KWANGJU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY

Wellness-Beauty Specialization Plan

Education: Talent Development

Beauty Startup: Department of Beauty Science, Department of Cosmetic Science
Beauty Management Interdisciplinary Major: Department of Beauty Science, Department of Service Management
Wellness-Uving Interdisciplinary Major: Department of Beauty Science, Department of Cosmetic Science, Department of Food and Nutrition, Department of Interior Design
Wellness-Senior Interdisciplinary Major: Department of Beauty Science, Department of Social Welfare, Department of Counseling Psychology

Strengthening field-oriented teaching methods and establishing field-based learning systems
Expanding NC, PBL, CBL, capstone design, and related methods
Introducing field-based learning systems and evaluation by field experts
Expanding linked learning with local universities

Diversifying online-based adult lifelong learning programs
Second-career education programs for adults and graduates, including beauty tourism, new beauty-related job categories, and cosmetic manufacturing specialists
Promoting Wellness-Beauty lifelong learning in the local community
Developing online Wellness-Beauty Nano Degree curricula

Industry-Academic Cooperation: Local Community Linkage

Promoting Wellness-Beauty startups
Operating startup schools and incubators, including small-capital single-item businesses, two-person businesses, and cosmetics manufacturing
Developing new job categories for the future society, including beauty creators, beauty welfare specialists, web-aging consultants, and customized cosmetics manufacturers

Volunteer programs for socially disadvantaged groups, including North Korean defectors and multicultural families
Beauty volunteer service for cancer patients
Joint wedding ceremonies

Internationalization: Growth as a Nationally Competitive Academic Field

Expanding international student recruitment
Expanding extracurricular programs to strengthen international students’ major competencies
Operating customized education for international students’ career fields, including startup-oriented and educational leader-oriented tracks
Operating exchange student programs in the Wellness-Beauty field
Developing linked bachelor’s-master’s degree programs for international students
Expanding advanced education programs
Continuing to operate the Beauty Academy for overseas trainees
Operating beauty education expert training courses
Operating short-term training programs, including the Cosmo-Beauty Program, a convergence academy course

Global industry-academia linkage
Promoting joint operation of academies within beauty industrial complexes in China
Expanding overseas employment related to cosmetics and beauty
Operating global Wellness-Beauty curricula
Developing and exporting K-Beauty educational content
Operating university global field practice programs
Operating online-based global Wellness-Beauty curricula

Expected Outcome

Positioning the university as a glocal leading university through Wellness-Beauty specialization