South Korea allocates up to 100 billion won to three regional flagship universities

Three regional universities picked to receive up to W100b to close gap with Seoul National University

Three flagship regional national universities — Chonnam National University, Chungnam National University and Pusan National University — were selected by the Education Ministry on Tuesday for concentrated government funding of up to 100 billion won ($72 million) each. The funding will be provided over the next five years under a scaled-back version of President Lee Jae Myung's signature "10 Seoul National Universities" initiative. The three universities will receive comprehensive financial supp

By The Korea Herald