Ajou University
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.
亞洲大學校 아주대학교 | |
| 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 |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1973 |
| President | Choi Kee-Choo |
Academic staff | 1,370 |
Administrative staff | 300 |
| Students | 13,986 |
| Undergraduates | 9,850 |
| Postgraduates | 3,642 |
| 494 | |
| Address | South Korea, Gyeonggi-do, Suwon, Yeongtong-gu, World cup-ro, 206 KR , Suwon , , South Korea |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Blue Yellow |
| Mascot | Pioneer |
| Website | www |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 아주대학교 |
| Hanja | 亞洲大學校 |
| Revised Romanization | Aju Daehakgyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Aju Taehakkyo |
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.
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. 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. 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.