The great tradition of "naerisarang"—senior-to-junior support that helps juniors broaden and deepen the academic and research paths laid by their predecessors—has deeply resonated across the local community and on campus.
 
Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) College of Nursing graduate students have, for 11 years, gone beyond one-off donations by contributing development funds that directly support juniors' research activities, establishing themselves as a solid pillar for cultivating global nursing talent.
 
On the 9th, JBNU held a donation and plaque presentation ceremony in the President's Office at University Headquarters. This year, a total of 36 graduate students pooled KRW 47,500,000 for the development fund.
 
Their donations have continued every year since 2016. To honor this noble dedication, President Yang O-bong personally presented plaques of appreciation to Yu Ga-eul, representative of the doctoral program, and An Eun-ji, representative of the master's

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Professor Jun-ho Jeong (Department of Public Administration, College of Social Science) has been appointed Project Director of the Cultural Impact Assessment implementing institution first designated by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Accordingly, Professor Jeong will lead efforts to establish and advance the Cultural Impact Assessment system over the next three years.
 
Under Article 9‑3 of the Framework Act on Culture, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has, for the first time, designated two institutions nationwide, including JBNU Industry-University Cooperation, as Cultural Impact Assessment implementing institutions. This designation is the first case since the institution designation system was introduced through the 2025 amendment to the Framework Act on Culture, and it is significant in that it institutionalizes the expertise and credibility of Cultural Impact Assessments.
 
The Cultural Impact Assessment is a

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU)-operated Hope Jeonbuk POST-BI (Director Guk Gyeong-su) has been selected as an operating institution for the 'Startup HR and Labor Management Linked Training' jointly promoted by the Korea Business Incubation Association and the Korea Employment and Labor Training Institute.
 
This project is a nationwide education support program aimed at strengthening the practical HR and labor-management capabilities of startup business owners and managers. A call for applications was held for startup incubation centers nationwide, and five institutions were selected for the basic course and five for the advanced course. Hope Jeonbuk POST-BI was chosen as an operating institution for the basic course.
 
Accordingly, Hope Jeonbuk POST-BI will provide practice-oriented training in HR, labor, and industrial safety for employees of startup companies and staff of startup support organizations. The Korea Employment and Labor Training Institute will provide expe

JBNU's Jeonbuk International Development Cooperation Center, under President Yang Oh-bong, in cooperation with the School of International Studies and the International Development Cooperation Institute, concluded the first-half 2026 development cooperation seminar series 'INDECODE' with strong interest from university students and local residents.
 
This first-half series comprised six sessions, from the 33rd through the 38th, held from March 11 to May 27, 2026. The program focused on evolving key international development cooperation issues such as agriculture, food, cultural heritage, and global health, and received positive responses from participants.
 
'INDECODE' is a program whose name conveys the idea of 'creating someone's joy through development cooperation.' It operates as an academic platform for knowledge sharing in international development cooperation and for strengthening local ODA capacities.
 
The series included speakers such as Hwang Won-gyu, former p

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Plant Quarantine Graduate School is recruiting new students for the second semester of the 2026 academic year to train professionals who will lead pest and disease management and quarantine in agricultural fields.
 
The JBNU Plant Quarantine Graduate School is a specialized graduate school operated with the aim of training specialists in pest and disease diagnosis, identification, and control who can respond to rapidly changing agricultural environments and threats to food security. It is run by a consortium including JBNU, Kyungpook National University, and Chonnam National University, and cultivates talent with both practical field capabilities and research expertise.
 
Established in 2021, the Plant Quarantine Graduate School strengthens practical expertise through field-centered and interdisciplinary curricula covering crop pest surveillance and diagnosis, quarantine, and smart control technologies. It also provides retraining for employ

JBNU has, through industry–university–research collaboration based on the Glocal University 30 Project, attracted national government-funded projects totaling KRW 286.8 billion over the past three years, thereby accelerating achievements toward building a Jeonbuk-style industrial city (JUIC Triangle).
 
This achievement is an example of the Glocal University 30 Project's core objective of "regional-university co-growth" working in practice. It is the result of efforts to establish industry–university–research campuses in connection with the Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province's region-specific industrial development strategies. JBNU has been concentrating on expanding research, education, and demonstration infrastructure linked to local industries around the JUIC Triangle connecting Saemangeum–Iksan/Jeongeup–Jeonju/Wanju.
 
As detailed implementation tasks under the Glocal University 30 Project, JBNU is specializing and fostering Saemangeum in secondary batter

JBNU has partnered with the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation (President Nam Hwa-young) to advance an industry–university–research collaboration system linked to regional industries. The move aims to establish a practical regional innovation model based on cooperation with public institutions in response to the government’s flagship national university development policy.
 
On the 5th at 2:00 p.m., JBNU signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation in the President’s Office at University Headquarters. They agreed to establish a cooperation framework focused on education and research linked to regional growth engines, AI-based convergence education innovation, and the creation of an employment and entrepreneurship ecosystem connected to regional industries.
 
The signing ceremony was attended by President Yang O-bong, President Nam Hwa-young of the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation, and key officials from both organizations, who

JBNU Professor Han Jae-ik (College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine) was awarded the Presidential Citation on Biodiversity Day 2026 (Migratory Bird Day) for his contributions to biodiversity conservation through wildlife medical treatment outcomes, the establishment of diagnostic testing systems, and the improvement and expansion of domestic clinical systems.
 
