Educational Philosophy

To produce creative videos based on human dignity and freedom in accordance with the founding philosophy of "Live in Truth Live for justice" of Chung-Ang University

To cultivate human resources needed in the 21st century through various and specialized educational contents and methods that develop individual creativity

Educational Goals

Fostering creative talents who can understand art sensibility and engineering technology at the same time

• - By destroying the boundaries between image professionals and image processing and computer experts, who currently have difficulty sharing their activities,
• - we promote the development of creative talents who understand the integrated concept of (art + engineering + production)

Organizing goal-oriented and organic research projects and groups

• - Organize a research group where creative visual artists and image engineers can combine to produce competitive visual works
• - Pursuing to improve the commercialization of technology by transferring the developed advanced imaging technology to industrial companies

Image Engineering Major

• - Through the establishment of convergent education and convergent research infrastructure, we will foster creative convergent human resources who can understand engineering technology and artistic sensitivity by breaking through academic boundaries.

Film/Multimedia Major

• - Students acquire professional knowledge of the aesthetic, industrial, and socio-cultural values of video contents and cultivate an insight into the globalization of Korean video culture,
• - Cultivate practical professionals with excellent problem-solving skills through field-oriented education that harmonizes theory and practice, artistic sensibility and technology.

Educational Policy

• 1. Chung-Ang University's Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film is the best graduate school in the field of Visual and Imaging Arts in Korea
  • GSAIM is a graduate school specializing in Visual and Imaging Arts that has been awarded the Ministry of Education's "BK 21 Project" four times since 1999, and is an institution that fosters global creative content and A.I.-content professionals with convergent thinking, creative problem-solving, and global communication skills. In particular, the A.I.-content curriculum, which has been intensively developed over the past five years, aims to fuse traditional video content with A.I. technology to foster professionals who can respond to various opportunity factors such as changing trends in the new media era and increasing demand in convergence industries. To this end, the following "three curricula" are combined to foster "creative convergence talents" who combine artistic sensitivity and technology.
  • 1. CAST Curriculum (Contents, Arts, Science, Technology): A specialized curriculum to cultivate artificial intelligence and content specialists who combine arts and engineering, along with creative skills and content-based entrepreneurship knowledge.
  • 2. TEAM Curriculum (Tune Across Engine, AI and Media): Interdisciplinary convergence project course in AI-based art and engineering
  • 3. Startup Curriculum: A curriculum for fostering AI and content-related startup talents based on industry-academia collaboration programs, education on how to manage content IP and how to register related patents, and courses on policies and operations related to startups
• 2. The goal of GSAIM is to improve the quality of education and research, globalization, and industrialization to foster AI and content professionals.
• 3. Competencies of the GSAIM
  • In 1999, the Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film was selected as one of the specialized graduate schools in the "Phase 1 BK21 Project" with the goal of creating a "Cyber Hollywood" that combines art and technology. The integrated education and research model combining art and engineering, which was the first of its kind in Korea at the time, became a benchmark internationally, and was selected as the best project in the specialized field in 2004.
  • As part of its development and establishment phase, this project group established an integrated industry-academia-research collaboration system in 2006. It was selected for the Phase 2 BK21 project in the design and imaging fields, aiming to produce Korean-style digital video content and train professionals. During the seven-year project period, it was selected as the best project group in the video field, and in the "BK21PLUS Project, Stage 3," a number of detailed majors settled in the second stage were reorganized into an in-depth course for all public stations and a specialized course for convergence. In recognition of the performance of these excellent project groups, the Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film was also selected as the only domestic vocational graduate school to be selected for the "4th Stage BK21+ Project".
  • In addition, "A Coloquium board" will be installed at all times in an open space within Chung-Ang University to freely derive problems for participating students and professors, and the project team selected by appropriate evaluation will carry out a project to solve the problem during the seasonal semester. The results operate as a digital archive at the same time as the disclosure of the physical workspace, sharing its contents with all students as well as domestic and foreign universities and the world.
• 4. The results of recent graduate students' research
  • - The short film <Breath> (directed by Kwon Hyun-joo), in which Park Hyun-suk participated in the production, was selected as one of 16 films from 11 countries out of 1,631 supported films around the world at the 67th Cannes International Film Festival Competition
  • - Minyoung Jung's animated work <Kkalkkalmaenyeo> was selected for the second round of support for the creation and discovery of Korean characters held by the Korea Creative Content Agency and announced at the 2014 Seoul Character/Licensing Fair. Entrance of the Gwanghwamun Hatchmadang Cubid, opening of Heyri Village Studio/Shop, opening of online shopping malls, exhibition of 2014 PISAF Ani-Art Gallery.
  • - The work of Intermedia Chef, a media artist group consisting of Choi Jae-wan, Kim Dong-jo, Lee Won-cheol, and Park Jin-hyung, won the "Digital Music/Sound Art" Special Award at Ars Electronica, a world-renowned competition, and the Japan Media Arts Festival.
  • - Nam Taek-woo's 2D short animation <Checking Man> won the gold prize at the Jangchun International Animation Contest. And it was announced at a number of animation film festivals, including the 7th University Cartoon Animation Choi Kang-gang Special Award
  • - Nam Taek-woo's animation won the silver prize in the Jangchun International Animation Contest by showing an experimental method in which characters convey meaning and emotion through onomatopoeia and actions rather than language.
  • - The short film <Handmade Album>, directed by Gong Moon-sook, has been invited and screened at a number of film festivals, including the 31st Busan International Short Film Festival, since its submission to the Seoul Independent Film Festival in 2013.
  • - Lee Arum-samina's short animation <Jamji Flower Show> was selected for the production support of the 2014 Seoul Animation Center.
  • - Kim Ja-in's short animation, <Pleasant Neighbors>, was selected for the production support of the 2014 Seoul Animation Center.
  • - Minyoung Jung's animation "Paradise" was selected and screened for the Computer Animation Festival program at Sigraf Asia in Hong Kong in 2013.
  • - The feature documentary film Now Dance Time, directed by Cho Se-young, mixes documentary and drama formats on abortion to express the psychology of women who have experienced abortions in Korean society in various ways. It was selected as the 5th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival.
• 5. Publication of an international academic journal in English
  • - TechArt: Journal of Arts and Imaging Science
  • - Open Access, Peer-Review English Journal Founded in February 2014, published four times a year, review fee/gathering/English language/free online subscription
  • - Interdisciplinary Convergence of Media Art, Film, Animation, and Video Engineering
  • - Google Scholar, DBPIA registration, ISSN/DOI provision, and SCOPUS/JCR registration are underway.
  • - (http://www.thetechart.org/](http://www.thetechart.org/) available
• 6. Opened a joint program between the Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film and Qingdao University of Science and Technology in China
  • - Approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education.
  • - Duration: 2016 - 2022 (extended after evaluation).
  • - Capacity: 30 students per year (scheduled to increase the number of students), 30 Korean language courses per year from March 2016 to December 2022, and Qingdao University of Science and Technology, who passed the Korean language test, take the remaining degree courses at the Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film at Chung-Ang University.
  • - Degree awarded: Master of Arts (2-year course), Master of Image Engineering (2-year course), Integrated Master's and Ph.D. program (1+3 year course)