Undergraduate and graduate students from our university won the Grand Prize and Excellence Award at the 2nd Korea Studen N
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From July 14 (Mon) to 18 (Fri), at Chungnam National University, undergraduate and graduate students from our university showed their creativity and innovative ideas by winning multiple awards in the Customer Discovery-Based BMC Design and Uni to Market programs of the 2nd Korea Student Startup Week.
In the Uni to Market program for graduate students, the Mother C. team, including our students Munoz Leon Maria Jose and Barrientos Aguilar Paulina Olivia, received the Excellence Award (Chairman’s Award of the Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation) for their idea of mo.decaf, an enzyme for caffeine removal. Meanwhile, the EdVineteam, including our students Ji Hyun-Jin and Kim Hye-Bin, received the Encouragement Award (Chairman’s Award of the Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation) for their online practice class management solution designed for teaching assistants.
In addition, in the Customer Discovery-Based BMC Design program, the Mo-yeo team, which included our undergraduate students Park So-Yoon and Hwang Je-Ma, won the Grand Prize (National Assembly Member’s Award) with their AI group reservation solution that connects restaurants with group customers, showing their strong entrepreneurial capabilities.
Student Startup Week is an event organized by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and ICT, and Ministry of SMEs and Startups, and hosted by the Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development (KISED), Laboratory-Specialized Startup Leading University Program, Startup Curriculum for Outstanding Universities and Talents (SCOUT) Program, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), and Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation. The event aims to close the gap in entrepreneurship education across regions, foster entrepreneurial spirit among students, promote a startup-friendly culture, and nurture aspiring entrepreneurs.
Our university continues to make dedicated efforts to discover and foster student startup teams with the potential to become future female entrepreneurs, positioning itself as a leader in global women’s entrepreneurship. Kim Sang-Jun, Head of the Startup Support Office, remarked, “The synergy between the diverse startup support programs provided by the university and the passion of our students has produced remarkable results. We will continue to support student startup activities and work toward spreading a startup-friendly culture.”