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- ‘EBS Admission Hotline’ Introduces Global Business Administration Major
- Last February 29th, the SKKU Global Business Administration Department was introduced on ‘EBS Admission Hotline’ a television program on the Educational Broadcasting System (EBS). The purpose of this program is to introduce different university majors to high school students. The first episode of ‘EBS Admission Hotline’ was about Global Business Administration and SKKU was the primary university featured. The SKKU Global Business Administration Department is focused on the global market and nurturing the next generation of global leaders to lead international companies. Our University’s freshmen orientation was shown on the program. At the orientation, a 100% English Global Business Administration class was conducted for the freshmen to sample what it is like. Global Business Administration students can study not only Business Administration, but also majors that help students advance humanistic knowledge such as Philosophy, Western History, Science History, Music, Art, and Art History. Moreover, a student venture club where they can apply the knowledge they have learned in the real world was introduced. A short video message from the alumni of Global business Administration who entered esteemed graduate school overseas and international companies was also shown. Ms. Ji Min Park, a senior student in Global Business Administration, visited the EBS studio as a guest and gave an interview. She said, “This major is attractive because it provides a similar study environment as a foreign university without going abroad.” The episode will be provided by EBS through their replay service soon.
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- 작성일 2016-03-04
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- SKKU in THE’s Top 25 Universities over 400 Years Old
- To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Times Higher Education recently ranked the top 25 universities over 400 to determine the best ancient institutions. Sungkyunkwan University has been ranked 19th, becoming the only Korean institution included in the ranking. Data and Analytics Director at THE, Duncan Ross, said that the list shows, “The origin of our modern university systems as they move away from the religious training institutions they were, into something that was starting to become more recognizable.” “Despite all the evidence that points to Shakespeare being from the English Midlands, the conspiracy theories regarding who he might have been or where he may have been from refuse to die away. So, we thought it would be fun to look at the universities that a more educated Shakespeare might have attended,” said Director Ross. Meanwhile, SKKU has ranked 16th in Asia (2015 Times Higher Education) claiming the first place of all comprehensive private universities in Korea for the second consecutive year. The results of the ranking are calculated based on scores from thirteen indexes including university-industry collaboration, education, research paper citations, research capability, internationalization, etc.
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- 작성일 2016-03-04
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- President Chung's New Year's Address
- Respectfully to all in Sungkyunkwan University, With the duty of the 20th presidency, call upon by all to undertake, has stoled its first year by and is gone, we are now greeting the new year of 2016, 丙申年(Byungshin Nyun), with great anticipation and hope. This year is called the year of the red monkey where it is said that the elements of yang, fire and the color red culminate and enables all things to be executed with a forward-looking and proactive outcome. As we enter such a vibrant new year, I sincerely wish for all in Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) to have all their endearing goals and hopes bear fruit for this year. As the university celebrates its 618th anniversary in the new year, SKKU is ceaselessly creating values derived from ‘the new value of the old’, by bringing together in harmony, tradition and cutting-edge field of studies, and, with the active support by our foundation, Samsung Corporation, we continue to proceed with pioneering and outstanding university innovation. Through these efforts, SW Centered University Support Program, Grand ICT Research Center Program, Self-Curing Environmental Concrete Research Center and more, have been selected as major government projects last year. Especially with the Brain Korea 21+ Project (BK21+) which is the core foundation for graduate school education and a research centered university, we have procured an outstanding 31 projects. Also we have repeatedly demonstrated unprecedented and spectacular achievements like becoming the NO. 1 private university in Korea at the Joong-Ang Daily University Rankings for the 3rd consecutive year, marking NO. 1. on the National Consumer Satisfaction Index (NCSI) for the 9th consecutive year, and completing the construction of the N Center, the world’s top level basic science research facility, and more. In addition, we have risen the ranks in the QS World Rankings to 118, while demonstrating to be the finest private university in Korea according to ‘Times Higher Education (THE) World Rankings’ and ‘US News & World Report’s Global Universities