Graduates in Humanities and Social Sciences Can Also Gain Employment at Semiconductor Companies After Intensive Training

From now on, graduates of humanities and social sciences universities will also be able to receive intensive semiconductor training within one year and find employment in related companies.

The Ministry of Education and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology announced the basic plan for the "Advanced Industry Talent Training Bootcamp" containing this content on the 14th and began recruiting participating universities.

This project is designed to allow students from various backgrounds to receive short-term intensive training jointly operated by universities and companies and to find employment in advanced industry companies.

The Ministry of Education plans to pilot the program in the semiconductor field this year to cultivate talent in advanced fields and consider expanding it to other areas such as future cars and bio.

First, a total of 10 institutions, including 5 general universities and 5 vocational colleges, will be selected this year, and a total of 15 billion KRW will be supported over the next five years.

Universities wishing to participate must establish plans to operate highly practical short-term intensive training programs together with companies.

The plan should also include ways to utilize resources inside and outside the university, such as companies, public research labs, and local government facilities, as well as improvements to academic operation systems, such as easing course registration criteria and relaxing credit limits per semester.

Those who complete the short-term intensive training program will receive a micro-degree certificate jointly issued by the company and the university.

They will also receive preferential hiring benefits such as employment agreements with participating companies.

The Ministry of Education expects that each university will be able to produce 100 to 300 semiconductor talents annually.

Applications for participation will be accepted until 5 p.m. on the 26th of next month through the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology’s project management system (K-PASS).

The Ministry of Education plans to select the final participating universities in June and promote the operation of short-term intensive training programs from the summer semester at each university.

Choi Eun-hee, Director of Talent Policy at the Ministry of Education, explained, "We will actively support students from various majors to become convergent talents through 'bootcamps' and contribute to the development of advanced industries."

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