Selected Universities for the Martial Arts and Young Trade Experts Training Program

Promotion of Projects with 20 Universities in 4 Regions Nationwide

The Korea International Trade Association announced on the 21st the selection of 20 universities located in four regions nationwide (Seoul area, Southeast area, Central area, Southwest area) that will implement the "Regional Specialized Youth Trade Expert Training Project (GTEP)" for three years from 2024 to 2026.

GTEP is a project aimed at nurturing customized regional experts through industry-government-academia integrated trade practical and field training education, and supporting domestic companies and export novice companies in local markets to enter overseas markets. Since 2007, it has been led by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and operated by the Korea International Trade Association.

To recruit project teams, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea International Trade Association conducted a call for participating universities starting in October, and after verifying on-site education facilities and reviewing project implementation plans, selected 20 out of 26 universities that applied. In particular, to foster experts in the increasingly important service industry, four universities (Kyung Hee University, Soonchunhyang University, University of Incheon, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) were designated as specialized universities in medical, bio, health, and cultural contents fields.

Kim Yong-tae, Director of the Global Training Office at the Korea International Trade Association, said, "We have been improving the GTEP program every year in response to changes in the trade environment and the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, achieving good results. Starting from next year’s project, we plan to expand the number of trainees from 700 to 800 annually and focus on nurturing experts who will play active roles in future export promising industries such as digital trade and the service industry."

The GTEP project is operated annually by cohort. In the 18th cohort project starting in January next year, about 800 students will participate and receive more than 480 hours of education until March 2025. Since the GTEP project began in 2007, a total of 10,219 young trade experts have been trained up to last year. The completion rate over the past five years (2018?2022) reached 94%.

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