Ajou University
Ajou University is a prestigious private school leading the convergence in South Korea established in 1973 and located in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province about south of Seoul. The founders are the Korean government and the French government.
Despite its short history, the school was recognized as one of the world top 100 universities built within fifty years. Originally an engineering school, Ajou has undergraduate and graduate programs in the sciences, engineering, health care, business, social sciences, law and liberal arts.
The name "Ajou University" describes the idea of becoming the best university to lead Asia in the 21st century when Asia becomes the center of the world.
For the first time in Korea, the undergraduate system, the dual degree system with foreign universities, the unlimited transfer system, the college responsibility management system, the teaching performance evaluation system, the one-stop administrative system, Establishment of Information Campus through Complete Computerization of University Administration and Library through High-Speed Communication, the cyber MBA, the international program supporting the vulnerable, the challenge semester system, and the career exploration semester system were implemented for the first time in Korea.
Information and communication colleges, international studies, media departments, e-business departments, financial engineering departments, software convergence departments and cultural contents departments were also established for the first time.
Notable academic programs
It is known as the Department of Electronic Engineering with Korea's best semiconductor processing office, Department of Cyber Security with the Best Cyber Multiplex Security Center, and Department of Industrial Engineering, which operates the international joint curriculum.The business school is a member of the two major certification bodies of AACSB and EFMD and is the first in Asia to receive EPAS certification from EFMD.
The School of Medicine opened in 1988 and the College of Pharmacy in 2011. Both schools are highly competitive to get in, and they offer high quality education despite their short history.
The medical school opened in 1988 and the pharmacy in 2011. Both schools have high competition rates for admission, and despite their short history, they offer high-quality education. In particular, the affiliated hospital was named one of the top 100 hospitals in the world by Newsweek in the United States.
Configuration
Humanities, social studies, education, arts and physical education, natural science, engineering and medical science are on one campus, which is advantageous for interdisciplinary research.- Undergraduate
- * Information Communication College
- * School of Business School
- * Technical school
- * University of Social Sciences
- * University of Natural Science
- * Department of International Studies
- * Medical College
- * College of Nursing
- * College of Pharmacy
- Graduate school
- * Department 51 for Master's Degree
- * Department 46 for doctoral degree
- * Law school
- * Special graduate schools
International
And at Britain's 2019 Thomson Reuters World's Innovative University, it ranked 24th in Asia and 9th in Korea.
As of April 2019, Ajou University has established sister universities with 319 schools in 67 countries and is conducting various programs.
an exchange student
It is a program for mutual exchange of students with foreign universities and institutions in which academic exchange agreements with this school have been concluded. By paying tuition to this school and studying at a sister university abroad for a semester, you can not only get credit for the credits you have taken at a foreign university, but also experience foreign culture and educational system. It also operates separate special exchange student programs at Namkyung University of Technology and Changshai University of Technology in China.
Ajou University is a member of the ISEP Alliance in the United States. ISEP is an international student exchange organization based in Washington, D.C., with 350 member schools around the world, and is a non-profit organization in the United States aimed at exchanging mutual credits of students between member universities. Exchange students will be selected twice a year. The membership schools of ISEPs in Korea include Ajou University, Yonsei University, Korea University, Ewha Womans University, Seoul National University and Keimyung University. In addition, Ajou University is a member of the CREPUQ, AUF, and Japan's HUMAP Alliance in Canada and France.
a dual degree
It is a program that completes more than one-half of the graduation credits from Ajou University and the remaining credits from other schools in the program to obtain degrees from both Ajou University and other schools. It is currently operated by the Illinois Institute of Technology and Stony Brook University in the United States.
blue ladder
The Ministry of Education and the Korea Scholarship Foundation expanded 'AFTER YOU', an overseas training program for vulnerable groups conducted by Ajou University, into a national project. Despite the difficult environment, the project supports overseas training experiences to college students who have dreams and passion for self-development and career development. Each subject university selects some of its own and other students and proceeds with the program. Ajou University was selected in 2018 and will run for three years. The dispatch schools are Michigan University, Washington University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.
Global Internship
The program sends students to companies in about 20 countries around the world as internships to provide more diverse and challenging overseas experience opportunities. It offers opportunities to learn sense in overseas industrial sites related to majors and explore career paths. It will be dispatched to BMW, INKE, IDB, KOTRA, CKP, W-OKTA, and H MART. It is recognized as a credit for the third and fourth grade internship.
Short-term dispatch
It is a program that sends about 4 weeks to sister university of this school during vacation. If you participate in language training and international training programs at sister universities, you can be recognized as a grade. Some of the program's participation fees can be supported by scholarships.
Overseas Graduate Preparedness Team
BELT/LEADETSHIP/AGS/Local Laboratory Association/ABN/Global Field Research Program of Business School
Symbol
The Statue of Pioneer is the symbol of Ajou University. It is located at the school's main entrance.Central Library
In order to contribute to the learning, cultivation and research of students and faculty members through the collection, accumulation and distribution of information, the Central Library was established on March 15, 1973. It was opened together with the opening of the prefecture elementary and junior college. At the time of opening, there were 120 seats of the first floor of the main building. From April 12, 1973, 1,272 books were purchased with one librarian. In 1983, Daewoo Group Kim Dae-woo, chairman of the Daewoo Group, donated 5 billion won to renovate the Central Library. The new total floor space was 4,026 pyeong. On October 16, 2017, the entire library on the second floor was converted into a community lounge through remodeling. In addition, on the first floor, the space that was previously used for the corridor was expanded to build a café, allowing rest space and convenience facilities.Dining halls
The campus is mainly served by two large cafeterias and many minor restaurants. The biggest restaurant is close to the dormitories and is called the Dormitory Restaurant. It has two floors and serves both Korean and Western style foods with a daily rotating menu. The second biggest restaurant is called the Student Restaurant, and is located in the Student Union building. There are also smaller restaurants in Paldal hall, Dasan hall and Jonghap Hall.Dormitories
There are four big dormitories on campus: Nam-jae dormitory, Yong-Ji dormitory, Hwa-hong dormitory and Kwang-Gyu dormitory. Nam-jae and Yong-ji dormitories are exclusively boys' dormitories while Kwang-gyu is a girls' dormitory. Hwa-hong houses both males and females and is the only dormitory open to foreigners as exchange students or regular students. Except for Hwa-hong dormitory, all the dormitories have rooms with four occupants each. Hwa-hong has two-bed and four-bed rooms. It also has single rooms for visiting professors.Notable alumni
- Ahn Jung-Hwan, football player
- Ha Seok-Ju, football player
- Ji Suk-jin, entertainer
- Kim Ji-hoon, actor
- Lee Min-Sung, football player
- Woo Sung-Yong, football player
- , Professor
Four seasons at Ajou