Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) University Museum (Director Park Yong-jin) will offer a humanities creative experience for local elementary students titled 'Open Pungnammun and Enter Jeonju Fortress!' from May 8 to July 8.
 
This program was prepared as part of a national university development initiative to achieve the specific objective of 'contributing to the local community and systematically cultivating future talent based on regional cooperation.'
 
The program is an experiential education course centered on the Jeonju-bu map, an artifact in the museum's collection. It is designed to help participants understand the history and spatial structure of Jeonju and to learn in connection with the elementary school curriculum.
 
Participants will examine the key spaces of Jeonju Fortress and the historical significance of Pungnammun. Through map-reading and spatial-understanding activities, they will deepen their understanding of local cultural heritage.
 

JBNU has established the College of AI to create a regional hub for artificial intelligence (AI) education and research and to actively respond to the government’s AI talent development policy.
 
This move is linked to the Ministry of Education’s 'Growth Engine–Linked Regional Talent Development Plan,' specifically the 'Development of Regional AI Education and Research Hubs' task. It is a strategic measure to respond to the national-level direction for AI talent cultivation.
 
The College of AI launched by consolidating the existing Department of Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence and the Department of Software Engineering into a single college. This consolidation brings together AI-related faculty and education and research resources that had been dispersed across the College of Engineering into a single hub. The college will operate based on six majors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Cloud, Information Security, an

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) conducted a comprehensive inspection for illegal filming cameras in the restrooms of campus buildings ahead of the Geonji Daedongje, which will be held for three days starting on the 6th.
 
The inspection was carried out proactively to address the potential for crime due to increased external visitors during the festival and to create an environment in which students and local residents can use campus facilities with confidence.
 
The inspection was conducted by S-1, which handles JBNU's integrated security, deploying specialized equipment and personnel to conduct a detailed check for the presence of illegal filming devices in restrooms.
 
Inspections focused on about 70 campus buildings, particularly those with high student usage or where external access was expected. The inspections confirmed that no suspicious illegal filming devices were found.
 
JBNU said it will continue regular inspections and pursue multifaceted prevention

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) College of Nursing (Dean Kim Hye-young) announced on April 4 that it has partnered with the JBNU RISE Project Group and the Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province to advance Jeonbuk-style integrated care workforce development.
 
This agreement was established to strengthen the integrated care competencies of visiting nurses in Jeonbuk and to build an integrated care model that supports the community reintegration of discharged patients, thereby contributing to the health promotion and improved quality of life of provincial residents.
 
Under the agreement, the participating institutions will: ▲ operate training programs to strengthen integrated care competencies for Jeonbuk integrated care health and nursing personnel; ▲ link programs to cultivate nursing professionals for the integrated care of discharged patients; ▲ develop curricula and exchange information to train specialized integrated care personnel; ▲ and cooperate on other

JBNU's club festival, the 2026 Donginje, concluded successfully on April 30, 2026, with the university community, including enrolled and international students, and local residents participating.
 
This year's Donginje added significance as a youth festival that showcased the appeal of JBNU's club culture and its spirit of community. In particular, the international student association participated officially for the first time, incorporating an international-exchange element into the club festival and demonstrating new possibilities for a glocal campus.
 
The Donginje featured clubs from eight divisions (performances, exhibitions, etc.), which shared the outcomes of activities that highlighted their individual personalities and characteristics, showcasing the diverse appeal of club culture. Through a range of programs—including club performances and exhibitions, interactive booths, competitions, invited lectures by prominent figures, and celebrity celebratory performan

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) College of Medicine student Lee Se-hyun(first-year medical student) was listed as the first author on a research paper published in the international neuroscience journal 『Brain Research Bulletin』.
 
The paper is titled 「Limbic structural markers of language delay in late-preterm children by NeuroQuant and machine learning」 and can be accessed via DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2026.111834.
 
It is considered an exceptional achievement for an undergraduate student to be named as first author in an SCI-level international journal. In particular, the study drew attention for using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify correlations between detailed brain volumes of preterm infants and developmental language disorders, and for developing a model capable of early prediction of language disorders based on those findings.
 
Under the supervision of Professor Hyun-ho Kim(Department of Pediatrics, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital), sh

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) has received an 'Excellent (A)' rating in the 2025 annual evaluation of the Entrepreneurship-Centered University program implemented by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Korea Startup Promotion Agency, once again demonstrating its outstanding entrepreneurship support capabilities. 

 
This evaluation comprehensively reviewed project implementation performance, outcomes, and operational systems across nine Entrepreneurship-Centered Universities nationwide, and JBNU was selected for the Excellent rating in recognition of its strong achievements across various areas of entrepreneurship support in the Honam region.

Since JBNU was selected in 2022 as the Honam-region Entrepreneurship-Centered University covering Jeonbuk, Jeonnam, and Jeju, the Start-up Support Group(Director Guk Gyeong-su) has been implementing the program for four years, establishing a full-cycle support system from identifying startup ideas to global expansion. Re

 
The College of Social Science successfully hosted the 'Visiting Undergraduate and Graduate Student Academy' in cooperation with the National Assembly on the 29th in Room 201 of the Humanities and Social Sciences Building.
 
Some 100 students, including undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Social Science, attended the event. It was organized to enhance students' understanding of the role and functions of the National Assembly and to raise awareness of political participation. The program was particularly meaningful in that it provided opportunities for career exploration through direct communication with National Assembly staff.
 
