Educational Ideology

Chonbuk National University, "Global Frontier College" is a new model of international university established for the first time in a national university to cultivate human resources for the global era. Global Frontier College "was established in March 2018 in response to the expansion of the market for higher educational internationalization and an increase in interest in the development model of Korean education amongst emerging economies. Global Frontier College has two departments, the "School of International Engineering and Science" and "The School of International Studies", and each curriculum is divided into English and Korean tracks.
Global Frontier College aims to cultivate the global mind of Korean students and nurture next generation leaders who are competitive in the industry, and to set up various programs within industry-academia-college to create students who can help strengthen the competitiveness of local industries. In addition, we aim to cultivate international development cooperation experts with humanities and sociology skills by helping foreign students understand Korean and Korean culture, and providing them with systematic management for early adaptation to university life.

Educational Objectives

School of International Engineering and Science : Fostering global engineering talent with creative and innovative thinking. The department is a newly established faculty that is based on the new paradigm of engineering that has recently begun to develop. It aims to integrate artificial intelligence as well as various academic disciplines such as chemistry, physics, electricity, electronics, and chemical engineering.
The School of International Studies : Fostering professional international field specialists with practical skills. The department aims to develop experts in international development cooperation with the philosophy of peace, human rights, and development based on the interdisciplinary fusion of international development, international relations, international management, and economics.