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The Graduate School of JNU has newly established the 4·3 convergence major course, which will be operated from the second semester of 2023.

4·3 research is a field that requires collaboration among disciplines such as education, literature, law, history, sociology, anthropology, psychiatry, political science, and philosophy. Therefore, it is a field that requires a virtuous cycle of empirical research, theoretical research, and education and research. To play the role of nurturing the next generation of 4·3 studies and systematizing research infrastructure, JNU entered into an agreement with Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Council, and Jeju Free International City Development Center and established a master's and doctoral training course with budgetary support.

As a form of providing a separate course for convergence education through consultation between two or more departments, convergence are recruited to graduate students from participating departments. This is intended to nurture master's and doctoral students who have entered with various majors as experts in their respective specialized fields. The trained professionals will play a leading role in elementary and secondary education, domestic and foreign higher education and research institutes, administrative positions, and media positions.

Eligibility for application is given to JNU graduate students who have completed at least one semester and earned at least 6 credits in the department (major) participating in the convergence major. Currently, the participating departments (majors) are Korean Language and Literature, History, Sociology, General Social Education, and Political Science, and more diverse departments (majors) are expected to join in the future. When they additionally complete at least 1/2 of the major selection credits in their original major as a convergence major (more than 15 doctorate credits, more than 9 master's credits), and one or more papers related to 4·3 are published in journals above the Korea Research Foundation's registered candidate site, a degree, which marks both the original major and convergence major, will be awarded.

JNU offers various scholarship benefits to 4·3 convergence major students. Academic subsidies are provided to students who complete courses opened in the 4·3 Convergence Major, and subsidies are provided to students who publish a thesis on the subject of the 4·3 in an academic journal or write a dissertation on a related topic. In addition, opportunities to participate in overseas (Japan, Taiwan, Germany, Poland, Latvia, etc.) and domestic (Suncheon, Gwangju, Nogeun-ri, Geochang, etc.) field trips on the subject of state violence and historical scars, and presentation of research results at domestic and foreign academic events and opportunities to present and discuss research results at domestic and international academic events are also provided. JNU is also developing short-and long-term exchange learning programs and credit exchange programs.

Amid critical consciousness such as the Cold War and post-colonialism, diaspora and developmentalism, establishing the theoretical and practical foundation of '4·3 studies' through multidisciplinary research that focuses on 4·3 and post-4·3 is another task of the 4·3 Convergence Major. JNU plans to plan and hold monthly presentations, special lectures, and academic conferences to share the research achievements and concerns of domestic and foreign researchers and spread the 4·3 research socially.