Kwangwoon University Signs Industry-University Collaboration Agreement with onsemi-Korea

Kwangwoon University signed Industry-University Collaboration agreement with onsemi-Korea (CEO Ben Kang) on December 22 to foster innovative talents in the semiconductor field.

Through this agreement, matters related to industry-academic cooperation between the two institutions will be mutually cooperated including Joint promotion of employment-linked undergraduate and master's internship programs in the semiconductor field; Joint research projects in the semiconductor sector and government R&D projects; Operation of a research exchange meeting centered on technicians and researchers in the semiconductor field; Joint development and operation of a talent training program tailored to corporate demand; Operation of programs related to start-up support in semiconductor field & other matters related to industry-academic cooperation.

The company onsemi-Korea, founded in 1999, is a global company with sales of KRW 8 trillion, top 20 in the world, and a member of the Fortune 500. onsemi-Korea is also a company that has grown to become a major branch of onsemi with over 1 trillion in sales and 2,000 employees. It focuses on power semiconductors and sensors in the non-memory sector, which accounts for 70% of the global semiconductor market worth more than 700 trillion won, and was also selected as the best company for Korean jobs certified by the president in 2022.

Jongheon Kim, president of Kwangwoon University; Park Chul-hwan, head of industry-academic cooperation; Park Yeol, Dean of students; Jaehyun Han, Dean of Office of International Affairs; Professor Koo Sang-mo, & onsemi-Korea's Kim Dong-jin (Senior Managing Director), Park Kyung-seok (Managing Director) , Choi Doo-jin (Managing Director), Bae Sang-soo (Group Leader), Hwang Jin-sung (Department Manager), Jung Soo-ji (Department Manager), and Kim Hyo-soo (Department Manager) attended the signing ceremony.

Kim Dong-jin, executive director HR of onsemi-Korea said, “It is good to conduct an industry-university cooperation program with Kwangwoon University, which is a prestigious private school in the ICT field and has a SiC laboratory. I look forward to discovering and nurturing Kwangwoon University's outstanding talents and displaying their capabilities at onsemi-Korea, the world's top company."

President Jongheon Kim said , “I am delighted that onsemi-Korea, a global top notch semiconductor company & Kwangwoon University, an ICT-specialized university, are collaborating to carry out a program to nurture core talent in the semiconductor field.” & “We will fully support at the school level so that the industry-academia collaboration program with onsemi-Korea can be expanded to advanced semiconductor departments and employment-linked contract departments in the future.”