A Kwangwoon University professor speaks during his lecture at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology in Vietnam. Courtesy of Kwangwoon University
February 6th, 2026. Professors from Kwangwoon University’s department of semiconductor systems engineering provided a series of lectures on semiconductor design at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) in Vietnam for two weeks starting Jan. 12.
According to a Kwangwoon University official, the lectures covered core subjects including semiconductor circuit design and very large scale integration system design for students majoring in semiconductor engineering there.
Three faculty members from Kwangwoon served as visiting foreign lecturers, teaching 10 or more hours per course over the two-week period to third- and fourth-year HCMUT students. Special seminars and workshops for both undergraduate and graduate students were also held to broaden educational exchange.
The visit marks the first major exchange under a planned “2+2 joint degree program” designed to allow HCMUT students to study two years in Vietnam before transferring to Kwangwoon for an additional two years to complete a bachelor’s degree in semiconductor engineering. Organizers say the program represents a meaningful first step toward full academic collaboration between the two universities.
The official added that the initiative was organized by Kwangwoon’s semiconductor systems engineering department and the Semiconductor Specialized University Project Group, which developed course content and delivered instruction.
The university’s Office of International Affairs also handled academic and administrative coordination with HCMUT, laying the groundwork for comprehensive bilateral cooperation.
“The program aims to provide Vietnamese students with a stable pathway to specialized semiconductor education and to help establish an international model for training global semiconductor talent,” the official said in a press release.
“The both schools also plan to expand the partnership, including student exchanges, the formal joint degree program and collaborative research initiatives in the future.”
Shin Hyun-cheol, director of the Semiconductor Specialized University Project Group and dean of graduate studies at Kwangwoon, described the lectures as a significant achievement in international education cooperation with a major Vietnamese institution.
“It represents an important starting point for building a global education model encompassing both undergraduate and graduate semiconductor education,” he said.
