The Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation project(LINC), was selected as the technology-innovation university in the capital area on March 2012, in order to carry forward the industry-university cooperation projects for 5 years until 2017. The university was selected for the 1st stage of the Industry-Academy Cooperation Centered UniversityCultivation Project in 2004, as it was the only general university in the capital area and also was selected as an Excellent University in the second stage of the aforementioned project in 2009.Now, the university continues its chain of successes with a nomination for the LINC project and has now engaged itself in the project with a view to expand the initiative industry-academycooperation systems based on the cluster campus (ERICA).

With this LINC project, the systematic education within the regional innovative cluster will be provided to the students of ERICA Campus. The university also established specialeducation programs, in order to train the practice-oriented personnel in order to meet the demands of different industries. Especially, by using the Academy-Research-Industry clusterenvironment which is a strong point of the ERICA, the university is now contributing to the growth of the regional economy by cultivating technologiesand talents, including the green technology and the development area of the fusion and convergence technology both of which are the growth engine of the next generation.