Sahmyook University has been selected as the host university for the ‘2021 Blue Ladder Project’ organized by the Ministry of Education for the third consecutive year. The Blue Ladder is a project that provides a “ladder of opportunity” to college students from socially and economically disadvantaged classes. The main goal is to ensure them equal educational opportunities by providing overseas university training opportunities and to support their career exploration and development.

Sahmyook University will select 60 undergraduate students and operate an online overseas training program together with Regent’s University in the UK and the University of Guam in the US.

From October, the participants of the program will receive pre-training including △Career Awareness Test, △Common Competency Reinforcement Workshop, △Job Mentoring, △Mock TOEIC, △Language Education (Phone English), △Global Etiquette, etc. Then, from January, 2022, they will take a 5-week course which includes △English training, △Team-specific corporate analysis project, and △Tours on global corporations in Korea. Upon completion of the course, students will be provided with priority selection for internship opportunities in the U.S.

Ryu Su-hyeon, head of SU Business Center, said, “I hope this program will become a ‘blue ladder’ of education that helps students strengthen their global capabilities and leap to a higher level.” She added, “Despite all the difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will spare no effort to provide stable and high-quality training.”