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- Successful Completion of the 2017 Summer Farewell Party for Graduating International Students
- The Sungkyunkwan University International Affairs Division (Vice President: Ja Choon KOO) held the 2017 summer graduation ceremony and a farewell party for graduating international students on Friday, August 25th at 6:00pm on the 5th floor of the International Hall. A total of 237 international students, including 147 undergraduate students, 55 Master’s students, and 37 Ph.D students, were awarded their diplomas at the 2017 summer graduation ceremony. 120 graduating students and their families attended the farewell party, where they spent a meaningful time congratulating each other on their hard work and graduation and sharing their warm connection with each other.
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- 작성일 2017-08-31
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- 2017 College of Economics Summer Graduation Ceremonies held
- Department of Economics, Statistics and Global Economics and held their 2017 Summer Graduation Ceremony on Aug 23rd. The three Departments of College of Economics held joint Ceremony for the graduation on Aug 23rd (Wed) at the 600th Anniversary Hall. A total of 161 students (Economics' Undergraduate: 78, Master: 13, Ph.D: 2 / Statistics' Undergraduate: 33, Master: 6 / Global Economics's undergraduate: 29) received their degrees. KIM, the Dean of the college participated the ceremonies and delivered speeches to celebrate the students. Families, friends of the students and many honored alumni of each departments also joined and made the day more meaningful.
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- 작성일 2017-08-25
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- SKKU Achieves the Best Performance in all three ‘R&D Researchers Cultivation Projects’
- SKKU has been recognized for its top-level research ability by achieving the best performance in the main three R&D Researchers Cultivation Projects: the Global Ph.D. Fellowship Project (GPF), the Undergraduate Research Program Support Program (URP), and the Research Fellow Support Program (RF). For GPF, which gives financial support of 3 million won per year to a student for 3-5 years, 21 subjects were selected and a total of 261 million won will be provided. For URP, 40 students in 11 teams were selected, which will provide a total of 10 million won. Meanwhile, 32 assignments were selected for RF, which will provide a total of 480 million won for the next 3 years. Through these results, SKKU proved to have top-level research and education ability in Korea and is stepping forward to become a center for cultivating researchers for the next generation in the world. Prof. Ji Beom YOO, Chair for Research & Business Foundation Center, said “SKKU has already been receiving recognition for its research abilities by placing in the top 50s in the world rankings, and we are preoccupying research fields that are expected to lead the future. We would provide our best support for professors, graduate, and undergraduate students in order to realize our dream, ‘Truly, Global Leading University.”
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- 작성일 2017-08-25
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- 407 SKKU Students Participating in Farm Village Volunteer Work
- 407 students of SKKU are participating in rural community volunteer work from June 23rd (Fri) to June 30th (Fri) at over 26 villages. Even though the weather is extremely hot, students are helping to harvest potatoes, plant beans, work in vineyards and more. President Kyu Sang CHUNG and 10 academic board members visited 2 villages to encourage students. “I am very glad that many students are participating in this volunteer work. I hope that students’ volunteer assistance will help farm villages where they need more hands, especially in this farming season,” said President CHUNG.
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- 작성일 2017-07-12
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- Prof. Hee Joon KANG awared as Excellent Lecturer of 2016
- On June 16th, Prof. Hee Joon KANG was awarded as one of the '2016 Excellent Lecturer' by SKKU. Pr. KANG has given lectures on Microeconomics to Global Economics students for years. He showed great course evaluation scores during 2 semesters of 2016 again, and finally named as one of the excellent lecturer of 2016. Dean of the college of Economics(Prof. Min Seong KIM/Left) and President of Global Economics(Prof. Sung Hyun KIM/Right) are awarding prof. KANG(Center of Picture) at dean's Office, on June 19th.
