Every May, college students across the United States and around the world flock to Detroit. They are destined for Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers), a significant festival for prospective engineers. The 25-year-long Formula SAE is held in Pontiac, Michigan, and only 140 universities around the world are qualified to attend. Students are evaluated on their knowledge, creativity and imagination with mini formula vehicles made on their own from the design phase and with limited frame and engine. A team named KORA (Kookmin University Research of Automotive Engineering) is making its final efforts to win the competition for the second time after 2004. KORA-2 is a vehicle specially designed to enter for the 2005 Formula -SAE. It has been made with a focus on lightness of weight and engine durability, using Honda CBR 600RR engine. A test drive was successfully carried out and about 90% of the process has been completed. Only a finishing touch is required at present. After last year contest, KORA is segmentalized into 4 teams; Engine Team responsible for inhalation, exhaust, and power train, Steering & Suspension Team for designing and steering and suspension systems, Chassis Team for frame and structure, and Project Management Team for project schedule and management. For the first time in the history of Korea, Kookmin University founded Graduate School of Automotive Engineering in March 1998 to foster promising engineers who will lead the future of Korean automobile industry. The exclusive school has been providing practical education through participating in joint projects with various automobile companies. In addition, it was designated as a Brain Korea 21 Project by the Ministry of Education in September 1999, having enhanced the competitiveness of Korea automobile industry. Based on its well-known specialty in UIT (Ubiquitous IT) design, the university has also strengthened its cooperation with foreign businesses. In June 2004, a leading global company Alias Systems donated a program entitled tudio Tools Aliasto the Design Engineering Department of Kookmin University. Worth around 7.5 billion won, the software application program helps transforming data into 3D and turning the 3D design into a real model, using NC machine when performing the car modeling (The NC machine is an automatic tool to change a 3D design into a real model). The donation has drawn much interest because the machine is available in only few schools in Korea. Currently, this tudio Toolis being used in companies such as Hyundai Motor, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Hankook Tire as a useful solution. It has easy compatibility with the detailed designed data in other companies and has a sophisticated performance. The donation is the result of the university strengthened efforts to cooperate with foreign companies such as establishing the Alias Certification Center in 2003. Strongly supported by Alias, the center has conducted trainings on lias Studio Tools attracting the attention of the relevant industry. Not only that, Kookmin University signed a cooperative agreement with Opticore in December 2004. The company agreed to provide the school with OPUS Realizer Pro, which is a software program for 3D design visualization worth 2.1billion won. It is meaningful all the more because it is a new-concept, real-time 3D design visualization tool which enables top designers from leading automobile markets to have the optimal workflow in the design process from concept sketch to presentation. Techno Design Graduate School participated in Hyundai Motor Interior Design Development Project. The Techno Design Graduate School of Kookmin University is creating a new paradigm in Korea participating in Hyundai emotion-oriented interior design development project from April to August of 2000 and interior design project for high-end, luxurious sedan for the year 2010 from August to December of 2004. This will serve as a good precedent for other Korean universities in collaboration with the automobile industries.