Sungshin Women's University pushes flexible education to meet changing social needs
Sungshin Women's University is rethinking how it responds to the demands of the era of artificial intelligence (AI) — not by endlessly adding new departments, but by tearing down the walls between existing ones. President Yi Seong-keun said universities face constant pressure to keep pace with rapidly changing social and industrial needs, but warned that the reflexive response of creating new…
Sungshin Women's University is reimagining its response to the demands of the AI era, not by expanding its departmental offerings, but by dismantling the barriers between existing departments. President Yi Seong-keun acknowledged the constant pressure on universities to keep up with rapidly changing social and industrial needs, cautioning that the reflexive response of creating new departments for every emerging field could merely replace old academic boundaries with new ones.
"Society is constantly asking universities to respond to changing needs, but we cannot do that with rigid ways of thinking," Yi told The Korea Times in a recent interview. "Just as students must adapt to a changing world, universities must evolve with them." This philosophy is already transforming Sungshin's academic structure. The university has grown its presence in AI and other advanced fields through the AI Convergence Department and the College of IT Convergence.
A new Department of AI Convergence and Semiconductor Engineering is set to accept students starting in 2027.
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