Play a role as an advance guard for small and medium businesses to enter the overseas market through overseas market research and buyer counseling, etc. 

Cultivation of trade experts by developing trade theory knowledge and on-site practical skills through systematic training courses

Swept various trade-related contests and produced a large number of successful candidates in the customs officer exam

[June 22, 2023]

<Students of the 16th YU GTEP Project Team participate in Vietnam Viet Beauty Exhibition 2022 and explain the project to buyers>

YU Regional Specialized Youth Trade Expert Training Project Team (GTEP Project Team) ranked first in the country in the 2022 (16th) performance evaluation.YU ranked first in the national university GTEP Project Team Evaluation for four consecutive years and was recognized for its unrivaled competence as a youth trade expert training university.

GTEP Project Team is managed by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and Korea International Trade Association and is operated by 20 universities in the country including YU. Among them, YU GTEP Project Team ranked first in the 16th performance evaluation with the points of 96.2. Mean points of 20 Project Teams are 82.4 quite different from the points of YU GTEP Project Team. As the result of this performance evaluation, YU will receive an incentive of KRW 20 million for additional project expenses and, in the 17th project this year, will receive a total of KRW 170 million from the national treasury to operate the Project Team. 

<Activities of the students of the 16th YU GTEP Project Team participated in Hallyu Pop Fest Sydney 2022>

Students of the 16th YU GTEP Project Team collaborated with small and medium enterprises in Korea, including companies specializing in exports in the Middle East, such as DNN Co., Ltd and Layun Korea Co., Ltd., and carried out export marketing tasks such as overseas market research, participation in overseas fairs, and consultation with buyers, playing a leading role in helping companies advance into overseas markets.They also swept major academic conferences and competitions related to trade held in 2022. They won a total of 5 awards including 2 grand prizes in “University Student FTA Utilization Conference,” “Undergraduate (Graduate) Student FTA Utilization Promotional Content Contest,” and “16th GTEP E-Commerce Contest” held by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and Korea International Trade Association this year with acceptance of expert and practical capability.

 The capability of the students of YU GTEP Project Team was also verified in expert certification exams. YU produced five successful applicants in the 39th customs officer exam in 2022 and three of them were from the GTEP Project Team. Considering that the customs officer exam is the most difficult of the trade-related certification exams, it is unusual for a single small business group to produce three successful candidates at once.

 Leader LEE Hee-yong of YU GTEP Project Team (Professor of Faculty of Foreign Trade) said, “The educational curriculum of YU GTEP Project Team is optimized to develop trade theory knowledge and on-site practical skills required by companies. We will strengthen industry-university cooperation with small and medium enterprises to provide students with various practical experiences and to provide trade experts to small and medium enterprises, making an exemplary case of industry-university cooperation.”

 Meanwhile, starting with the TI (Trade Incubator) project of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy in 2002, YU has been carrying out the youth trade expert training project for 23 years, and is operating the 17th GTEP Project Team this year.