Professor Han has been responsible for the treatment and surgery of wildlife (such as birds of prey) within the public-clinical area of animal medicine. He has achieved release-to-the-wild success rates at least 10% higher than the national average, and has concurrently developed comprehensive diagnostic testing systems and clinical and diagnostic techniques specific to wild and exotic animals.
 
He was especially commended for disseminating the diagnostic systems and clinical techniques he developed, and for operating international and domestic training programs and organizing academic confere

JBNU participated in the 'QS EduData Summit 2026' hosted by the global university ranking agency QS, sharing its AI-based university innovation cases with universities worldwide and attracting attention as a global model for university innovation.
 
President Yang O-bong delivered a presentation on June 3, 2026, at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on the theme "How Should AI Transformation Be Implemented Inside Universities?"
 
The session was conducted in a "Fireside Chat" format, allowing free dialogue between the moderator and the speaker. It covered the AI-based education, research, and administrative innovation initiatives undertaken over the three years since President Yang took office, and the role of universities in the AI era.
 
In his presentation, President Yang emphasized, "AI transformation is not an option but an essential task for the university's survival and future competitiveness," and stressed that "in the AI era, the entire university system must change

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) G-Lamp Project Group has officially launched the 'LAB Tour Program', allowing local high school students to directly experience university laboratories and beginning active efforts to cultivate future research talent.
 
This program is a field-oriented educational initiative designed to provide practical assistance in major selection and career planning by enabling high school students to experience the university's education and research environment in advance. It is structured to go beyond simple visits, offering hands-on exposure to real research settings and opportunities to deepen understanding of disciplines through interaction with researchers.
 
The program includes LAB tours, demonstrations of advanced research equipment, and researcher mentoring. Participating high schools are connected with G-Lamp-affiliated departmental research laboratories to offer tailored experiential opportunities. Through this, students can observe universi

University students in the Jeonbuk region have achieved outcomes that simultaneously strengthened practical competencies and global awareness through ODA club activities in the field of international development cooperation (ODA) provided by JBNU Jeonbuk International Development Cooperation Center.
 
The Jeonbuk International Development Cooperation Center has operated the Jeonbuk-area student ODA club 'ODA利 (Oda-ri)' since 2017. Since the first cohort in 2017, it has carried out various activities to cultivate ODA talent in the Jeonbuk region, and to date a total of 277 program completers have graduated.
 
The 15th cohort, which took part in activities over three months during this semester, systematically increased their understanding of and practical capabilities in international development cooperation and completed all program components.
 
ODA利 is a name that combines the Korean character '利' (meaning benefit) with 'Leaders', and it has established its

Students from the Jeonbuk region achieved results in strengthening both practical competencies and global awareness through ODA club activities in the field of international development cooperation (ODA) provided by Jeonbuk National University (JBNU)'s Jeonbuk International Development Cooperation Center.

The Jeonbuk International Development Cooperation Center has operated the Jeonbuk-area university students' ODA club 'ODA利 (Odari)' since 2017. Beginning with the first cohort in 2017, the program has carried out various activities to cultivate ODA talent in the Jeonbuk region, and to date a total of 277 participants have completed the program.

The 15th cohort, which engaged in three months of activities during this semester, completed all programs after systematically strengthening their understanding of and practical capabilities in international development cooperation.

ODA利, a name combining the character for 'benefit' (利) and the word 'Leaders', has established its

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Hope Jeonbuk POST-BI resident company Allwell Co., Ltd. won the Grand Prize (Jeonbuk Regional Director of the Small and Medium Venture Business Administration Award) at the regional startup discovery program '2026 Challenge! J-Startup Contest.'
 
This award is regarded as external recognition of the innovation and growth potential of startups in the Jeonbuk region.
 
'2026 Challenge! J-Startup Contest' is an entrepreneurship support program jointly hosted by the JBNU Startup Incubation Center, the Jeonbuk Bio-Convergence Industry Promotion Agency, the ECO Convergence Textile Research Institute, and Jeonbuk Science College. It was organized to identify and nurture companies with excellent startup ideas and innovative capabilities, focusing on Jeonbuk's key industries of agro-life and bio, and carbon composite materials.
 
The contest selected the final awardees through document review and presentation evaluation. Allwell Co., Ltd.

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Regional Development Research Institute has expanded its role as a 'Local–Industry–Academia–Research Think Tank Platform' for addressing local issues and fostering regional strategic industries. It is establishing itself as an operational hub that leads problem-solving and the development of strategic industries in the region.
 
JBNU established the Regional Development Research Institute in 2023 as a core implementation task of the Glocal University 30 project to build a cooperative system for mutual growth between the region and the university. The institute launched as a university-based policy and industry linkage platform dedicated to addressing local issues and fostering strategic industries, and it performs a think-tank role connecting local governments, industry, academia, and research institutes.
 
Since then, centered on regional hub research institutes such as the Namwon Development Research Institute, the Wanju Research Ins

JBNU is pursuing the establishment of a super-regional local–industry–academia collaboration framework, in cooperation with Jaeneung University, to align with the government's national balanced development strategy known as the '5 Poles, 3 Specialties' system.
 
This collaboration is part of efforts to lead the transition to an 'anchor system,' in which universities function as the central axis of regional innovation, and to secure policy alignment with higher education reform directions centered on national flagship universities.
 
Accordingly, the two universities confirmed the basis for mutual cooperation at a recent exchange meeting and announced on the 2nd that they had signed a letter of intent (LOI) to cooperate on jointly proposing super-regional consortium projects in the future.
 
University presidents and senior officials from both institutions attended the meeting and reached a consensus on continued practical cooperation and expanded exchanges.
 
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