Open AccessKOREA HAS CONSTRUCTED WORLD CLASS UNIVERSITIES: “BRAIN KOREA 21” PROJECT
Author(s) -
Linh Ai Dinh
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
khoa học công nghệ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1859-0128
DOI - 10.32508/stdj.v14i3.1981
Subject(s) - world class , liberian dollar , investment (military) , class (philosophy) , political science , economic growth , position (finance) , construct (python library) , higher education , phase (matter) , business , finance , engineering , economics , computer science , physics , artificial intelligence , industrial engineering , quantum mechanics , politics , law , programming language
In 1999, Korea carried out “Brain Korea 21” project to construct their worldclass universities and reformed higher education. The project consists of two phases: the first phase from 1999 to 2005 with estimated investment of 1,2 billion dollar, the second phase from 2006 to 2012 at a cost of approximately 2,1 billion dollar investment.With the “Brain Korea 21” project, Korea has had a breakthrough step in the right direction in the development of higher education as well as the world-class university. With all the determination and effort, so far South Korea has guidelined of Seoul National University (SNU) and the Institute for Science Korea Advanced Technology (KAIST) always in the top position of 100 Universities in world-class raking THES.