Rankings’. This is especially felt by the active willing gestures for international cooperation from the world’s prestigious universities abroad. Such outstanding achievements in the midst of adversity was only made possible by the passionate participation and selfless support of the faculty, administrative staff, the foundation, the students and 210 thousand alumni’s heart warming affection for the university, in order to propel beyond being the best university in Korea to become a truly global leading university. So I would like to take this opportunity to express, from the bottom of my heart, my admiration and gratitude to each and everyone of you. People of SKKU! This year, we also are expecting an acceleration of change in the environment surrounding the university. The threats that we encounter are diverse and complex, such as the heated global competition between universities, the advent of a new education trend based on technological innovation, the growing demand from students and corporations as a comsumer and more. However, these threats in my view are no different from the opportunity that will further propel our university as we take on this new challenge. For those who are prepared there can be no threats but opportunities. One year ago when I was appointed to the presidency, I referred to you a quote from the Analects of Confucius, the chapter of Jaro (子路), “If you truthfully employ me, I will lay the foundations in one year and yield profits in three.“(子曰 苟有用我者, 期月而己可也, 三年有成). With this in mind I have concentrated to solidify the university, in my first year, based on the great legacy laid by my predecessors before me. And now for the next three years, in order to create a truly global leading university, we will be moving forward with the ‘New Challenge Project’ as follows: One, we will strengthen soft-wear(SW) education & fusion learning Two, we will concentrate and strengthen research by establishing ‘Research Troika’ and more Three, we will do our utmost to raise ‘Global Pride’ by expanding ‘Global Alliances’ Four, we will greatly expand industry-university cooperation through the ‘SKKU Enterprise Foundation’ and more Five. we will exalt pride of being the finest university, through ‘Innovation in Management’ and ‘Combined Leadership’ We hope that all of you will actively participate and show your support for our university’s new challenge. The dream that all in SKKU dreams with one heart and one mind, will always come true. Again I’d like to express my gratitude for the dedication and appreciation that all have shown last year, and wish for a year filled with a future that holds great achievements and happiness for all in SKKU. January 11th President of Sungkyunkwan University CHUNG KYU SANG
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- 작성일 2016-01-15
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- SKKU makes big gain, provincial national universities take a favorable turn… in BK21 Plus interim ev
- It has been reported that according to the interim evaluation, results for Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) and key regional national universities have improved significantly. On Dec. 23, Ministry of education and National Research Foundation of Korea announced the preliminary results of the interim evaluation on Brain Korea 21 Plus (BK21+)s Plan. Especially, unlike the first rounds of evaluation for BK21+ which was conducted in Aug. 2013, each university showed big differences and were greatly divided in the results. In assessing each universities’ total number of selected project teams during the BK21+ interim evaluation, Seoul National University(SNU) showed a steady and strong performance (35 ->40), while the most remarkable result was SKKU where 10 were added to the already 21, making total of 31. Thanks to this, the overall ranking of SKKU, based on the sum of selected project teams rose from 7th to 2nd place. Among provincial national universities, Chungnam National University (CNU) leapt from 12th to 7th, almost doubling its number from 12 to 23. Key provincial national universities such as Pusan National University(PNU) (total number 31, 2nd), Kyungpook National University(KNU) (total number 24, 6th), Chungnam National University (CNU) (total numer 23, 7th), Chonnam National University (JNU) (total number 21, 8th), and Chonbuk National University(JBNU) (total number 17, 10th) have shown good results, putting themselves in the top ten. On the other hand, Korea University (KU) which was second in 2013 with 29, shrank to 27, placing it at 5th after PNU (total number 31) and Yonsei University (YU) (total number 28). Meanwhile, to make the interim evaluations more impartial, the Ministry of Education conducted this Interim Evaluation in two stages. A total of 546 project teams were selected by having the top 50% of existing teams, 277 teams, retaining their status, 24 teams eliminated due to their significantly low assessment scores of less than 60% and 269 teams selected as Preliminary Selectee Project Teams, selected out of the 723 projects teams made up of the existing lower 50% teams and new entries. Through this process a total of 23.3% were replaced by 127 competitive new entries. More specifically 14.2%, 38 project teams, of large-scale and 31.9%, 89 project teams, of small-scale were changed. The Ministry of Education plans to conduct site inspections