Home > About KAU > Vision & Mission       Roadmap of KAU21’s Long-Term Development Plan | KAU21's Development Strategy       Top-Ranking Aviation and Aerospace University in Korea     ■ Realization of KAU Vision       Specialization Reinforcement of aviation & aerospace specialization programs at KAU’s departments, graduate school and affiliated organizations Establishment of a general civilian aviation training center for the cultivation of civilian aviation specialists Promotion of research activity in the selected fields of aviation and aerospace specialization               Departmental Structure Education Research Reinforcement of the specialization education system Educational institution valuing practical learning Intensive support for selected aviation and aerospace and engineering fields Top competitiveness with the smallest size Development of comprehensive education programs for cultivating aviation & aerospace specialists Expansion of research and development in connection with industrial sectors and local communities   Achievement of 80% completion of securing professors in 2007, and 90% completion of securing professors by 2012                 Internalization Informatization Facilities/Infrastructure Administration/Finance  Reinforcement of interchange and cooperation with overseas colleges and universities and research institutes Expansion of information infrastructure for actively coping with the general currents of knowledge and information society Achievement of 74% completion of securing teachers by 2007, and 80% completion of securing teachers by 2012 Maximization of work efficiency through improvement of the administrative system  Reinforcement of foreign language education for students, faculty and employees Establishment of an integrated information system Securing the main building and the dormitory Securing finance for normal operation and development of education   Intelligent campus Completion of basic educational facilities               ■ Background for the Establishment of the Development Strategy       Necessity of Establishing a Developing Strategy Strategy to positively respond to the coming of the information society in the globalization era of the 21st century Coming of the user-centered era in the Korean college market (absolute shortage of college applicants expected by 2009) Reinforcement of social recognition of the global standard after 1997 Reinforcement of KAU’s competitiveness and survival strategy as a specialized aviation and aerospace university with its 50 year-old tradition Preparation for the second periodic college and university evaluation in 2005