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Posco Partners to Establish Material Engineering Department at Ethiopian University
04/10/2012 - Posco has partnered with Postech and RIST to establish a New Material Engineering major at the Adama Science and Technology University in Ethiopia.
Posco has partnered with Postech (Chancellor Kim Yongmin) and RIST (Director Ju Wungyong) to establish a New Material Engineering major at the Adama Science and Technology University (ASTU).
This project was arranged to strengthen international cooperation by supporting capability development and support to developing countries. The selected Postech New Material Engineering major will be established at ASTU with the support of a consortium with the Busan National University of Education, the government, Posco, and RIST.
ASTU is the first university of science and technology in Ethiopia, where Lee Janggyu, the professor of Seoul National University, was inaugurated as a chancellor last year.
According to Posco, there are 31 colleges of engineering in Ethiopia but none is known to have materials-related studies.
Postech will provide the know-how on becoming a world-class university of science and technology in a short period of time. Postech plans to dispatch professors in the new material and materials fields to help administrate establishment of the department. The school will also provide support with experiment equipment, establishing experiment labs, making a curriculum, training and lectures.
Local professors and students are planned to be invited to Korea for job training linked with the industry field. Postech will support the establishment and development of ASTU’s New Material Engineering department.