for the Preliminary Selectee Project Teams until Jan. 2016, and if they spot project teams of false or deliberately miswritten information, those project teams will be eliminated. Huh Jung, Head of the Talent Development Promotion Team in National Research Foundation of Korea, said “At the interim evaluation, budgets were reassessed even for the existing project teams.” Huh also added, “Exact budget for each university and business project will be announced on Feb. 2016, when confirmation notice is placed, after the end of the site inspections.” In addition, the Ministry of Education will continuously conduct a consultation based annual inspection beyond 2016, to support the project teams’ long term vision development, and encourage enhancement in the quality and outcome of the study and research. Link to media report: http://news.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=20151223000007
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- 작성일 2016-01-15
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- SKKU, Steps up to No. 2 spot after Seoul National Univ. as preferred university
- Would the stronghold of ‘SKY’universities be come to an end? Sungkyunkwan University(SKKU) beat Yonsei Univ. and Korea Univ. and stepped up to No.2 as the ‘university that you would like to recommend.’ Especially, SKKU received overwhelming votes from present university students. On Nov. 16, SKKU took the 2nd spot with 10.5% of votes in a survey asking ‘Which university would you like to recommend to friends?’ conducted by ‘Hankyung-Realmeter Top 10 Brand.’ SKKU is the only university whose ratings were in the tens besides Seoul National University(SNU). In particular, SKKU received 32.1% from students in their 20’s who are mostly studying in universities presently, which beat SNU(10.6%), but under 10% in other ages except for 20’s. It is interpreted as receiving many votes from university students, who have a lot of interest in getting a job, due to the fact that Samsung Corporation is the Foundation for SKKU. The ‘absolute No.1’ SNU took the 1st place in all ages evenly with the exception of the 20’s group. Also, the total rating(25.7%) was similar to that of the votes from No. 2 ~ No. 4 combined. The two other universities in ‘SKY’, Yonsei Univ. and Korea Univ. took the 3rd and 4th with 8.9% and 7.9% respectively. In 30’s group, Yonsei Univ.(11.6%) received a big lead over Korea Univ.(6.6%). Following was Hanyang Univ. that took the 5th place with 6%, Ewha Womans Univ. is No. 6 in total with 4.4%. Ewha Womans Univ. was the only named women’s university in the Top 10. 7th with 3.6% was Konkuk Univ. and the 8th with 2.9% was Sogang Univ followed by Kyunghee Univ. and Chungang Univ. Link to media report: http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=201511168467g
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- 작성일 2015-12-03
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- SKKU takes no.1 spot in business firm recruiting preferrence
- Sungkyunkwan university(SKKU) is tied for No.1 along with Yonsei university in the ‘reputation’ index of JoongAng Daily University Rankings. SKKU marked No.1 in ‘preferred new employee’s university’ and ‘university with great growth potential.’ Yonsei University marked No.1 in ‘university with great students education’. Kyungpook National University, Pusan National University, Chungnam National University took No.1 to No.3 in ‘university with great dedication to local community’ Associating with a research institution ‘Research & Research’, JoongAng Daily conducted a survey of 550 recruiting managers in companies and public institutions and 550 highschool teachers through a face to face interview. Also a new survey was added for the first time made by 550 administrative rank holding professors (presidents, deans, vice presidents ect.) of universities. This is a result of adhering to opinions to adopt peer review by the professors who are aware of the changes in universities, and to apply it to the general evaluation. Professors selected SKKU as No.1 and Hanyang university(erica campus) as No.2 in ‘university with great specialization’. The direction for SKKU’s specialization is ‘fusion.’ By the ‘Fusion Seed Research Support Program’ which started last year, they researched into projects such as ‘measurement of environmental radiation from cellphone’ which is a fusion of Department of Journalism and Mass Communication with Department of Physics. From next year, all new students will be given software education regardless of their majors so that they can promote the fusion ability of their own majors and IT technologies. Recruiting managers in companies, teachers and professors selected SKKU, Yonsei University(Seoul), Korea University(Anam), Seoul National University, Pusan National University as ‘School with great growth potential’ (No.1 ~ No.5). Among ‘Non in-seoul’ universities, Gachon University(No.6) Hanyang University ERICA campus(No.8) were selected in the top ten. Both of them took leaps on rankings compared to last year ranks (Gachon University No.21, Hanyang University ERICA campus No.26). Having done with an integration process of (Gachon University College of Medicine, Gachon Gil University, Kyungwon College, Kyungwon Univerisity), Gachon University focuses on cultivating talents specialized on IT by industry-academic cooperation with Pangyo Techno Valley.
