McMaster welcomes Korean students

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/CNU.jpg” caption=”Pictured back row, from left: Kyung Hoon Kim, dean of international affairs, CNU, Mo Elbestawi, McMaster dean of engineering, and Luke Chan, associate vice-president of international affairs at McMaster. Pictured front row, from left: Park Myeong Sook, wife of CNU president Hyun Tae Kim, president of CNU, and Peter George, McMaster President. Photo credit: Theresa Bae.”]McMaster has entered into an agreement with one of Korea's leading engineering universities. Negotiations between McMaster and Changwon National University (CNU) concluded Thursday, when the two institutions signed an agreement on student mobility and academic co-operation.

CNU is one of the leading engineering universities in Kyongsangnam-do Province located in the southern part of Korea. Situated in the provincial capital of Changwon City, one of the leading manufacturing centers in Korea, CNU offers some of the regions best programs in megatronics, robotics, information technology, biotechnology, labour management, genetic engineering, environmental sciences, basic sciences and regional sciences. It was the first university in Korea to develop it's own intranet, electronic library, and cyber university education system approach and is currently developing a mobile campus funded by Korean telecom.

In the last few years, CNU has been actively engaging in institutional collaboration and forming alliances with universities worldwide. They currently have ongoing co-operation with 30 overseas universities in 12 countries, with 25 universities in Korea and with 12 research centers worldwide. In the summer of 2004, CNU sent 15 of their top upper level undergraduate engineering students to McMaster to attend a four-week English as a Second Language Program offered by the Office of International Affairs at McMaster University. This concluded successfully and CNU contacted McMaster and entered into negotiations to have their engineering students come to the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster for the coming academic year.

The five-year agreement between McMaster and CNU will commence on Sept. 1, 2005 and will allow up to 10 Korean students at a time to study in McMaster's Faculty of Engineering. These students will attend McMaster for two academic terms as part of their overseas learning experience. McMaster is the first university CNU has entered into an institutional collaboration with in Canada.

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[img_inline align="right" src="http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/CNU.jpg" caption="Pictured back row, from left: Kyung Hoon Kim, dean of international affairs, CNU, Mo Elbestawi, McMaster dean of engineering, and Luke Chan, associate vice-president of international affairs at McMaster. Pictured front row, from left: Park Myeong Sook, wife of CNU president Hyun Tae Kim, president of CNU, and Peter George, McMaster President. Photo credit: Theresa Bae."]McMaster has entered into an agreement with one of Korea&#039;s leading engineering universities. Negotiations between McMaster and Changwon National University (CNU) concluded Thursday, when the two institutions signed an agreement on student mobility and academic co-operation.<p><br />
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CNU is one of the leading engineering universities in Kyongsangnam-do Province located in the southern part of Korea. Situated in the provincial capital of Changwon City, one of the leading manufacturing centers in Korea, CNU offers some of the regions best programs in megatronics, robotics, information technology, biotechnology, labour management, genetic engineering, environmental sciences, basic sciences and regional sciences.  It was the first university in Korea to develop it&#039;s own intranet, electronic library, and cyber university education system approach and is currently developing a mobile campus funded by Korean telecom. <p><br />
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In the last few years, CNU has been actively engaging in institutional collaboration and forming alliances with universities worldwide.  They currently have ongoing co-operation with 30 overseas universities in 12 countries, with 25 universities in Korea and with 12 research centers worldwide.  In the summer of 2004, CNU sent 15 of their top upper level undergraduate engineering students to McMaster to attend a four-week English as a Second Language Program offered by the Office of International Affairs at McMaster University.  This concluded successfully and CNU contacted McMaster and entered into negotiations to have their engineering students come to the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster for the coming academic year. <p><br />
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The five-year agreement between McMaster and CNU will commence on Sept. 1, 2005 and will allow up to 10 Korean students at a time to study in McMaster&#039;s Faculty of Engineering. These students will attend McMaster for two academic terms as part of their overseas learning experience. McMaster is the first university CNU has entered into an institutional collaboration with in Canada.

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