Dong-A University Awards Professors for Excellence in Education and Research Achievements

Establishing a Performance-Based Faculty Evaluation System
Enhancing Competitiveness in Education and Research

Dong-A University (President Lee Haewoo) announced on the 17th that it has selected and awarded the '2025 Academic Year Excellence in Education and Research Achievement Professors.'

This award was established to encourage full-time faculty members who have achieved outstanding results in education and research, and to enhance educational and research competitiveness by establishing a performance-based faculty evaluation system.

The Excellence in Education Achievement Award was given to professors ranked in the top 5% for 'education achievement' in the faculty performance evaluation, while the Excellence in Research Achievement Award was given to those ranked in the top 5% for research achievements (including papers, research funding, technology transfer fees, and number of master's and doctoral graduates). Awardees receive a plaque and a prize of 2 million won, and recipients of the Excellence and Outstanding Research Achievement Awards are granted a reduction of three hours in their annual teaching responsibility.

This year's recipients of the 'Excellence in Education Achievement Award' are Professors Shin Sungho (Department of International Trade), Kim Jeomsu (Department of Chemical Engineering), and Kim Oyeon (Department of Food and Nutrition). The 'Excellence in Research Achievement Award' was given to Kim Sangjin (Department of Management Information Systems) in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts division, and to Cho Wanseop (Department of Biomedical Engineering) and Son Minkook (Department of Pre-Medicine) in the Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine division. The 'Outstanding Research Achievement Award' was presented to Park Sungbin (Department of Tourism Management) in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts division, and to Seol Youngsoo (Department of Information Mathematics) and Lee Jeongjae (Department of Architectural Engineering) in the Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine division.

President Lee Haewoo stated, "During the process of innovating faculty personnel systems to become a global university, we have greatly improved the performance reward system by incorporating the opinions of our professors," and added, "Through a performance-based evaluation system and tailored competency support, we will strengthen our status as a glocal university and enhance our competitiveness in education and research."

Dong-A University is holding the 2025 Education and Research Achievement Excellence Professor Awards Ceremony.

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