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- SKKU is NO. 1 Private Korean University for 3 consecutive years in JoongAng Daily Rankings
- Seoul National University(SNU), Sungkyunkwan University(SKKU), Hanyang University, Yonsei University, Korea University took the no.1 to no. 5th spot of the JoongAng Daily University Rankings for 2015. In the assessment of broad fields of study and specific studies and departments, SNU marked the top for both the fields of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences while POSTECH placed itself on top in the fields of Engineering and Natural Sciences. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, JoongAng Daily conducted separate evaluations of 4 year comprehensive universities which taught 4 or more broad fields of study in the areas of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, Engineering, Natural Sciences, Medical Science, Art, Music and Physical education (Overall Evaluation), and respective fields of study evaluations. The assessment is intended to reveal the general competitiveness of the universities and in the same time precipitate specialization of the individual fields of study. New indexes on ‘Publication & translation (Liberal arts & Social sciences), university-industry collaboration (Engineering) has been created and added. In the Overall Evaluation SNU marked no.1 out of the 80 university in faculty publication & translation quality (citation), domestic journal publication quality. International journal publication quality was 4th. SKKU was recognized for its research investment, findings and commercialization of technology. Hanyang Univ. stood out with its entrepreneurship education. Last year more than half (56.6% no.1) of all attending students took the entrepreneurship course provided by the school. Presently it had the most number of attending or graduated students (534 people) that were heading high tech venture firms. Hanyang University’s ascent in this year’s ranking are greatly accredited to the number of startups and university-industry collaboration (Tech transfer income per faculty, 3rd) Yonsei University showed the highest scores in ‘Maintaining employment rate’ (more than 6 months employment) which indicates the quality of employment, while Korea Univ. had the most number of exchange students with Attending International Student (3234 people), Outbound Student (2056 people). Universities with collaboration in joint research with companies stood out the most. Sogang University who took 6th place was very active in collaborative research with companies and joint venture startups. Even with the smallest in field of Engineering, the tech transfer income was the most highest. Link to media report: http://news.joins.com/article/18892040
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- 작성일 2015-12-03
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- In 2015 THE ranking SKKU is NO.1 among Korean private comprehensive univ.
- - 24 Korean universities rank within 800. including Konkook Univ, Kyunghee Univ, Univ of Seoul , Sejong Univ, Univ. of Ulsan, Chungnam National Univ and more. - US CALTECH ranked NO. 1, National University of Singapore ranked NO. 1 in asia The England based university evaluation organization ‘Times Higher Educations (THE)’ announced their ‘World Rankings for 2015 ~2016’. And in this ranking 24 Korean universities put their names among the 800 world universities listed. According to the announcement made on OCT. 1, Seoul National University (SNU), ranked the highest among Korean universities at 85th, and POSTECH (116th), KAIST (148th), SKKU (153rd) rounded up the top 4 with all of them ending up in the top 200. Following these universities were Korea Univ. (251st), Gwanju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) • Yonsei Univ. (301st), Hanyang Univ.(351st), Kyunghee Univ.• Univ. of Ulsan • Ewha Woman's Univ. (401st), Chungang Univ. • Pusan Univ.(501st), Konkook Univ. • Kyungpook National Univ. • Sejong Univ. • Ajou Univ. • Yeungnam Univ. • Inha Univ. • Chungbuk National Univ. • Chungnam National Univ. (601st) and more were ranked within 800. “On the most credible university rankings in the world, Korea put in 24 universities. This ties it with Taiwan at 3rd place among asian countries trailing China and Japan.” THE editor Phil Baty explained. He added “Korea has invested 63 billion won for developing education in 2012. This is 4.4% of Korea’s GDP. Korea must strive more to compete with its asian rivals in support of university development.” In asia National University of Singapore took first place (world ranking 26th) followed by Peking Univ.(China) (42nd), Tokyo Univ.(Japan) (43rd). In the world ranking California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) was NO. 1, with Oxford, Stanford, Cambridge, MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Imperial College London, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Univ. of Chicago rounding up the top 10 which consisted of schools from the US and Europe. “The 800 universities from 70 countries that are listed in the rankings represent the top 4% of all higher education institutes in the world. Many countries will look at the many world class universities and desire to compete with those universities. Now no one on the upper tier can be complacent. They must all continuously strive to keep their place.” says Mr. Baty.
