From 9th to 10th July, a delegation from the KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School (KINGS) visited the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw. The talks concerned a European training centre for nuclear energy at the UW Faculty of Physics. The establishment of the centre is the result of a long-standing teaching collaboration between the KINGS and the UW.
The representatives of both institutions met to discuss the initiative of the National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCC), a European training centre for nuclear energy. The centre will be sited at the Faculty of Physics in collaboration with the Faculty of Chemistry and the Faculty of Oriental Studies. The NCC aims not only to facilitate cooperation in specialist training but also to foster interest in the Korean language and culture.
The delegation from the Korean university included Prof. Ju-youl Kim, the Dean of External Affairs of the Nuclear Power Plant Engineering Department, and Prof. Joo-il Yoon, the Head of the Nuclear Power Plant Engineering Department.
The University of Warsaw was represented by Prof. Zygmunt Lalak, the Vice-Rector for Research, Prof. Wojciech Satuła, the Faculty of Physics Vice-Dean for Research and Development, Prof. Krzysztof Turzyński, the Faculty of Physics Vice-Dean for Student Affairs, Prof. Agnieszka Korgul, the Coordinator of Academic Cooperation between the UW and KINGS, Prof. Sławomir Sęk, the Faculty of Chemistry Vice-Dean for General Affairs and Finance, Prof. Maciej Chotkowski and Dr Karolina Pułka-Ziach from the Faculty of Chemistry, Prof. Piotr Taracha, the Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Prof. Agata Bareja-Starzyńska and Dr Anna Paradowska from the Faculty of Oriental Studies.
The meeting was also attended by Dr Marcin Kardas, the Deputy Director for Innovation and Implementation of the National Centre for Nuclear Research, also associated with the UW Faculty of Management, and Dr Katarzyna Deja, the Head of the NCBJ Education and Training Department.
Polish-Korean cooperation
The NCC Centre is being established under an agreement that the UW reached in March this year with South Korean universities: KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School (KINGS), Busan National University (PNU) and the Korea Nuclear Association for International Cooperation (KNA). The founding of the centre is the result of a long-standing teaching collaboration between the UW and KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School (KINGS), a leading Korean research centre specialising in the training of nuclear professionals. In 2020, an agreement was reached whereby UW students gain unique practical competences at the Korean university every year. Two years later, the UW and KINGS signed an agreement to expand cooperation between the two universities on distance learning.