“Universities Should Foster AI And Software, Just as They Led Industrialization With Electronic Engineering”

“The university crisis is no exception in Seoul. It is a time when a ‘master plan’ that utilizes the strengths of each university is needed to enhance competitiveness amid a decrease in the school-age population and financial difficulties.”

Kim Jongheon (61), president of Kwangwoon University, recently said in an interview with this magazine, “The internal and external conditions surrounding the university are deteriorating due to the 14-year freeze in tuition and changes in the demographic structure.”

Kwangwoon University was the first in Korea to introduce the fields of electronic engineering and wireless communication. Kwangwoon University was founded in 1934 by the late Dr. Cho Kwangwoon, the founder, to nurture technical manpower.

President Kim said, "For creative and convergent education, university lectures should not be limited by the existing academic system." A reflection of this principle is the "KW-VIP (vertically integrated project)", which breaks down all divisions between academic years, semesters, and departments. This is a class where students in grades 2-4 team up to participate in professor long-term research assignments and can be taken up to 6 times before graduation. At present, projects such as "Research on new materials for environmentally friendly high-capacity secondary batteries (2020-2028)" and "Environmentally friendly plasma (a state in which electrons and atomic nuclei are separated at ultra-high temperatures) medical science system development research (2020-2024)" are held within this class.

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