Gyeonggi Province will hold a competition until March 14 to select universities to participate in a project for the cultivation of semiconductor industry specialists.

The Gyeonggi Province Semiconductor Industry Specialist Training Project is being promoted by the province in collaboration with the Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology (AICT) to stabilize the supply of semiconductor personnel in the province. The three-year project will cultivate more than 660 technical personnel by December 2025.

Specifically, it aims to establish a cooperative system between universities and companies with semiconductor-related departments in Gyeonggi Province so as to enable the sharing of curricula and practical facilities related to semiconductor materials, parts, and equipment, and to strengthen on-site training by providing internships at participating companies.

This competition targets a university-high school-industrial consortium composed of vocational high schools and companies. Universities and vocational high schools seeking to participate must have a semiconductor-related department and provide practical semiconductor education. The selected universities will receive KRW 1.35 billion in support over a three-year period from 2023.

Song Eun-sil, Director of Gyeonggi Province’s Semiconductor Industry Division, said, “We hope that many excellent universities in Gyeonggi Province will participate in this competition with a focus on fostering semiconductor personnel… Gyeonggi Province will do its utmost to ensure a sustainable supply of exceptional working-level personnel, which are the base of the semiconductor industry.”

Meanwhile, the results of the competition will be announced at the end of March. For more information about the competition, please visit the AICT website.