Dongseo University has been selected for the ‘3rd-Phase IndustryUniversity-Research Collaboration Leading University Fostering Project;

demand-tailored growth type’ (LINC 3.0) by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea.

Since 2012, DSU has been building on and implementing a unique industrial-educational cooperation model of the university by carrying out
a project to foster leading universities in industry-academic cooperation.

The LINC 3.0 project selection will spur this ‘industry-university-research cooperation in the field of meta-technology-based cultural contents’ drive
to respond to future-oriented trends, and will receive at least 24 billion won in government subsidies for 6 years from 2022.

The LINC 3.0 project group, meanwhile, is operated under the vision of ‘a world-class university-industry-research cooperation model university in
specialized fields,’ with the goals of innovation in industry-academic collaboration platforms, nurturing convergence talent in the field of cultural
contents, and leading innovation in ICC-centered technology development. The project group further plans to establish and operate promotion
strategies in the fields of: industry-academia-research cooperation systems; human resource training, and technology development and com

mercialization in connection with contents industry condition analysis; university specialization fields; and industry-university cooperation midto

long-term development plans.

Among those strategies, in the field of industry-academia-research cooperation systems specifically, the plan is to efficiently manage industryuniversity cooperation information and performance by promoting the continuity of the industry-university-research cooperation systems and by establishing

an Information Sharing Capability Diagnosis platform.

In the field of human resource training, the IFS 3.0 education innovationand 3-aXis global education models will be established and operated.

In particular, the In-School Field System (IFS) will be utilized, an on-campus field system built by DSU to help adapt to suit the characteristics and
specific needs of various majors. Building on this, the IFS 3.0 education innovation model is a recruitment-linked corporate agreement curriculum
systemized with the IFS 3.0 corporate track, IFS 3.0-PBL teaching method, and JIT 200 industrial-school subjects track, and is a model for nurturing
future talents tailored to the needs of new industries.

In the field of technology development and commercialization, the aim is to operate the ‘eXtended Contents, Culture and Technology’ (XCCT)
complex model and foster global companies in the new industry. The XCCT complex is the hub of human resource cultivation, R&D, and commercialization in the cultural contents field in the Southeast region of South Korea, and is composed of XCCT Labs, XCCT Space and XCCT Global. As such, it will become an ICC brand model that enables ICC independence and the creation of new industries.

Still further plans include, through sharing and collaborating with universities in other regions in the contents field: collaboration in the fields
of human resource development, technology development and commercialization, and establishment of sustainability and independence as a
leading model for industry-university-research cooperation through the spread of results and feedback.

Hwang Gi-hyeon, Chairperson of the LINC 3.0 project group, said, “Based on the excellent industrial-educational cooperation achievements
of DSU built through the LINC+ project, it has become a meta-technology-based cultural content industry-academic collaboration leading university, nurturing personnel specializing in related new technologies and contents, and developing and commercializing technology. Consequently,
we will contribute heavily to job creation in new industries in the future.”