Woori Financial Group to Foster 'Digital Experts' Through Industry-Academia Collaborative Curriculum

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-seop] Woori Financial Group announced on the 27th that it will establish the industry-academia linked education program ‘Woori Digital Academy’ in collaboration with Soongsil University to nurture the group’s digital professionals.

This education program is part of the ‘Strategic Business Agreement for Nurturing Digital Professionals’ signed between Woori Financial Group and Soongsil University in June. Woori Financial Group and Soongsil University have prepared a customized curriculum covering digital technologies including new digital innovations.

The training will be conducted for 15 weeks starting from the 1st of next month, with 181 employees from eight group companies including Woori Financial Holdings and Woori Bank participating. The curriculum consists of seven courses including basic and advanced courses on digital new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, and Blockchain, as well as digital planning and application (app) development. All courses will be conducted in a practical, hands-on format focusing on team projects.

A Woori Financial Group official emphasized, “This training is a large-scale industry-academia linked education program aimed at nurturing digital professionals at the group level,” adding, “We will provide various customer-facing digital services by fostering outstanding talent, which is an essential element of digital innovation.”

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