Jeonbuk National University has been selected for the government-funded Support Program for Specialized Graduate Schools in Advanced Industries. The university said Tuesday that the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy designated the university’s Specialized Graduate School for Robotics as a specialized graduate school for national strategic advanced industries on Monday. The university added that the specialized graduate school will be operated primarily through the Department of Advanced Robotics under the university’s Graduate School. Under the program, the university will receive 15 billion won ($10.9 million) in government funding over the next five years. The university said the funding will be used to foster master’s- and doctoral-level professionals who will lead the fields of manufacturing robots and artificial intelligence (AI). The funding will also be used to establish a robotics industry innovation hub linked to the region’s advanced manufacturing and mobility industries. “This selection recognizes the university’s accumulated capabilities in education and resear
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