Last year, SKKU announced the ‘New Challenge Project’ based on 5 sectors; (1) Convergence Education (2) Research (3) Global Alliance (4) Industrial Collaboration and (5) Innovation on administration, to become a world leading university. This project is a concrete blueprint that contains action plans of VISION 2020, which aims to be ranked within the top 10 in Asia and top 50 in the world by 2020.

(1) Research-focused University Leading Future Industry

Performance is visible with various indexes in research and industrial collaboration

-         Published 4,865 SCI research articles, doubled from 2,782 in 2010

-         Research fund is $300 mil, increased by 50% from 2010

-         The number of international research papers per faculty is 0.98 (No.1 on Korea)

-         Income from Technology Transfer is increased from $2mil (2010) to 3 mil won (2015)

(2) Software Courses to Foster Creative Talents

SKKU is focusing on cultivating talented individuals who have both convergence thinking ability and professional knowledge. In particular, SKKU is striving to foster software experts by offering software courses to students in human and social sciences. Also, the College of Software was established recently by merging with Software and Computer Engineering to give a wider scope of education in this field.

(3) Professional and Practical Graduate School

31 teams, the largest number among private universities in Korea, were selected for BK21+ because of SKKU’s greatness in the scholarship and research environment. SKKU has 2 IBS (Institute for Basic Science) and receives support through research funds totaling about $10 mil annually over 10 years. Also, the Grand ICT Research Center has just opened in Pangyo Techno Valley and is expected to become the center of technology development /transfer/patent processes for venture businesses.