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- 작성일 2015-12-03
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- UN Global Compact Korea Network Internship Opportunities
- UN Global Compact Korea Network Internship Opportunities The United Nations Global Compact Korea Network offers a small group of outstanding undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to acquire real field work and research experience as interns. q Objective The programme will allow successful applicants to gain a greater understanding of the Global Compact’s Ten Principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment, anti-corruption. Interns will undertake work on a range of Corporate Social Responsibility issues, including business and human rights, anti-corruption, partnerships for development, and other collective action in support of UN goals etc. q Duties - Research and analyze relating to the topic of Corporate Social Responsibility, especially on human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption - Translate UN related publications, papers and other documents from English to Korean, or vice-versa - Draft and edit publications, papers and other documents - Assist in the coordination of the Communication on Progress process - Liaise with Global Compact participants - Maintain UN Global Compact Korea Network’s website - Support the organization of meetings and events - Handle email and other inquiries - Perform administrative tasks as assigned q Eligibility Criteria - Excellent academic record - Fluency in both spoken and written Korean and English is a must - Familiarity with corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility and with the activities of the Global Compact is a plus - Advanced computer literacy is a plus (Photoshop, Illustrator, Website Maintenance etc.) q Working Condition - Working Hours: 09:00 ? 18:00 - Four work days per week for a minimum of three consecutive months - Working hours negotiable taking class hours into consideration - Work period less than three months will not be considered an official internship, but as a voluntary service - Please note that internships are unpaid, interns must therefore be able to cover their costs q Application Process - Curriculum vitae screening (short-listed candidates may be contacted) - Interview (only successful candidates may be contacted) - The interview will take place between Wednesday, 30 July ~ Friday, 1 August 2014 - The internship will start on Monday, 4 August 2014. q How to Apply - Those interested in pursuing an internship with the UN Global Compact Korea Network must submit the following documents to recruit@globalcompact.kr no later than Monday, 28 July 2014. - Curriculum vitae (in English) and Cover letter (in English) in one document. - English language proficiency tests (IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, TEPS, etc.) and other qualifications q Additional Information - Internship certificates are issued upon completion of internship - Interns will not be selected if no successful candidates are deemed qualified for the position - Should you have any inquiries regarding the internship or the UN Global Compact Korea Network, please contact recruit@globalcompact.kr
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- Learning strategic thinking through MBA
- KOREA TIMES 2014-02-16 By Paik Tae-young Korean MBA programs have been evolving, directed by academia and also influenced by government regulations and initiatives. There have been several stages in the evolution of Korean MBA programs up to now. The first stage was a period with only two kinds of business master’s programs — evening part-time MBAs and full-time Master of Science degrees in business administration. Even though a Master of Science (MS) earned in a business program is called an MBA in English, they differed from Western-style MBA programs in that they required dissertations and recruited mostly students without work experience, belonging to general graduate schools. Even evening part-time MBA programs belonging to specialized graduate schools asked and later allowed students to write dissertations, but their orientation was practical re-training of middle managers and not as academic as MS programs. Total credits required for part-time MBA degrees in two-and-a-half years were 24 with a dissertation and 30 without one. The second stage of evolution started with the introduction of professional graduate schools of business by the Ministry of Education (MOE) at the end of the 1990s. For some reason only Sungkyunkwan University was at first approved to run a professional graduate school of business. As a condition for approval, the MOE asked approved universities to give up either specialized graduate schools or general graduate schools of business. It seemed that this condition prohibited others from starting professional graduate