Kwangwoon University and China's Qingdao University to directly train AI and semiconductor talent

[Financial News] Kwangwoon University is embarking on training global talent in advanced engineering fields such as artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors (integrated circuits), together with Qingdao University in China. Kwangwoon University said on the 19th that it had held the entrance ceremony for the first cohort of students in its “Electronic and Information Engineering Sino-Foreign Cooperative Program” at Qingdao University’s Fushan Campus in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.
The curriculum is an undergraduate program formally approved by China’s Ministry of Education, and officially began operating with the arrival of its first cohort for the 2026 academic year. The aim is to combine the two universities’ strengths in engineering education and research to train specialized talent directly in China.
The ceremony was attended by officials from both universities and the incoming students, including Kwangwoon University President Yoon Do-young and Vice President for External Affairs Jeong Seok-jae, as well as Qingdao University President Wei Ji-gang and Vice President Ha Yeon. The presidents of both universities personally pinned badges bearing their universities’ emblems on the student representative and congratulated them on becoming members who would carry on their academic traditions.
Yoon Do-young, president of Kwangwoon University, urged the students, saying, “I hope that, drawing on the educational and research capabilities in advanced engineering that Kwangwoon University has built up, they will grow into talent with expertise and an international outlook.” Qingdao University President Wei Ji-gang also expressed hope that the partnership would make a significant contribution to developing talent in advanced science and technology.
The two universities plan to jointly operate curricula focused on AI and integrated circuits and to strengthen faculty exchanges and cooperation on research infrastructure.

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