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- 작성일 2017-06-29
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- SKKU Enters Top 100 in THE World Reputation Rankings for First Time
- SKKU has placed within top 100 in World Reputation Rankings by Times Higher Education (THE) for the first time. On July 15th, THE announced the World Reputation Rankings 2017. In the evaluation, three universities in Korea were listed in Top 100: Seoul National University (45th), KAIST (81~90th), and SKKU (90~100th). Meanwhile, Harvard University ranked No. 1 for the seventh year in a row while MIT and Stanford University placed 2nd and 3rd, respectively. The THE World Reputation Rankings 2017 are based on an opinion survey of 10,566 academic scholars in 137 countries. Full analysis can be checked at THE’s website:www.timeshighereducation.com
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- 작성일 2017-06-29
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- SKKU Int’l Students Experience Seoul and Korean Culture
- The Office of International Student Services (OISS) held the “SKKU International Student Culture Experience and Exchange Program of the Humanities Social Sciences Campus (HSSC) and Natural Sciences Campus (NSC) - 2017 Sungkyunwan Tour and Seoul Castle Road Walk” as a student activity on the 13th (SAT) of May. More than 50 international students participated in this event. Especially, 30 students from the NSC enjoyed the Seoul castle walk and HSS Campus tour as it was their first visit to the HSSC. After the walking tour, all of the participants enjoyed Korean traditional food (bibimbab, seafood & potato pancake) for lunch. The OISS plans to provide various events for international students at both the Humanities and Social Sciences and Natural Sciences Campus to experience Korea’s unique culture. This event was the start of cultural programs for 2017 and a tour of the NSC and Suwon Hwasung Fortress will be held next time.
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- 작성일 2017-05-24
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- LEE Won Gil Scholarship Conferment Ceremony
- The College of Economics (Dean: Min Seong KIM) held the ‘LEE Won Gil Scholarship’ conferment ceremony of 2017, on April 3rd (Mon). The ‘LEE Won Gil Scholarship’ was founded by CEO of the Seowon Corporation Won Gil LEE (Dept. of Economics, ’61) in order to support students who study hard in difficult environments. Prof. Joon Seo LEE (Dept. of Design) attended the ceremony on behalf of Mr. LEE delivered the scholarship certificates to Prof. KIM, the Dean of the College of Economics, who then presented them to 5 students.
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- 작성일 2017-04-17
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- SKKU has proved to be a ‘Global Top University’
- Beyond one of the renowned universities in Korea, SKKU has proved to be a ‘Global Top University’ by placing high in evaluation rankings. Recently, SKKU placed 13th in the ‘Asia University Rankings 2017’ by Times Higher Education, while ranking 1st among Korean comprehensive private universities. The Times stated that “from continuous development, SKKU is leading changes among Korean higher education institutions.” SKKU declared a ‘New Challenge Project’ last year in order to step forward and become a globally renowned university. This project includes action plans to be placed in the Asia top 10 and World top 50 from competitions with international universities. SKKU is strengthening its networks with research-oriented universities of the world, such as expanding joint forums with top engineering schools in the US. This year, SKKU plans to hold a join forum with the University of Minnesota in the field of Nano and Physics and SKKU-PKU forum with Peking University, China. The President of SKKU, Kyu Sang CHUNG said “I am very happy to see these results which represent SKKU’s hard work over the past years. Through the ‘New Challenge Project’, SKKU will focus on developing its core strategy and becoming a world renowned university.” Since Samsung Foundation joined SKKU management in 1996, the university has shown rapid development. Nowadays, SKKU is working on education innovation with Samsung to cultivate the most talented engineers. Also, many convergence programs and systems are in the process of development according to the needs of the 4th industrial revolution era.
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- 작성일 2017-04-10
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- College of Economics Graduate School Fair held
- 17-Spring's SKKU Graduate School Fair was held on 4th April (Tue) at ChoByungDoo Hall, 600th Anniversary Building for undergraduate students and graduates who are interested in entering a graduate school. College of Economics also took part in the fair. Department of Economics, Statistics, International Trade and Actuarial Science took boothes and provided information such as curriculums, career advice, scholarships and personal consulting to more than 35 students. During the fair, Dean Minsung KIM also awarded undergraduate students who got excellent results from the 2016-2nd semester, by bestowing Dean's Lists on them.
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- 작성일 2017-04-05
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