Selected as the university to carry out the Innovative Human Resources Development project for Smart City in 2019 (from 2019 to 2023) by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA), Seoul National University plans to carry forward the training of core professionals necessary for industrial revitalization and expansion to the overseas market with the specialized education program reflecting the need of the smart city industry. In order to train the core professionals, we have newly set up the Smart City Engineering Program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and enhanced the linkage with the undergraduate courses by utilizing diversity of the participating professors of seven Departments (Dept. of the Civil and Environmental Engineering, Dept. of the Computer Science and Engineering, Dept. of the Architecture and Architectural Engineering, etc.). *The number of participating professors will be increased in the future.

Jung, Chang Mu Professor

• Urban Planning

• +82-2-880-9393

• 35-414

• plan@snu.ac.kr

• http://uplab.snu.ac.kr

Urban Planning Laboratory

+82-2-880-7373 35-426

The contemporary society is becoming more complex and diverse. This prompts calling for increasing the efforts to conduct efficient distribution of resources and land management. Rapid urbanization causes some of society’s most significant challenges, as diverse as unemployment, traffic congestion and environmental degradation, which our society expects to be addressed properly. Securing global competitiveness in today‘s competitive global landscape is another key challenge, demanding adequate measures to ensure sustainable growth not only at a global scale, but also at the regional and national scale. Urban Planning tackles such pressing urban needs; it is a practical discipline that engages in resolving critical social issues.