Kookmin University and Samsung Financial Hold 5th AI Strategy Course Graduation Ceremony

by Park Hosu

Published 22 Apr.2026 09:28(KST)

Completion of Financial AI Specialist Training Program

The Graduate School of Business at Kookmin University announced on April 22 that it held a completion ceremony for the 'Samsung Financial Companies AI Strategy Course' on April 17 at Leaders Hall, Samsung Financial Campus, in Seocho-gu, Seoul.

Students and officials of the "Samsung Financial Companies AI Strategy Course," conducted in collaboration between the Graduate School of Business at Kookmin University and Samsung Financial Networks, are taking a commemorative photo. Kookmin University

The event was attended by Lee Eun-hyung, Director of External Cooperation at Kookmin University, Course Director Professor Cho Yunho, members of the faculty, Seongnyeong Lee, Executive Director and President of Samsung Financial Training Institute, as well as executives and employees in the AI and digital sectors from Samsung’s financial companies.

The ceremony featured presentations on project outcomes, awards for outstanding projects and students, the awarding of certificates of completion, and reflections from the graduates.

This course, offered as a master’s-level program to train AI experts through industry-academic cooperation between Samsung Financial Networks (Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Samsung Card, and Samsung Securities) and Kookmin University, began in 2022 as the 'Digital Strategy Course,' evolved into the 'AI Digital Strategy Course' in 2025, and is being conducted this year as the 'AI Strategy Course.'

In particular, this year’s program covered the entire AI process from planning to development and marketing, teaching students business methods that leverage AI agents as work partners, and operated as a project-based, hands-on course designed to enable immediate application in actual business settings.

The training was held over five weeks starting in March, totaling 175 hours, with 27 students selected as next-generation AI talent from each company participating.

The participants carried out new business and service development projects incorporating AI agents, achieving results that can be applied in the financial field, such as intelligent work automation, AI-based decision support, and hyper-personalized service implementation.

Lee Eun-hyung, Director of External Cooperation, stated, "The AI Strategy Course is the nation’s top industry-academic cooperation program that covers all areas from AI planning to development and marketing. I hope that the projects carried out in this course will lead to real change and that participants will continue their efforts even after returning to their respective workplaces."