Yongin City and UNIST Launch 6th Cohort of Semiconductor AI Executive Program

Eight Executives from Materials, Components, and Equipment Firms Join

14-Week Program on Advanced Technology and Business Strategy

Covers HBM, Advanced Packaging, and Carbon Neutrality

Strengthening Academic-Industry Collaboration and Professional Networks

Yongin Special City (Mayor Lee Sang-il) held the entrance ceremony for the “6th UNIST Semiconductor Artificial Intelligence (AI) Executive Program” on the 10th at the Ramada Yongin Hotel in collaboration with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST).

Yongin Special City held the entrance ceremony for the '6th UNIST Semiconductor Artificial Intelligence (AI) Executive Program' on the 10th at the Jasmine Hall of Ramada Yongin Hotel, in collaboration with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST). Provided by Yongin City

The event was attended by Hwang Junki, Second Deputy Mayor of Yongin City, Kwon Sunyong, Dean of the College of Engineering at UNIST, incoming students of the 6th cohort, and representatives of alumni from the 5th cohort.

Eight executives from Korea’s leading semiconductor materials, components, and equipment companies—such as YCCHEM, SCREEN SPE Korea, Justem, ENF Technology, YERICO Korea, HKTech, and HGlobal—are participating in the 6th program.

The program is being held every Thursday evening for 14 weeks, until December 18, at the “UNIST-Yongin Special City Semiconductor Education & Industry Hub” located on the first floor of Yongin City Hall.

Main topics include the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster roadmap, trends in logic and memory semiconductor technology, advanced packaging and high bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI semiconductors, the ecosystem for the materials, components, and equipment (so-bu-jang) industry, the national AI semiconductor R&D strategy, and carbon-neutral solutions for the semiconductor industry.

The program also features interactive group research between faculty and students aimed at deepening understanding of the Yongin semiconductor industrial complex and developing effective utilization strategies.

Yongin City signed a business agreement with UNIST in 2023 and established the “Semiconductor Education & Industry Hub.” Since 2024, the city has been operating the executive program twice a year to strengthen the expertise and professional networks of stakeholders in the semiconductor industry.

A Yongin City official stated, “This executive program serves as a platform for the cooperation of academia, industry, and government, allowing companies to benefit from the strengths of Yongin, a global hub for semiconductors, and UNIST, which operates a dedicated graduate school for semiconductors. We hope that the participants will emerge as leaders in the semiconductor sector and drive the industry's advancement.”

Meanwhile, the UNIST Semiconductor AI Executive Program consists of specialized lectures covering the latest trends in semiconductor technology and business strategies. Specific topics include the Yongin Semiconductor Cluster roadmap, cutting-edge developments in logic (digital circuits performing logical operations based on binary signals) and memory semiconductors, advanced AI semiconductor packaging (post-processing) and high bandwidth memory (HBM), the ecosystem for the AI semiconductor materials, components, and equipment (so-bu-jang) industry, as well as the national AI semiconductor R&D strategy and carbon-neutral solutions for the semiconductor industry.

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