Interconnecting Education and Research Through International Partnership: IoT Case Study

The university attempts to meet two basic needs for society: education and research. In most cases these roles are separated. Undergraduate (Bachelor) and graduate (Masters) students are focused more on education while the research is designated for post-graduate students. This paper shows how education and research can be interconnected through students' engagement in research carried out at the university. Such activity can be funded by various national, EU and non-EU grants that support international partnership and encourage universities to improve student competencies through student research. The paper discusses the gap between research and education in the universities, and provides a case study showing how this issue can be tackled using student research teams participating in scientific projects. The study is demonstrated with the joint IoT research project realized by two universities in the Czech Republic and South Korea from 2016 to 2018.