The award was presented to Kyungil University by the Minister of Education, in recognition of its efforts to spread the start-up culture in the 2016 Industry-University Cooperation Exposition.

In the ‘2016 Industry-University Cooperation Exposition’ held on October 20th(Thursday) in KINTEX, Go-Yang City, Gyeong-Gi Province, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Kyungil University (President Jung, Hyun Tae) was selected as an excellent university for the start-up education, thereby being awarded a recognition certificate by the Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Minister of Education.

The award ceremony was held by the Ministry of Education in an effort to nurture creative elites and to foster the start-up culture through exploring excellent universities for start-up education. In this ceremony, Kyungil University was recognized for its endeavors to continue the on-site start-up assistance programs through its cooperation with local organizations and also to spread the start-up culture by virtue of the active investment promotion for students’ start-up industries.

In the region of Daegu City and Gyeongbuk Province, Kyungil University was solely selected as a leading university for the LINK(Leaders in INdustry/university Cooperation) support project under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and also for the start-up promotion project under the sponsorship of the Small and Medium Business Administration. Kyungil University is conducting a variety of start-up education programs and practical support programs for business starters.

Along with Jeonnam University, Sookmyung Women’s University, and the Korea Polytechnic University, Kyungil University was chosen as an outstanding university for the students’ start-up training, thus being awarded a bronze plaque which is valid for 2 years.