"Training Safety Experts for Advanced Industrial Sites" Hyundai Motor Group and Soongsil University, Freshmen Preliminary Education

The First Domestic Smart Industrial Safety Contract Department Freshman Orientation (OT)

Hyundai Motor Group announced that it held an orientation for new students of the Department of Advanced Convergence Safety Engineering over two days starting from the 8th at a hotel in Seoul. As the first cohort of the country's first contract department for re-education of workers in the smart industrial safety field, full-scale academic operations will begin in September.

The event was attended by 20 first-year students, faculty members, graduate school officials, and Hyundai Motor Group representatives, who shared the purpose of establishing the department and the study plans. The new students were selected through document screening and interviews targeting safety managers and field supervisors within Hyundai Motor Group. The company aims to train about 100 professionals by 2030, admitting 20 students annually. Tuition fees are fully covered by the company.

First-generation students of the Department of Advanced Convergence Safety Engineering at Hyundai Motor Group are holding their acceptance certificates and posing for a commemorative photo with company and school officials. Hyundai Motor Group and Soongsil University have jointly established the country's first contract department for re-education of workers in the smart industrial safety field, with academic schedules starting in September.
[Photo by Hyundai Motor Group]

Kim Byung-jik, Dean of the Graduate School of Safety Convergence at Soongsil University, said, "The Department of Advanced Convergence Safety Engineering will contribute to preventing major accidents and establishing an advanced safety culture through master's level education focused on smart industrial safety fields such as smart factories, robotics, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and big data." Kim Jong-yoon, Director of the Industrial Safety and Health Headquarters at the Ministry of Employment and Labor, said, "Please take the lead in ensuring that this curriculum becomes widely known in domestic industrial sites and serves as a significant catalyst for companies, schools, and policy directions."

Since the students are working professionals, various programs will be operated to help them adapt to graduate school life and support academic activities. Meetings with management will be held during the early admission period and the thesis research period. Research presentations and thesis study groups will be conducted, and there will be opportunities to visit excellent safety management workplaces. Yoon Moon-sang, a senior manager at Hyundai Steel, said, "I want to secure expertise as a leader responsible for maintaining and managing workplace safety in my current department."

The department curriculum is composed of various subjects across three courses: smart, industrial psychology, and general industrial safety. All classes were tailored based on preliminary surveys targeting employees in Hyundai Motor Group's safety division to meet field-specific needs.

A Hyundai Motor Group official stated, "Employees who ultimately earn a master's degree in Advanced Convergence Safety Engineering plan to participate in safety education for not only their own company but also group company executives and employees by utilizing the knowledge and research achievements accumulated during the master's program," adding, "Postgraduate research activities will also be promoted to create a virtuous cycle system where advanced safety-related knowledge and know-how are continuously shared and disseminated."

First-generation students of the Department of Advanced Convergence Safety Engineering at Hyundai Motor Group are holding their acceptance certificates and posing for a commemorative photo with company and university officials. Hyundai Motor Group and Soongsil University have jointly established the country's first contract department for re-education of workers in the smart industrial safety field, with academic schedules starting in September.
[Photo by Hyundai Motor Group]

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