verification (PoC) ahead of the full-scale Jeonbuk AX project to be launched in 2026.





The event was attended by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT, the Deputy Governor for Economic Affairs of Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province, the President of JBNU, and key stakeholders from the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), KAIST (Ko

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) will hold the 'JBNU Yeolpum Camp' to support prospective freshmen's adaptation to university life and strengthen their basic learning skills. The camp will take place from January 28 to 30, 2026, at the JBNU International Convention Center, residence halls, and other on-campus venues.
 
The camp was organized to help prospective freshmen understand overall university life and independently plan their studies and career paths, at a time when students' self-directed learning abilities have become increasingly important due to the regionalization and broadening of recruitment units.
 
The JBNU Yeolpum Camp consists of student-centered experiential programs. Through a variety of activities — team-based active learning projects; the 'Ttot-Ttomu Student Special Lecture' (a university student panel talk) featuring upperclassmen; an AI-based university study strategy workshop; and campus tours — the camp supports new students in taking their fir

The College of Humanities at Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) concluded the extracurricular program 'Exciting Digital Humanities Campus (신디인캠)', which was operated with support from the National University Promotion Project, with a final presentation. 
 
Now in its fourth year, the program is the College of Humanities' flagship digital convergence extracurricular program. It aimed to strengthen students' data literacy and problem-solving skills through projects combining the humanities and digital technologies.
 
The program was designed based on the Humanics educational philosophy, which emphasizes the integration of humans, technology and data. It focused on cultivating creative, interdisciplinary talent by combining the traditional strengths of humanities majors ('Human DNA') with digital skills and data utilization capabilities ('Digital DNA'). The program also prioritized developing analytical and systems thinking using digital methodologies and fostering

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Continuing Education Center (Director Professor Hwang Gap-yeon) will recruit students for the first semester of Academic Year 2026 from February 2 to February 13, 2026. First-semester courses will run from March 3, 2026 (Tuesday) to June 22, 2026 (Monday).
 
Responsible for lifelong learning for local residents, the JBNU Continuing Education Center has prepared 187 courses across six divisions—Division of Educational Welfare, Division of Liberal Studies, Division of Sport and Health, Division of Languages and Literature, Division of Arts, and Division of Vocational Education—reflecting the diverse learning needs of the local community. 
 
In addition, except for certain professional programs, an honorary student program that allows auditing JBNU undergraduate classes will also be offered to provide local residents with broader learning choices and greater educational diversity.
 
Registration for the JBNU Continuing Education C

Last year, 80 startup companies participating in the JBNU Startup-Centered University project achieved notable results: total sales of KRW 132,479,800,000, secured investment of KRW 2,998,410,000, net employment of 118, and 143 intellectual property applications filed.
 
The JBNU Startup Support Group (Director Professor Guk Kyung-su) held the '2025 Startup-Centered University Network and Performance Exchange' at 2:00 p.m. on the 22nd, providing a forum to disseminate startup achievements and strengthen the regional startup network.
 
The event was organized to share the year's project operating outcomes and to explore future sustainable growth directions through final presentation evaluations, performance reviews, and networking for the 80 startup companies selected for the 2025 Startup-Centered University project.
 
The program included an operational progress report on the Startup-Centered University and an awards ceremony for outstanding startups. In particular, many

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Professor Hwang In-ho (Department of Animal Science) has been elected president of the Korean Society of Animal and Livestock Foods. His term is one year.
 
The Korean Society of Animal and Livestock Foods promotes basic and applied research on the use of animal resources focusing on animal-based food products. It seeks to contribute to the advancement of academic knowledge and industrial technology in this field by disseminating related theories and techniques.
 
In his inaugural remarks, President Hwang said, "As animal-based food products have become a key area guiding public health and food culture, the society will play a central role in strengthening its academic foundation and enhancing its international standing." 
 
He added, "We will do our best with our members to enable the society to advance on the global stage by transitioning the English journal FSAR to Springer Nature, strengthening the foundation for the Korean jou

In December 2018, pipeline ruptures of heat-transport pipelines in locations including Goyang, Gyeonggi Province; Mok-dong, Seoul; and Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, which injured dozens of people, have emerged as major safety issues every winter. The need for continuous diagnostics of aging pipelines and for technical measures to prevent recurrence has grown.
 
For exposed heat-transport pipelines, inspectors can approach and perform precise nondestructive testing to diagnose cracks and corrosion relatively accurately. However, pipelines buried underground are difficult for personnel to access directly, creating a limit that makes remote nondestructive inspection using robots essential.
 
