Sejong University Future Education Center and Tunsquare Successfully Complete AI Culture Specialist Program

Completion of AI Content Talent Training Program

On February 10, Sejong University Future Education Center announced that it has completed the "AI Culture Specialist" program, a course designed to support career transitions and employment or entrepreneurship for adult learners, as part of the Seoul Regional Innovation-led University Support System (RISE) project.

On site at Sejong University's Future Education Center - ToonSquare for the 'AI Webtoon Professional Course.' Sejong University

The "AI Culture Specialist" program is a flagship lifelong vocational education model under the Seoul RISE project, designed to help adult learners rapidly acquire practical capabilities in new industry fields and apply them in the field, in response to the changing industrial environment driven by digital transformation and the spread of generative AI. Sejong University Future Education Center has been continuously working to strengthen the lifelong capabilities of adult learners by linking the university's K-culture-focused educational resources with industry demand and operating AI-linked re-skilling and up-skilling programs, mainly in the fields of dance, webtoon & animation, F&B, and fashion.

The practical, industry-linked "AI Webtoon Professional Course," conducted in collaboration with AI webtoon solution company Tunsquare, is a case that realizes the core goal of the Seoul RISE project: building a practice-oriented lifelong vocational education model based on university-industry-local community collaboration. It is highly significant as a model for nurturing AI-based content talent that combines the university's educational capabilities with the company's technology and on-site experience.

Tunsquare, a resident company of Seoul AI Hub, is an AI content specialist company that is promoting the automation and advancement of the entire webtoon creation process based on its AI webtoon production solution "TOONING PLUS." In this program, Tunsquare directly linked its commercial AI webtoon production tools and actual production processes to the curriculum, so that learners could experience practice-centered education under the same conditions as in the industry.

The first cohort of the "AI Webtoon Professional Course" was offered to job seekers aged 30 and over who wish to work in the AI webtoon field, as well as current webtoon writers and producers. It consisted of a 14-week intensive, practice-based all-in-one curriculum that progressed through AI webtoon planning, story, imaging, visual development, and capstone design. Tunsquare practitioners participated directly in the program and provided training focused on AI webtoon production technologies, workflows, and industrial application cases. Learners went beyond simple tool experience to gain hands-on experience in actual creation using AI webtoons and in concretely validating their employment or entrepreneurship possibilities.

In particular, the program expanded the potential for post-training linkage to the industry by offering excellent graduates opportunities for internships at Tunsquare, certificates of completion signed by the president of Sejong University, company-certified qualifications related to AI webtoon production using "TOONING PLUS," and mentoring by active industry professionals.

Kim Nayoung, Director of Sejong University Future Education Center, said, "The AI Culture Specialist program is a practice-oriented vocational education course designed on the premise of career transition and employment or entrepreneurship, so that adult learners can proactively respond to the changing industrial environment," adding, "Starting with the AI Webtoon Professional Course, we plan to pursue phased expansion, including operating a second cohort and opening advanced courses, and to continuously advance the system for nurturing specialized talent in the AI webtoon field."

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