Ministry Gives Songdo Global Research Campus a Boost
According to today’s Joongang Ilbo, the government will set aside 40 billion won ($28.8 million) this year to help establish a global research-education campus within the Incheon free economic zone. The campus is set to open in 2010 in Songdo, about 40 kilometers west of Seoul, and will be composed of between four and 10 local and foreign universities that will pool resources to conduct research and educate students in cutting-edge technologies, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said.
It said at present, the State University of New York at Stony Brook has agreed to establish a college at the campus, while discussions are underway with several other U.S. Schools. The educational and research focus of the campus will be on information technology and biotech.