— All full-time faculty members and adjunct professors join forces… Funds to be used for research grants for master’s and doctoral students in entrepreneurship
— A catalyst for the opening of the AI Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (AEIC) affiliated with the Graduate School… Support to revitalize master’s and doctoral programs in entrepreneurship
  
Kookmin University (President Jeong Seung Ryul) announced on the 26th that the Graduate School of Global Entrepreneurship and Venture (Dean Lee Woo Jin) received a pledge from its faculty to donate 30 million won to the Graduate School Development Fund, and that the pledge document was submitted to the Graduate School’s Academic Affairs Team. The funds are scheduled to be paid in a lump sum on December 9.
 
This development fund will support the opening of the AI Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center (AEIC), an affiliate of the graduate school, and will be used as research grants for graduate students to encourage various research activities—such as writing academic papers, presenting at academic conferences, conducting joint research, and engaging in overseas research—for students in the Master’s program in Entrepreneurship at the Graduate School of Global Entrepreneurship and Venture Business and those in the Doctoral program in Entrepreneurship within the Department of Business Administration at the General Graduate School.
 
Notably, all full-time faculty members and adjunct professors at the Graduate School of Global Entrepreneurship and Venture participated in this pledge. The fact that the entire graduate school faculty directly raised funds to promote the research of the master’s and doctoral students they advise is seen as a demonstration of the commitment to a research community where professors and students grow together.
 
Since its opening in 2014 as one of Korea’s first graduate schools specializing in entrepreneurship, the Global Entrepreneurship and Venture Graduate School has established a Master’s program in Entrepreneurship and a Ph.D. program in Entrepreneurship within the Department of Business Administration, thereby establishing a system for cultivating research talent in entrepreneurship that integrates master’s and doctoral programs. Taking this development fund as an opportunity, the graduate school plans to fully launch research on entrepreneurship and innovation in the era of AI transformation (AX), centered on the AEIC Research Institute, and to systematically support and manage the research achievements of its master’s and doctoral students.

△ Faculty members of Kookmin University’s Graduate School of Global Entrepreneurship and Venture Business are posing for a commemorative photo after presenting a pledge form for a 30 million won graduate school development fund to the Academic Affairs Team.

Dean Lee Woo Jin stated, “Entrepreneurship is a field where research and practice must go hand in hand, and at its core are graduate students majoring in entrepreneurship.” He added, “The faculty’s pledge to contribute to the development fund is a commitment to actively support students’ research. We will work to ensure that this fund, together with the AI Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Institute, leads to research achievements by master’s and doctoral students.”
 
Meanwhile, the AI Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute (AEIC) is a research institute affiliated with the Global Entrepreneurship and Venture Graduate School that integrates AI technology with entrepreneurship and innovation research. It is set to operate as an entrepreneurship research platform encompassing education, research, and practice, including research support for master’s and doctoral students, joint research with domestic and international universities, global fellowships, and the “Youth Leap” talent development boot camp.