Hyundai Assan continues to support students financially and morally for a brighter future. Contributing to education by paying the highest amount of scholarships on a monthly basis, Hyundai Assan announced its new scholarship program at the signing ceremony held in its Izmit factory. While Hyundai Assan President Sangsu Kim, the company's senior management, Korean Consul General Woo Sung Lee, Izmit District Governor Yusuf Ziya Çelikkaya, Turkish Education Foundation General Manager Banu Taşkın and university students attended the signing ceremony, the production lines at the factory were visited after the ceremony. Hyundai Assan management gave information about the factory to the visitors. zamAt the same time, he emphasized the importance of automation, robot technology and quality in production.
Scholarship opportunity for 400 students
Giving scholarships to 200 students in total, 200 of which are university and 400 other vocational high schools, within the scope of cooperation with the Turkish Education Foundation, Hyundai Assan is leading the acceleration of professional development in particular. Hyundai Assan also provides additional scholarship support for food, stationery and transportation expenses. Desiring the students who will benefit from the Hyundai Scholarship Fund among the scholars selected by TEV to be in certain cities and departments, Hyundai Assan will start the program with the target schools in Istanbul, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Bursa and Kayseri in the first place.
Hyundai Assan, which will support the needy students in the "Engineering", "Business Administration" and "Korean Language and Literature" departments in the pilot cities, will also provide the same opportunities to the vocational high school students in Kocaeli and Sakarya who provide education in the field of automotive.
Making it a principle to support successful students to receive qualified and quality education, Hyundai Assan will offer internship opportunities within the company in addition to providing scholarships to its scholars. Hyundai Assan, which will direct the development of the automotive industry by including the scholarship holders in short and long term internship programs, will also pay additionally for accommodation to the scholars coming from outside the city. Successful scholars who will participate in all social activities in addition to their professional internship will have priority in recruitment.
Making the opening speech at Hyundai Assan Izmit Factory, Hyundai Assan President Sangsu Kim said, “Automotive is a cutting-edge industry where all human technologies are concentrated. Innovation and excellence come from talent, and talent comes from education. Because; Our company provides qualified education as a social contribution activity. zammoment supported. Today, we are very happy to announce our scholarship program that we run in cooperation with the Turkish Education Foundation. There is a Korean proverb that says "Education is a 100-year plan". In its 100th year, our company aims to invest in the future of Turkey and Hyundai Motor Company. I congratulate the students who are entitled to receive scholarships and I promise that we will continue to provide support to develop the talents of the future in Turkey” and underlined the importance they attach to education.
Chairman Sangsu Kim also said; “I heard Turks call Koreans 'Blood Brothers'. Khan is said to mean 'blood' and kardesh means 'brother', but when translated into Korean it means 'brothers bound by blood'. Turkey participated in the Korean War and sent 21.000 soldiers, making it the fourth largest among 16 countries participating in the war. Thanks to this aid, the Korean people were able to defend their country. Hyundai Motor Company was also founded in 1967. The Hyundai brand, which has 8 factories in 12 countries around the world, has become a global company today” and emphasized that the friendship between the two countries dates back to years ago.
Banu Taşkın, General Manager of the Turkish Education Foundation, said, “We are creating better futures thanks to our education friends who will pave the way for our youth and join forces and intentions with us. At this point, together with Hyundai Motor Company Turkey, which continues its activities with the vision of 'Together for a better future', we are carrying hundreds of our students to a better and brighter future. It is very valuable to feel the guiding weight and support of valuable brands such as Hyundai in the world of our youth. It is very important to believe in our children at the age of education in their journey of life, where they need guides, to support them with equal opportunities and to offer opportunities that we believe in this equality. Hyundai Motor Company, with its inclusive and egalitarian culture, has taken the self-development of our young people as their priority and decided to support them in many ways, in addition to the scholarship opportunities they have created. I wholeheartedly thank you,” she said.
While Hyundai Assan allocates a total budget of more than 5,5 million TL to the scholarship program, it will also launch the Hyundai Development Academy Training platform in the coming days.