The event began with a lecture by Cho Heung‑yeon, Head of the Education and Training Planning Division at the National Assembly Legislative Training Institute. The lecture, titled "The Crisis of Representative Democracy and the Institutionalization of Conflict Through the Legislative Process," examined the challenges facin

JBNU will hold the '2026 First Semester Major Exploration Fair' at the Jeondae Stadium on campus for two days, April 29 to 30, 2026, to assist students preparing to choose a major.
 
This event was implemented as part of the Ministry of Education's Glocal University 30 Project and is characterized by combining AI-based career planning with immersive experiential programs.
 
The fair focused on supporting 2026 freshmen and current students who need to choose a major or explore careers. It aimed to help students explore majors that match their aptitudes and interests and to concretize their career plans.
 
Over the two-day event, a total of 77 departments (including divisions) participated, operating booths by major and providing students with a variety of departmental information.
 
In particular, going beyond simple major guidance, the fair introduced experiential programs using AI and XR technologies, offering students a more engaging opportunity to explore their c

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Department of History (Chair: Professor Park Jeong-min) has organized a distinctive faculty lecture series that breaks stereotypes of history to help incoming humanities students who entered through the expansion of recruitment units choose their major. The initiative aims to present history's expansiveness as a tool for interpreting contemporary issues such as economics, food, faction, and conflict, rather than as a discipline centered on rote memorization.
 
This lecture series was designed to engagingly and visually demonstrate to students in the major-exploration phase that the academic character of the Department of History is not a mere listing of past facts but a discipline that provides important insights for analyzing today's society.
 
The talks will be held weekly on Wednesdays at 5:00 PM throughout May, in a relay format, in Room 107, College of Humanities Building 2. The program was organized to reflect recent social interests a

JBNU will provide full tuition support to doctoral students participating in the 4th phase of the BK21 Project Division (Brain Korea 21) education and research groups (teams). The university is converting support from half tuition to full tuition to reduce graduate students' financial burdens and increase research focus.
 
This policy revision was introduced to create a stable environment in which doctoral students can devote themselves to study and research. JBNU has until now provided partial tuition and research scholarships to participating graduate students through the BK21 Project Division, but intensified competition among universities to secure high-level researchers has recently underscored the need for more substantive support.
 
Accordingly, JBNU plans to raise research immersion among the next generation of scholars, attract outstanding talent, and simultaneously strengthen graduate education and research competitiveness by providing full tuition support to doctor

The research team led by Professor Seong-man Choi at Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) has succeeded in developing a core thermal protection technology that protects spacecraft during Earth reentry, marking a turning point in strengthening the competitiveness of the domestic space industry.
 
JBNU announced that, as part of the "Space Challenge Project" promoted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Aerospace Administration, Professor Choi's team conducted research to develop a reentry thermal protection system and succeeded in fabricating a full-scale reentry capsule suitable for mission application.
 
The project is a national research project that began in 2022 and will run for approximately four years. Its goal is to secure technologies to protect spacecraft from the extreme thermal environment encountered during atmospheric reentry.
 
In Phase 1 (2022–2023), the research team developed thermal protection materials for sample return and demonstrated the

The Jeonbuk Provincial Environmental Health Center (Director Kim Yong-hyeon) convened the 'Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province Joint Seminar on Health Responses to the Climate Crisis' at Jinsudang, Jeonbuk National University (JBNU), at 2:00 PM on the 24th. The event was held together with the Climate Change Response Environmental Health Center and the Jeonbuk Carbon Neutrality Support Center to discuss cooperation on identifying Jeonbuk-specific climate and health response policies.
 
This seminar was organized in response to the growing need to establish effective environmental health policies that reflect Jeonbuk's climate, environmental, and health characteristics, as the health impacts of the climate crisis manifest differently by region and social group.
 
In particular, the seminar focused on strengthening collaboration among relevant agencies and exploring ways to align policies to proactively respond to health risks associated with climate change, such as heatwav

JBNU demonstrated strong capability by claiming first place in the team competition at the 30th Minister of Education's Cup National Public University Staff Tennis Tournament held at Seoul National University from April 23 to 25.
 
The tournament began with an opening ceremony on April 23, followed by the singles on April 24 and the team competition on April 25. A total of 43 teams from 30 universities nationwide, with approximately 500 participants, competed in intense contests.
 
JBNU displayed outstanding performance in the team competition and captured the championship. In the quarterfinals, the team defeated Gyeongsang University 3–1 to advance smoothly to the semifinals. In the semifinal against the host, Seoul National University, the match was tightly contested. With the teams tied 2–2, JBNU produced a thrilling come-from-behind victory in the final match to complete a 3–2 win and secure a place in the final.
 
In the final, JBNU maintained stable match con

JBNU's major allocation, implemented as part of the Glocal University 30 initiative through the consolidation of admission units, has taken root stably from the first year and has generated high satisfaction among students.
 
Since being selected for the Glocal University 30 initiative, JBNU has implemented academic system reforms to expand students' choice of major. The university consolidated the existing 106 admission units into 46 for 2025 and plans to further reorganize them into 31 by 2028. It also increased the allowable rate of transfers and major changes to up to 30% so that students can design their own majors and learning pathways. In particular, for the 2025 academic year JBNU led the consolidation by admitting 2,920 of the total admission quota of 4,050 students (75.9%) as undeclared majors.
 
JBNU reported that, in a student satisfaction survey conducted after completing major allocation for the class of 2025, 54% of respondents were 'very satisfied' and 28% wer