Kookmin University (President Jeong Seung Ryul) student-built car club KOOKMIN RACING (hereafter KORA) team participated in the 「2025 University Student Student-Built Car Competition (FORMULA STUDENT KOREA 2025)」 (hereinafter FSK 2025), held at the Korea Automotive Research Institute's E-Mobility Research Center from Thursday, September 25 to Sunday, September 28, achieving the overall championship in the Formula category for the ninth consecutive year.

Hosted by the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers and the Korea Automotive Research Institute, the FSK 2025 competition has been held annually since 2007. Its purpose is to enable university students to acquire practical skills while designing and building automobiles and to cultivate future experts in the automotive industry. The competition evaluates vehicles based on understanding, design completeness, and dynamic performance metrics such as acceleration, cornering, and durability. Kookmin University entered two teams: ‘KOOKMIN RACING F-25’ and ‘KOOKMIN RACING KEF-25’.

The F-25 team, equipped with an 80kW-class electric motor, demonstrated stable high-speed chassis performance and a highly reliable electrical system. Having proven its advanced technical capabilities at previous international competitions, it delivered consistent performance across all events in this competition and was awarded the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award. The KEF-25 team, also equipped with an 80kW electric motor and emphasizing lightweight design, won the Silver Medal in the E-Formula category.

With the F-25 team's overall victory at this FSK 2025 competition, Kookmin University's KORA achieved the remarkable feat of winning for the ninth consecutive year. Notably, despite extremely low completion rates due to torrential rain, they finished with the fastest lap time, demonstrating the vehicle's high level of refinement. This competition marked KORA's first entry with two E-Formula vehicles, both of which achieved awards.

Park Min Woo (Automotive Engineering, Class of 2020), a Kookmin University student participating in the competition, stated “Preparing for both the international and domestic competitions was very demanding, but with the help of President Jeong Seung Ryul, Dean Shin Sung Hwan of the College of Automotive Convergence, many professors and staff, and my club seniors and juniors, we were able to finish the competition well.” He added, “I am proud that we achieved the feat of winning the overall championship for nine consecutive years, raising Kookmin University's standing.”

Dean Shin Sung Hwan of the College of Automotive Engineering, KORA's supervising professor, stated, “This ninth consecutive overall championship is the result of KORA students' efforts and the continuous interest and support from the university community.” He added, “We will spare no effort in providing support to maintain these excellent results and strive to cultivate talent for the future automotive field.”