In this context, researchers at Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) have attracted attention by developing an artificial intelligence-based nondestructive testing robot that can enter underground district heating pipelines and remotely diagnose cracks and corrosion. This research outcome recently

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) has rebuilt its system for training architects and will once again serve as a hub for producing professional architectural talent.
 
JBNU recently finalized a proposal to adjust department enrollment quotas and announced plans to modify the current Department of Architectural Engineering's quota to resume operation of a five-year 'Architecture' program. Accordingly, it intends to move away from the current system centered on the Department of Architectural Engineering (4-year) and transition to a Department of Architecture structure, expanding operations to offer majors in Architectural Engineering (4-year) and Architecture (5-year).
 
In the past, JBNU's architecture-related departments were operated as the Department of Architectural Engineering (4-year) and the Department of Architecture (5-year), but the Department of Architecture was merged into the Department of Architectural Engineering in 2010, resulting in the abolition of the five-

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Department of Resource Engineering alumnus Ko Jae-seop, CEO of Kangkyung Solarpam Two Co., Ltd. (Chairman of the Mirae Talent Education Promotion Foundation), donated a development fund of 10 million won to be used to support his juniors' academic pursuits.
 
On the 19th, JBNU invited CEO Ko and held a donation ceremony attended by President Yang O-bong and other senior university officials. The university presented Mr. Ko with a commemorative plaque in appreciation of his donation.
 
While managing his companies, Mr. Ko has taken the lead in regional development and educational service as an alumnus of JBNU. He has led solar energy power generation and multi-family housing development projects, and has also devoted himself to local educational service through the Mirae Talent Education Promotion Foundation.
 
Mr. Ko said, “I was deeply impressed by JBNU and President Yang O-bong's efforts to promote mutual development between the uni

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Graduate School, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Electrical Convergence Engineering (BK21 Project Division for Special-Purpose Future Vehicle ELITE Talent Development) and the RISE Mobility Future Project Group (Project Leader: Ik‑Tae Im, Division of Mechanical Design Engineering) jointly hosted the '2026 International Conference on Industry–University Collaboration for the Advancement of Smart Mobility Technology' on January 12–13, 2026 at the JBNU International Convention Center.The conference was organized to share the latest research outcomes in the field of future mobility and to strengthen industry–university and international collaboration. Approximately 160 domestic and international researchers, students, and industry representatives attended, enabling active academic exchange.
 
In invited lectures, Professor Paul Griffiths of Aston University (UK) presented research on boundary-layer flow control for future mobility,

Operated by the Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Industry–University Collaboration Foundation under commission from the Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province, the Regional Child Center Jeonbuk Support Unit (Director Hyun-Young Choi) will recruit staff in the education and welfare fields due to the substantial expansion of the 'Support Project for Children Growing as Themselves'.
 
The 'Support Project for Children Growing as Themselves' is a program supported by the Community Chest of Korea and the Korea Lottery Commission. It is a tailored developmental education program that helps children with borderline intellectual functioning (slow learners) grow into healthy members of society. Dispatched specialists visit community child centers to support not only the enhancement of cognitive and learning abilities but also the improvement of emotional well-being and social adaptability.
 
The Jeonbuk Support Unit applied to expand the number of participating institutions for 2

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) College of Nursing (Dean Jeong Seok-hee) operated a Japan-based, field-oriented global education program to strengthen community-based integrated care capacity in response to a super-aged society and has expanded cooperation to introduce advanced overseas care models to the region.
 
JBNU College of Nursing announced on the 20th that, as part of the RISE project, it visited Health Sciences University of Hokkaido and local healthcare institutions in Hokkaido, Japan, to conduct an on-site global education program.
 
The program was organized as part of JBNU RISE Project Group’s initiative titled "Training Integrated Care Personnel Tailored to the Jeonbuk Region," with the aim of cultivating specialized care personnel capable of responding to a super-aged society and benchmarking Japan’s advanced integrated care models. A total of 24 participants, including JBNU College of Nursing faculty, staff, and graduate students, took part.
 
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Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (Director: Professor Jeon Je-seong), together with the Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies and the ASEAN Research Institute at Busan University of Foreign Studies, will hold the '8th Southeast Asia Regional Trends Briefing' as a real-time webinar (online) over two days on January 22 (Thu) and 23 (Fri).
 
The Southeast Asia Regional Trends Briefing is an annual academic event in which contributors to the journal Southeast Asian Studies, published by the Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies, prepare a special issue each year and summarize and share reviews of regional developments. It has covered a wide range of topics, including politics, the economy, and foreign relations, as well as social and cultural changes and issues.
 
This year’s, the eighth, briefing will present a two-day series titled '2025 Country- and Region-Specific Trend Analysis,' providing country- and region-level an