Honam University - Bitgreen Electric Vehicle Cooperative, MOU for AI Automotive Specialist Training

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Honam University announced on the 8th that it held a signing ceremony with Bitgreen Electric Vehicle Cooperative in the faculty meeting room and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to foster AI automobile specialists and strengthen industry-academia-research linked education.

Through this agreement, Honam University and Bitgreen Electric Vehicle Cooperative will jointly promote educational programs to cultivate AI automobile specialists needed in the industrial field, participation of AI automobile experts in undergraduate education and industry-academia linked education, on-site training, internships, and employment support programs.

They also agreed to operate a practical consultation system between Bitgreen Electric Vehicle Cooperative and the university on a regular basis, develop information and personnel exchanges and joint research, thereby establishing a substantial partnership for fostering specialized talent in the AI automobile field.

Lee Bok-man, Chairman of Bitgreen Electric Vehicle Cooperative, said, “We will build a strong partnership with Honam University, a leading university in the AI automobile field, and devote efforts to nurturing various learning and research foundations such as industry-tailored AI automobile workforce development, employment, and mentoring projects.”

Park Sang-chul, President of Honam University, said, “Honam University, the only university in Gwangju selected by the Ministry of Education as a 4th Industrial Revolution Innovation Leading University, is accelerating the establishment of educational innovation plans to actively respond to future societal changes. Taking this agreement with Bitgreen Electric Vehicle Cooperative as an opportunity, we will further strengthen industry-academia cooperation with companies to nurture AI automobile talent in the Honam region.”

Meanwhile, Honam University was the only institution in the Gwangju area selected in 2016 for the Ministry of Education’s PRIME (Program for Industrial Needs-Matched Education) project in the fields of future automobiles, new energy industries, and smart homes. In 2017, it was selected as the leading institution for workforce development in the Gwangju eco-friendly automobile parts cluster project, establishing the Department of Future Automotive Engineering (majors in Automotive Electronic Control and Automotive Software) and focusing on nurturing talent for eco-friendly and autonomous vehicles.

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