Introduction

The World Class University (WCU) is a project of the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology. Distinguished foreign scholars who have conducted important research are invited to Korea to teach and to revitalize research in order to encourage new growth toward future development. The OECD ranks Korea ninth worldwide in greenhouse gas (carbon dioxide) emissions and first in the rate at which emissions are increasing. In addition to pressures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beginning in 2013, the country is required to invest up to 2 trillion won over the next five years to reduce these gas emissions. The government has presented the new national vision of low-carbon green development, promoting it as an engine of the next generation of growth