South Korea, China and Japan agreed Tuesday to launch a joint project allowing college students of the three countries to study at partner universities in the other nations, the education
ministry said Tuesday.
The "Campus Asia" project is part of an agreement that leaders of the three countries adopted at their annual summit last year in an effort to boost exchanges among the neighboring nations. It calls for universities across the three nations to swap academic credits.
On Tuesday, higher-education experts from the countries reached the agreement to start work on the project this year, the ministry said.
Under the project, universities wishing to join the project will form a consortium later this year to work out a specific exchange program, and the governments of the three nations will fund part of the cost needed to develop and run the program, the ministry said.
About 10 universities and 300 students from each nation will participate in the project, it said.
Officials said that the envisioned consortium will be formed by October, and an actual exchange of students will be possible from next year.