< What GSEP Is >
GSEP (Global trade Specialist Education Program) is a special education program sponsored by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and KITA (Korean International Trade Association). Korea aims to achieve one trillion dollars' trade growth amount, and to become one of the top eight trading countries in the world. GSEP is contributing to achieving the goal, expecting to play a crucial role in the future national project. This program trains the GSEP members to become competitive global trade specialists in the field of trade. The program contains practical educational affairs including overseas marketing, internship program, teaching foreign languageprograms etc. Besides, it mediatesKorean small and medium-sized exporters and foreign buyers around the world.

< How to join GSEP >
Sophomores and juniors can apply to the GSEP program. However, if you are in your 6th semester, you have to enroll for one more semester after finishing your senior year. In addition, you need to have a good GPA (Grade Point Average) and a TOEIC score of more than 500. Once you become a member of GSEP, you can have great opportunities to study trade practically. Through 1000 hours' study for two years, study of foreign languages, and on-the-spot overseas market research, you get the certificate for the completion of the program, and it will help you prepare for your future job.

< My Personal Definition of GSEP >
As GSEP came into being last year, I was the first member of GSEP. At first, I didn't have an exact idea of what GSEP was. Right after I became a member, I went to Pyungchang to take two weeks' basic course lectures. We studied nine subjects related to trade from experts on the field of trade and competed with other students from eighteen other universities in Korea. In two weeks, this program motivated me to become a trade specialist and I came to believe this program will give me a lot of benefit.

For the first semester in GSEP, we studied TOEIC everyday and studied about trade through the instructor from EC21.com, one of the biggest e-market companies in the world. We had a lot of group work to do, and it took a lot of time. During the last winter vacation, we participated in overseas exhibitions. Some of us went to the U.S.A., and others went to Japan and China. Not as a traveling purpose - we spent all the winter preparing for many exhibitions. Finding appropriate products to sell and to advertise, we made a lot of plans to attract foreign buyers by designing advertising pamphlets or advertising banners. We invited instructors for special lectures, visited sponsoring companies, sent invitation mails to overseas companies etc. Through the efforts we made, in the actual exhibitions, we could evaluate all the preparatory processes we had planned and, more than anything else, the result was quite excellent many foreign buyers visited our exhibition booths and showed much interest in our products. I was very excited with the result and also with the good opportunity to learn real world business.

I think I'm so lucky to have taken this great opportunity and, now, my life goal is to be a world trader. I suggest anyone who majors in international commerce or e-trade, or who wants to work for trading companies in the future, join the GSEP program and prepare for your future ahead of others.