Duksung Women’s University Completes Training Program for Cambodia’s Royal University of Agriculture

Duksung Women’s University has completed a three-week training program aimed at helping Cambodia’s Royal University of Agriculture operate its food and nutrition department independently after the end of a seven-year cooperation project.

The university’s Global Education ODA Development Cooperation Center invited key RUA faculty members, including Dean Theng Dyna and Professor Kong Thong, to the fifth training program under the International Leading University Project for International Cooperation, known as LUPIC. The project receives support from South Korea’s Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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We hope this fifth training program will help RUA develop its own educational quality management and student-centered academic administration capabilities.

Held from Aug. 10 to Aug. 28 at Duksung’s Jongno campus, the program combined classroom instruction with practical training. Sessions covered course design and teaching methods for clinical nutrition, diet therapy and nutritional assessment. Participants also examined student-centered academic administration, educational quality assurance, and the development and practical use of the CAM-RUA Nutrition Assessment Software.

The delegation visited the nutrition team at Catholic University of Korea’s Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital to study hospital nutrition services, HACCP-based food operations and clinical nutrition systems. It also received technical training on food texture measurement equipment from Yeonjin S-Tech.

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This training provided an opportunity to review the achievements of the past seven years and prepare a master plan for establishing Cambodia’s national nutritionist system and operating the department independently.

A country report session focused on a master plan for sustainability and national nutrition specialization beyond the project’s seven years. Discussions included a roadmap for introducing a national nutritionist certification system in Cambodia and possible new graduate programs.

LUPIC director Kim Geon-hee said the training should help RUA build its own quality-control and student-centered administration capabilities. The RUA delegation said it would apply the clinical nutrition education and food-service management methods learned in South Korea to Cambodia’s education system. Duksung plans to continue knowledge-sharing and follow-up support after the main invitation programs end.

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We will actively apply the advanced clinical nutrition education systems and food-service management techniques learned in South Korea to local educational settings in Cambodia.