The government announced Sunday the 10 Korean universities that will start a joint degree program with leading schools in Japan and China.
Beginning next year, among the Korean schools to participate in the “Campus Asia” program are Seoul National University, Korea University, Sungkyunkwan University, POSTECH, Dongseo University and Busan National University, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said.
The program follows an agreement formulated at the end of a conference between South Korea, China and Japan in May, 2010.
“This project, designed to boost exchanges among the universities in the region, is the East Asian version of the Erasmus Project, a European Union (EU) student exchange program,” a ministry official said.
Peking University, Fudan University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University are among the seven Chinese universities participating in the program. In Japan, the University of Tokyo, Ritsumeikan University, Kyushu University, Tohoku University and Nagoya University will be affiliated.
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