Signed exchange agreements with 12 universities in 9 countries including the US, France, Poland, Finland, and the Netherlands
Over 30 students sent overseas each semester, 336 students from 10 different countries studying at the College of Business and Economics
[April 19, 2012]
The YU College of Business and Economics (Dean Byun, Jong-cook) is receiving attention for its progress in globalization.
On the 16th, the College of Business and Economics signed an exchange agreement with IAB (International Academy of Business) of Kazakhstan. The two schools agreed to exchange students, professors and researchers, while conducting collaborative research and developing joint master's and PhD programs.
The Kazakhstan IAB is located in Almaty, a sister city of Daegu, and after the Almaty Business School founded in 1988 began offering MBA courses, it was promoted to an international business academy in 1996. It is fostering high quality experts in the business, management, finance, marketing and information science sectors and has graduated major bureaucrats and key financial figures of Kazakhstan. In particular, about 10% of the students of the IAB are made up ethnic Koreans and therefore through this agreement, the two schools agreed to negotiate on summer school programs for Korean students and establishment of a Korean Culture Center for students of the IAB.
Prior to this, the College of Business and Economics began the '3+2 Bachelor's + Master's Dual Diploma Program' with St. John's University of the US since 2001. Through this, it is possible to earn bachelor's and master's degrees from both universities in 5 years, while also being granted the opportunity to apply for US CPA exams. Up to now, about 10 students of YU College of Business and Economics have obtained the opportunity and two are now studying at St. John's University.
In addition, it has made college-level exchange agreements with 12 universities in 9 countries, such as California State University, Fresno in the US, University of Strasbourg in France, University of Warsaw in Poland, University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Laurea University in Finland, Fudan University in China, and Hokkaido University in Japan. About 30 students are sent overseas every semester for its progress in globalization. Especially, the College of Business and Economics offers the 'overseas dispatch program seminar' for students every semester to heighten interest in globalization of among students, while motivating them for self-development. In result, applications among students for overseas exchange programs have considerably increased recently.
On this, Byun, Jong-cook (55, School of Business), dean of the College of Business and Economics, stated, "Students who studied abroad have been found to not only have a global mindset, but also have certainty and confidence of the future. Thus, the College of Business and Economics will further expand and strengthen its own globalization programs, while sharing the experiences of studies who studied abroad to other students. Furthermore, we will also expand friendship programs with international students at our university so that more students will be able to experience global education opportunities."
Meanwhile, 336 international students from 10 different countries are studying at YU College of Business and Economics as of the first semester of 2012.
