UiO has research cooperation with South Korean partners in several areas within medicine, mathematics, and natural sciences. UiO’s main bulk of education cooperation with South Korean institutions is based at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS) at the Faculty of Humanities.
Picture from Kyryo Saram. Hambak Village. Photo: Vladimir Tikhonov, UiO.
Research collaboration
In terms of international co-authorship, UiO's co-authorship with partners from South Korea has expanded in recent years. Projects range from cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, oncology, and radiology to physics, astronomy, to environmental sciences. Partners are found at institutions such as Seoul National University, Yonsei University, Korea University, and Sungkyunkwan University to mention a few of the 62 recent co-publishing institutions.
Project Examples
East-Asia Research Training and Education in Advanced Materials. Program focusing on light-matter interactions. PI: Prof. Andrej Kuznetsov. Partner countries: China and South Korea.
South Korean partner institutions
UiO cooperates with several leading South Korean universities in both research and education. South Korean partners are part of the Panorama strategy, Norway's strategy for bilateral cooperation in higher education and research with key partner countries outside the EU. The Panorama strategy highlights the importance of cooperation in both research and student exchange.
Collaboration in education and student exchange
UiO has various forms of educational cooperation with South Korean universities, and we are experiencing an increased interest in South Korea as a destination for our students. The majority of the student exchange is based at the Faculty of Humanities, where the students enroll in Korean language and culture courses as part of their degree. In addition to semester exchange, UiO also offer the students the opportunity to study for shorter periods in South Korea, for example at summer schools offered by our partner universities. The Faculty of Dentistry has also recently introduced an option of a four-week observation based traineeship at the Seoul National University Dental Hospital.
Bilateral agreements
Projects
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