Overview

Under the strong volition of the government to foster the domestic semiconductor industry, ‘the Department of Semiconductor Engineering’, a product of the cooperation between Korea University which boasts the world’s best academic excellence and SK Hynix which has the world’s best technological capability and growth potential will become the global no. 1 cradle for the nurturing of semiconductor talent.
Department of Semiconductor Engineering
World’s best college education institution
Nurturing of creative global semiconductor professional manpower
World’s best semiconductor company
Support for the nurturing of semiconductor talent equipped with practical business knowledge
Semiconductor industry fostering policy
Establishment of a pan-national strategy for the nurturing of manpower to become a semiconductor powerhouse
Excellence of the department
A system customized to the department of semiconductor engineering which is differentiated from other departments
  • Provision of field-oriented education that links theory and practical exercise
    • Provision of multiple experiments, designs, and simulation lessons
    • Curriculum organized around project performance
    • Cultivation of field adaptation ability through participation in SK Hynix internship
  • Provision of up-to-date practical exercise infrastructure for an excellent learning environment
    • Configuration of practical exercise infrastructure such as high-tech equipment and servers
    • Provision of external practice environment in Icheon, Bundang, and Yongin (planned), Gyeonggi-do
  • University-industry close-contact type centered around users
    • Customized curriculum developed jointly by Korea University and SK Hynix
    • Provision of lectures by a working group of SK Hynix
  • Nurturing of excellent semiconductor manpower through convergence education
    • Cultivation of creative problem-solving ability through the integrated education of device, design, and manufacture
    • Provision of chances to participate in actual research through intern programs of the laboratory for undergraduate students

Career after graduation

Industry-university fused semiconductor education

Education curriculum

Fist year
Basic culture [leadership, statistics, creativity]
Second year
Basic majors [Flipped Learning]
Third year
Intensive majors [Problem Solving]
Fourth year
Convergence majors [Design Thinking] Participation in actual research through undergraduate course internship

Career of the graduates

Undergraduates
Employment with SK Hynix

Bachelor

Graduate school [master or master/doctorate integrated]
Employment with SK Hynix after completing the graduate school [master/doctorate] course (continuous payment of tuition/subsidy)

Master

Doctor

Key researchers in the field of SK Hynix future technology
Growth into key researchers in various future technology fields within SK Group such as Big Data, AI, S/W, and Automotive