Mokpo National University announced on January 27 that it has established the nation's first Graduate School of Regional Industrial Policy and is now recruiting students for the 2026 academic year.
The new graduate school aims to cultivate advanced professionals who will lead regional and national industrial policy.
Tuition is set at 2.5 million won per semester, with all admitted students receiving a 1 million won scholarship for their first year. Applications are being accepted through March 3.
The graduate school focuses on systematically training experts who can plan and implement regional industrial policies, based on an educational model that integrates industry, technology, and policy. The school is also expected to serve as a regional industrial policy hub in line with the Ministry of Education's "Glocal University" initiative.
The program offers degrees in either engineering or policy studies. A total of 45 students will be admitted across master's, integrated master's-doctoral, and doctoral programs, with 15 slots for each track.
The curriculum is practice-oriented, linking regional core and future industries—including energy, maritime, shipbuilding, machinery, AI and big data, ICT, food and bio, healthcare, environment, carbon neutrality, and cultural tourism—with industrial policy.
"As the nation's first Graduate School of Regional Industrial Policy, we will become a key platform for cultivating hands-on policy experts who connect regional and national industrial policy," said Kim Jeong-mok, dean of the graduate school. "We look forward to strong interest and applications from talented individuals who will contribute to regional industrial development and balanced national growth."