국립 부경대학교

△ 부경대학교 캠퍼스 전경.

부경대학교가 행정안전부의 ‘2020~2022년 재난관리 및 지진방재 분야 전문인력 양성사업’에 선정됐다.

이 사업은 행정안전부가 대학과 손잡고 우리나라 재난안전을 이끌어나갈 국가인재를 키우기 위해 석‧박사 학위 과정을 지원하는 전문인력 양성사업이다.

부경대를 비롯, 군산대, 세종대, 안동대, UNIST가 지진방재 분야, 강원대, 성균관대, 숭실대, UNIST, 충북대는 재난관리 분야 등 전국 10개 대학에 이번 사업에 선정됐다.

부경대 등 사업 선정 대학들은 2년간 총 4억 원의 정부지원금을 받아 재난안전과 관련해 교과목 및 교육 프로그램 개발, 연구장비 확충, 장학금 지급 등을 추진한다.

부경대는 지구환경과학과를 중심으로 지진 분야 전문 교수진과 장비 등 인프라를 활용, 지진방재 분야 전문 역량을 갖춘 대학원생 양성에 나선다.

이번 사업을 통해 양성된 인원들은 재난분야 연구개발, 시설 안전, 기업재난 컨설팅, 내진설계 분야 등에 진출해 우리나라 재난관리 및 지진방재 분야 핵심인력으로서 사회에 기여하게 된다.

한편 행정안전부는 2014년부터 이 사업을 운영하며 재난안전 관련 학과 및 대학원 운영 학교를 중심으로 교육기관을 선정하고, 급격한 기상이변, 신종 감염병 등 변화하는 재난환경에 따른 재난안전 전문인력 양성을 위해 사업을 지속 발전시켜나갈 계획이다. <부경투데이>

PKNU, selected as project partner to nurture government's disaster management talent
Training experts in the field of earthquake disaster prevention ... 400 million won will be provided for 2 years of project cost

Pukyong National University has been selected as the 'Specialists' Training Project for Disaster Management and Earthquake Disaster Prevention of 2020-2022' by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS).

The project is a business to foster professional manpower by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety with universities to support master's and doctoral degree programs to nurture national talents who will lead disaster safety in Korea.

Pukyong National University, Gunsan University, Sejong University, Andong University, and UNIST have been selected for the earthquake disaster prevention field, and Kangwon University, Sungkyunkwan University, Soongsil University, UNIST, and Chungbuk University have been selected for the disaster management field, these 10 universities nationwide have been selected for this project.

Universities selected for the project, including Pukyong national university, will receive a total of 400 million won in government subsidies for two years to develop subjects and education programs related to disaster safety, to expand research equipment, and to provide scholarships.

Pukyong National University, centered on the Department of Earth Environmental Sciences, set out to foster graduate students with specialized capabilities in the field of earthquake disaster by utilizing infrastructure such as earthquake-related teaching staffs and equipment.

The personnel trained through this project will advance into disaster research and development, facility safety, corporate disaster consulting, and seismic design, and contribute to disaster management and earthquake disaster prevention in Korea as key personnel in related fields.

Meanwhile, by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety has been operating this project since 2014, and it plans to select educational institutions centering on departments related to disaster safety and schools operated by graduate schools, and continue to develop projects to cultivate disaster safety experts in response to changing disaster environments such as sudden extreme weather and emerging infectious diseases. <Pukyong Today>