On December 3, 2012, our Department of Engineering entered into a research and exchange agreement with the College of Electrical Engineering of Korea University.
The agreement was signed at Korea University by Chair Seon Wook Kim of their Department of Electrical Engineering and the Dean of our School of Engineering, Dr. Naoshi Uesugi. Also in attendance were Chair Naoki Honda of our Department of Electronics and Intelligent Systems and Korea University’s Dean of the College of Engineering, Dr. Su-Won Chae, Vice-Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Dr. Sang Bin Lee, and Professor Department of Electrical Engineering, Dr. Jong-Ok Kim.
Founded in 1905, Korea University is one of the major universities in South Korea, with approximately 34,000 students currently enrolled. The School of Engineering has 1,100 undergraduates and 160 graduate students enrolled, and a faculty of approximately 60 professors. The Department of Electrical Engineering has a wide variety of research areas in Electricity, Communications, and Electronics, corresponding with our Departments of Electronics and Intelligent Systems, Information and Communications Engineering, and Environment and Energy. Some of their courses are carried out in English, and they actively engage in collaboration with industry, including Samsung, LG, and the Hyundai Group.
Korea University hopes for excellent interaction with our students and our faculty, and we all look forward to active and productive exchange among the students and in research activities.