The Department of Economics in SKKU is one of the best universities, especially known for outstanding faculty. These faculty members not only perform vibrant research in diverse fields, but are also dedicated to teaching, inspiring, and serving our community.

We provide a curriculum which focuses on the practical understanding of the economy with a variety of topics; from traditional subjects to financial economics, political economy, health economics, and so on. The mission of the Department of Economics is to develop students’ capability to perform economic analysis and problem-based economics knowledge. More specifically, our students are able to learn 1) theoretic analysis and rational thinking, 2) how to apply economic ideas to practical issues, and 3) how to evaluate public policies. Our curriculum is suitable for achieving our educational goal for its broad topic coverage and systematic design.

Another distinctive feature of our department is that several groups of professors and graduate students participate in group research (laboratory) activities. Students may choose a lab by specific research fields of their interest. There are currently six labs (microeconomic theory, marcoeconomics, industrial organization, public finance, labor economics, and financial economics) actively running with regular meetings, lunch seminars, and co-working opportunities. In lab activities, the students can develop their understanding of major fields, research experiences, and cooperative ability with colleague students.

Department in Detail

1. Facilities

The following PC rooms are commonly open to all students

Facilities

Building	Room No.	Space	Occupancy	Type of Use
Dasan Hall of Economics	32421	e+ Compuer Lab (1)	26	PC Room
Dasan Hall of Economics	32423	e+ Compuer Lab (2)	48	PC Room
Dasan Hall of Economics	32425	Creative-Smart Zone	45	PC Room
Dasan Hall of Economics	32530	e+ Compuer Lab (3)	34	PC Room
Dasan Hall of Economics	32531	e+ Compuer Lab (4)	48	PC Room
Toegye Hall of Humanities	31404	e+ Lecture Room	48	Used for lectures only

 

The following library and/or study rooms are commonly open to all students

 

Facilities

Building	Room No.	Space	Requirement
Central Library	-	-	Student ID card to enter
Dasan Hall of Economics	32103	Graduate Study-Room
Toegye Hall of Humanities	31206	Study-Room of Toegye Hall
Business School	33B105	Undergraduate Study-Hall	Student ID card to enter
Business School	33B104	Graduate Study-Hall	Student ID card to enter

 

The following Labs are restrictively open to Economics students

 

Facilities

Building	Room No.	Lab for
Dasan Hall of Economics	32520A	Law and Economics/ Labor Economics/ Financial Economics
Dasan Hall of Economics	32520B	Industrial Organization
Dasan Hall of Economics	32521A	Macroeconomics
Dasan Hall of Economics	32318B	Microeconimics/ Environmental Economics
Dasan Hall of Economics	32521B	Public Economics/ Microeconomics

 

2. Scholarships for Students

(1) Woosuk Jeongho Scholarship

• Half Scholarship for one semester
• Sophomore/ Junior students (undergraduate) of the College of Economics can apply
• 10 Students for every semester

 

(2) Admission Year of 1960 Scholarship

• Full Scholarship for 2 consecutive semesters
• For Junior/ Senior (5, 6, 7th semester) students of Department of Economics & Global Economics (undergraduate)
• The students who received scholarships must take more than 12 cerdits per semester, with an average of more than 4.0 (A) Grade
• Selects 2 students in February

 

3. Exchanges and Partnerships

The Department has made academic agreements with more than 8 international universities, and holds joint academic conferences regularly. In addition to the alliances you can see here, we are further trying to establish international collaboration and joint programs with an even greater number of distinguished universities around the world.

 

Also, exchange students or those who want to study abroad, may receive help from our mentoring/counseling programs in our department. This system helps our students to effectively utilize the international network wehave to offer.

 

Exchanges and Partnerships

Country	University/ Institution	Date	Academic Collaboration	Student Exchange	Dual Degree
AUSTRIA	Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna	2012.11	O
CHINA	Xiamen University	2013.3	O
GERMANY	Hof University of Applied Sciences	2013.2	O
NETHERLANDS	Tilburg University	2004.1		O
UNITED KINGDOM	The University of Birmingham	2010.11			O
UNITED STATES	University of Wisconsin Madison	2005.11	O
UNITED STATES	Brandeis University	2013.9	O

 

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