GIST and ULIM sign an MOU for mutual cooperation

The MOU signing ceremony was conducted between GIST President Seung Hyeon Moon (center left)

and ULIM President Andrei Galben (center right).

On December 10, 2015, the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) and the Free International University of Moldova (ULIM) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for mutual cooperation at 10:00 AM in Oryong Hall. The MOU is intended to promote joint research as well as student and faculty exchanges between GIST and ULIM.

The Free International University of Moldova is in a land-locked country in Eastern Europe. Founded in 1992, ULIM is located in Chișinău, which is the capital of Moldova. ULIM has seven schools with approximately 8,000 students and 500 faculty members.

Many Moldovans are interested in Korean culture, and some local students have learned Korean. This will help to promote student and faculty exchanges with GIST, especially have 16 GIST College students volunteered in the summer of 205 to assist with an IT educational program in Moldova.

GIST President Seung Hyeon Moon said, "In the aftermath of the MOU that has been signed between our two universities, we hope to make vigorous progress with research collaboration as well as with people-to-people exchanges. Developing international relationships with schools based in Eastern Europe will help to promote mutual progress."