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| The Korea Times President and Publisher Oh Young-jin, right, and Incheon Global Campus Foundation (IGCF) CEO Paek Ki-hun pose after signing a memorandum of understanding at the IGCF multi-complex building in Incheon's Songdo, southwest of Seoul, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk |
By Bahk Eun-ji
The Korea Times and the Incheon Global Campus Foundation (IGCF) signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday to enhance their cooperation in education.
The signing ceremony took place at the IGCF's multi-complex building in Incheon's Songdo, between The Korea Times President Publisher Oh Young-jin and IGCF CEO Paek Ki-hun.
Under the MOU, The Korea Times and the IGCF will promote global corporate social responsibility (CSR) campaigns, host global forums and create internship programs for university students studying at the IGCF's campus in Songdo.
The IGCF is currently hosting George Mason Korea, the State University of New York (SUNY) Korea, Ghent University Global Campus and the University of Utah Asia Campus, with almost 3,200 enrolled students.
The Korea Times is the longest-published English daily in Korea.
"I believe the universities on the Incheon Global Campus have been playing an important role in keeping Korea's higher education at a world standard. We hope today's agreement will create opportunities not only for The KT but also for universities located in the IGCF and the foundation," Oh said.
Paek also expressed his high expectations for the partnership, saying the agreement will open the door to mutual cooperation, and opportunities to work together with foreign universities on the campus.
Founded in 2012, the IGCF has the vision of creating the "Best Global Education Hub in Northeast Asia." It is the country's first shared campus for prestigious foreign universities. Following SUNY Korea which opened in 2012, three other universities opened satellite campuses on the global campus which is equipped with modern, state-of-the-art facilities and the capacity to host 10,000 students.
According to the IGCF website, the universities have the same curriculums and programs as their home campuses. This is to let students acquire degrees from the world-renowned universities while they are studying in Korea. The student body is made up of not only Koreans but also people from various countries worldwide. The campus has about 3,200 students from more than 40 countries. Students also have an opportunity to study at campuses in the United States and Europe. The IGCF's strengths are its internship opportunities and various club activities, it said.
Classes at the global campus are taught in English so that those students from Korea as well as abroad can experience a global learning environment and meet people from different cultural backgrounds.
Students who graduate from the universities on the global campus land jobs at various global companies including LG Electronics, Facebook Singapore, and multinational corporation KPMG, the foundation added.
