Ajou University (Korean: 아주대학교; Hanja: 亞洲大學校; lit. Asia University) is a private research university located in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It was founded in 1973 by Park Changwon.[3]
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Motto | 人間尊重 인간존중, 實事求是 실사구시, 世界一家 세계일가 |
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Motto in English | Respect for human, Seeking truth from facts, One world, One family |
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Type | Private |
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Established | 1973[2] |
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President | Choi Kee-Choo |
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Academic staff | 1,370 |
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Administrative staff | 300 |
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Students | 13,986 |
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Undergraduates | 9,850 |
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Postgraduates | 3,642 |
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Address | South Korea, Gyeonggi-do, Suwon, Yeongtong-gu, World cup-ro, 206 KR , , , South Korea |
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Campus | Urban |
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Colors | Blue Yellow |
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Mascot | Pioneer |
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Website | www.ajou.ac.kr/en/index.do |
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Hangul | 아주대학교 |
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Hanja | 亞洲大學校 |
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Revised Romanization | Aju Daehakgyo |
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McCune–Reischauer | Aju Taehakkyo |
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Ajou University started as Ajou Engineering Junior College with the aim of exchanging technology and culture through education between France and South Korea.
Ajou is located on a single campus witfh all details, research-oriented university hospitals, Techno Valley, Samsung Electronics headquarters, CJ Blossom Park, administrative town (Gyeonggi Provincial Office, Gyeonggi Provincial Council, Education Office, Gyeonggi Representative Library), and legal town (Suwon Court, Suwon Prosecutor's Office). Gyeonggi-do Pharmaceutical Association has signed MOUs with Ajou.[4]
Its business college is the only one in Korea that was authorized to host a financial engineering department as part of the world-class research-oriented university project of the Korean Ministry of Education and held a recruitment briefing session for the International Financial Organization.[5] Its business college is a member of both the AACSB and EFMD certification bodies.
The e-business department signed an education agreement with SAP Korea.
Ajou University Hospital, an affiliated hospital of the medical school and a base hospital in Gyeonggi-do, is opening Ajou University Intermediate Care Hospital, Ajou University Pyeongtaek Hospital, Ajou University Paju Hospital.[6] It received a hospital brand fee from Jiya Yoon Hospital in China.
In 2020, Ajou established a campus in Tashkent, Uzbekistan which boasts strong engineering programs.
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
Dormitories
There are five big dormitories on campus: Nam-jae dormitory, Yong-Ji dormitory, Hwa-hong dormitory, Kwang-Gyu dormitory and the newly built International 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 (on separate floors; girls' floors are female-keycard access only) and is one of two dormitories open to foreigners as exchange students or regular students. The other one open for foreigners is the newly built International dormitory. Except for Hwa-hong and International dormitory, all the dormitories have rooms with four occupants each. International and Hwa-hong have two-bed and four-bed rooms. They also have single rooms for visiting professors.
Ajou University International Dormitory VIDEO[citation needed]