schools of business for a long time. The third stage was again initiated by the MOE with the Brain Korea (BK) Phase II Projects starting in 2007. With the intention to allow professional graduate schools in law, medicine, and business, the MOE decided to provide the BK grants only to professional graduate schools in these three areas. The MOE removed the requirement of giving up other graduate programs for professional business schools and set the standard for the MBA degree requirement to be a minimum 45 credits for both full- and part-time programs of professional graduate schools of business. Most major universities applied for professional graduate schools of business and got approval from 2006 and soon thereafter. Only four business schools — Korea, Seoul National, Sungkyunkwan, and Yonsei — later joined by Sogang University had received the BK MBA grants for seven years from 2007 to 2013. Those MBA programs supported by BK grants were asked to make annual reports and they were disclosed publicly and evaluated by the Korea Research Foundation, an agency of the MOE. The continuous process of competition for grants, information sharing and relative evaluation helped MBA programs to evolve to higher levels. The MOE was also very active in monitoring all the MBA programs of professional graduate schools of business, collecting their statistics, and promoting them by passing out related press releases quite often. Now in the fourth stage with no more government support and interest but regulation, most of the full-time MBA programs are in trouble with a larger supply (admission slots) than demand (applicants). This is partly because tuition has been raised as high as some European schools and there is still an insufficient middle managers job market. The overall full-time MBA program size in Korea has been reduced gradually and will continue to be reduced. Some programs will stop running, not meeting the break-even point of student size. Which full-time programs will survive and prosper? I conjecture that a truly global program like the Tri-Continent MBA at Sungkyunkwan University is an answer. In that program, students from all over the world are recruited by several partner schools, educated in the three different continents of America, Asia and Europe by the faculty of the partner schools with tons of team projects for cross-culture teams. Thus, they encourage and develop multicultural and global mindset and human networks. The class of the 2014 of the program has 11 nationalities. Columbia, London and the University of Hong Kong Business Schools are running the Executive MBA-Global Asia program together from 2008. It is a part-time joint MBA degree program having four- or five-day class weeks once a month for 20 months in Hong Kong, Shanghai, London, and New York. The 35 students in the class of 2015 represent 19 countries. One MBA, a similar joint Global Executive MBA program, has been operated by five American, Asian and European universities: the Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School, Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University, Tecnologico de Monterrey Graduate School of Business Administration and Leadership, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, and Escola de Administracao de Empresas de Sao Paulo da Fundacao Getulio Vargas. These two joint Global Executive MBA programs provide intensive classes for several days once a month for part-time students, while the Tri-Continent MBA of Sungkyunkwan University with Gustavson Business School at the University of Victoria in Canada and Neoma Business School in France has the full-time joint coursework for about eight months, providing in-depth cultural experiences in different countries. Joint part-time Global MBA programs result in high travel expenses and opportunity costs of time for frequent international travels, making it affordable only to those executives supported by their firms. That might be why the Chinese University of Hong Kong is pulling out of the partnership of One MBA from 2014. Joint full-time Global MBA programs have less financial burden to students. Full-fledged globalization of MBA programs is the best way to improve the competitiveness of Korean MBA programs to a world class level in the future, as perceived by academia and regulators. A joint global program can be a better alternative to simple student exchanges, creating tighter and deeper cultural and interpersonal experience and networks. Full-fledged globalization of MBA programs is the best way to improve the competitiveness of Korean MBA programs to a world class level in the future, as perceived by academia and regulators. Paik Tae-young is a director of the Tri-Continent MBA program at Sungkyunkwan University. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/02/332_151673.html
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