The Joint Research Institute of Industry-Academic Cooperation at Kookmin University (President Jung Seung-ryul) will offer a regular training course in research equipment using the university's high-value advanced analytical equipment for science and engineering students starting in the first semester of the 2025 academic year.

The newly established course is called “Industry-University Collaboration Advanced Analytical Equipment Practice,” and it will cover the theoretical background, principles, main functions, and practices of advanced analytical equipment specialized in surface and structural analysis and organic and inorganic analysis. The biggest feature is that the university provides students with hands-on training using high-value, high-tech equipment to develop the analytical skills and practical work capabilities required by industry and research. In particular, it is expected that students will be able to gain comprehensive experience in all aspects of practical work, including experimental design, equipment operation, and data analysis, through hands-on training from the Joint Instrument Center staff, who are experts in research equipment at the university.

Kookmin University's establishment of this regular curriculum is a symbolic representation of the paradigm shift in education in the era of advanced technology, which emphasizes sharing and collaboration, as it presents a new industry-academia cooperation model that provides students with field-oriented hands-on opportunities in cooperation with local industries and research institutes by utilizing the university's research infrastructure. In particular, in the field of high-tech industries such as nanotechnology, biohealth, and semiconductors, where there is a shortage of personnel who can handle expensive professional analytical equipment, it is expected that science and engineering students will be able to quickly adapt to the field and companies will be able to reduce retraining costs.

Kim Dae-jeong, the director of the National University of Korea's Joint Instrumentation Center (professor of intelligent semiconductor convergence electronics) who led the establishment of the new curriculum, said, “The ability to use advanced analytical equipment is very important in the field of basic and original research and development (R&D), which will become a new growth engine for Korea,” and “I expect it will be of great help in strengthening the major capabilities of science and engineering students and providing them with differentiated competitiveness after graduation.”

Meanwhile, the Kookmin University Joint Instrumentation Center will continue to expand regular courses such as 'Industry-University Semiconductor Process Practice' by utilizing the K-Fab, which is equipped with process equipment for semiconductor manufacturing, and will also offer a micro-degree that allows students to earn around 12 credits and receive certification in the field of research equipment through collaboration with related departments (majors) such as the Department of Electronics Engineering.