Seoul Women's University (President Lee Yoon-sun) has been officially selected for the 'AI-related department support' project under the Seoul and Regional Innovation Support System (RISE), which will run from March 2026 to February 2030. The RISE initiative aims to create a sustainable collaborative framework where local communities and universities work closely together to cultivate talents based on industrial demand and to spread the achievements of education, research, and industry-academia cooperation into local innovation. Under the vision of becoming a leading university in participation and convergence-type AI education focused on people, Seoul Women's University intends to enhance and widely disseminate its human-centered AI education framework.

The university has been establishing a systematic foundation for AI education, primarily through its departments of Software Engineering, Data Science, and Intelligent Information Security. Plans are in place to further strengthen its specialized AI education by creating a new AI major by 2027 and gradually completing the AI Convergence Department structure. Additionally, the university is developing structural approaches for AI convergence education by operating a major in AI Frontier and AI Convergence, promoting a cohesive framework for AI education across the institution.

Particularly notable is the structured AI educational pathway called 'SWUMAN AI Pathway', which operates a phased AI curriculum for all students. The implementation of the 'SWU-AI Certification System' and AI Micro-credentials aims to connect general education, majors, and extracurricular learnings, allowing students to systematically build AI competencies regardless of their major. Through the RISE project, Seoul Women's University is set to further enhance its human-centered AI education framework, expand problem-solving, convergence, and practical courses, and strengthen experiential learning through AI Service Learning (AI S-L), capstone design, and local problem-solving projects in collaboration with local governments, public entities, and industries to develop a community-engaged educational model. President Lee expressed that this selection marks an important turning point in linking the university's human-centered AI education with regional innovation and that the aim is to systematically nurture socially responsible AI convergence talents through AI curricula and collaborative projects with the local community.