Korea University selected for the 2^nd cycle of University Innovation Support Project

Korea University was selected for the 2^nd cycle of University Innovation Support Project announced by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Research Foundation. The second-annual University Innovation Support Project, which will be funded by the government for three years from 2022 to 2024, is a comprehensive project to strengthen the basic capabilities and strategic characterization of universities and to foster future creative talents through self-innovation which will become the foundation for the growth of national innovation, and the project integrates and reorganizes projects such as ACE+ (autonomous capacity), CK (characterization), PRIME (industrial linkage), and CORE (humanities capacity), which were previously scattered, into one general financial support project..

 KUBS is to participate in University Innovation Support Projects under the theme of "Development and Operation of ESG Program.” Environmental Management, Social Responsibility of corporates, and transparent Governance, in short, ESG, has emerged as the most important key issue in corporate management as stakeholder capitalism has been emphasized at the 2020 World Economic Forum, going back to discussions on sustainable development at the world level in the late 1980s.

KUBS aims to foster future business leaders who can lead ESG activities of corporations by presenting ways to protect the environment and implement sustainable and transparent corporate management through the University Innovation Support Project. In order to revitalize the detailed ESG track "Social Value and Sustainable Management," the company will develop practical team teaching ESG courses through collaboration with faculty of other universities. Startup of social enterprises will also be promoted by holding an in-school Social Enterprise Startup Competition.
Meanwhile, KUBS participated in the first cycle of University Innovation Support Projects under the theme of "Discovering Problem-solving Digital Transformation in business models."