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In Seoul, about 650 thousand students are studying in 52 universities and 120 thousand of them graduate every year. These universities are the core elements of regional communities, considering that there are 31 subway stations in Seoul named after a university. Campus-town project, a university-oriented project, of Seoul, is the first project designed to revitalize the universities and their regional communities. It reinforces the role of universities, main assets of cities, as base facilities and implementation bodies of regional development. With the support of Seoul city, the project is being carried out in a manner to resolve youth problems and come up with a plan to develop together with regional communities. This study aims to provide basic data for the implementation of campus-town project by understanding its importance, analyzing its background, methods, and progress status, and suggesting measures to vitalize the project. Our study is composed of two parts; first, a review on previous studies about campus-town and analysis on the current situation pursuant to environmental changes, and second, a close examination on the project followed by an interview with related government officials and working group. By conducting the review, analysis and interview, the study diagnoses the current task of campus-town project and provides five different system-improvement solutions. The solutions are to reinforce university’s will for regional cooperation, to establish collaborative governance between Ministry of Education and Seoul city, to stabilize policy consultation meetings, to carry forward co-op projects with public institutions, and to develop project evaluation system.