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2021 Graduate Employment Rates Rank Ajou University as Second from the Top in Korea, at 72.4%

Official statistics for 2022 place Ajou University's graduate employment rate at 72.4%, the second-highest among 4-year universities producing at least 2,000 graduates a year. The Ministry of Education updated its Higher Education in Korea website with the official university information for 2022. The 2021 employment rates specified concern students who graduated in August 2020 and February 2021. According to the updated information, 64.2% of graduates of 4-year universities found employment. That figure represents an increase of 3.1% over the previous year's 61.1%. Of the 2,190 Ajou University students who graduated in August 2020 and February 2021, 72.4% found employment. High employment rates were seen among medical (95.1%), pharmacy (90%), and nursing (83.7%) graduates, as well as those finishing engineering (81.6%) and information and communications (77.5%). By department, high employment rates were identified in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (88.9%), Department of Software and Computer Engineering (82.5%), Department of Mechanical Engineering (82%), Department of Transportation Systems Engineering (81.5%), Department of Architecture (80.6%), Department of Industrial Engineering (80.3%), Department of Environmental and Safety Engineering (76.5%), Department of Applied Chemistry and Biological Engineering (75.5%), Department of Chemical Engineering (75%), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (74.1%), Department of Digital Media (73.5%), and Department of Cyber Security (73%). The employee retention rate among Ajou University grads, an indicator of quality of employment, was found to be 88.4% (Cycle 4: 12 months into employment)—the highest among Korean universities. Employee retention rates are calculated from percentages of health insurance holders who retain employment, at the end of each of 4 cycles, identified as 3, 6, 9, and 12 months into employment. The rule of thumb is the higher the employee retention rate the greater the stability enjoyed by graduates at work. The announced Ajou University graduate employment rate of 72.4% is the second-highest among all 4-year universities in Korea producing at least 2,000 graduates a year, and the highest among 4-year universities producing at least 2,000 graduates in Gyeonggi Province. Nationally, the highest graduate employment rate was achieved by Sungkyunkwan University (78.5%). Following Ajou University’s 72.4% was Yonsei University (71.4%), Hanyang University (71.4%), Seoul National University (71.1%), Chung-Ang University (70.3%), Korea University (70.1%), Inha University (69.8%), Hanyang University Education Research Industry Cluster at Ansan (69.5%), and University of Seoul (69.2%). Ajou University runs the Career Plus Center to help students, in any year of study, find employment through a range of well-structured support programs that accommodate their individual needs and make the best of what Ajou University has to offer. Students are mentored at the Center to develop their job skills and have ready access to career guidance counseling. The Career Care program provides assistance to graduates who have not yet found work and those who are working but have job-related concerns. Visit the Ajou University Career Plus Center Website

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Ajou University’s President Choi and LINC 3.0 Participate in CES 2023

Ajou University’s President Choi Kee-choo and the Ajou University group Leaders in Industry-University Cooperation 3.0 (LINC 3.0) participated in the Consumer Electronics Show 2023 (CES 2023), which took place in Las Vegas from December 5th to 8th. CES 2023 saw the participation of about 3,100 businesses, including global companies and startups from 174 countries, and the attendance of some 110,000 visitors. The main themes of the event were Transportation and Mobility, Digital Health, Web3 and Metaverse, and Sustainability and Human Security for All. The CES ranks as the world’s most influential ICT and appliances expo, along with Germany’s Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA) and Spain’s Mobile World Congress (MWC), and is a beehive of global innovation. Cutting-edge technologies in ICT and beyond that are lifting the boundaries between the automotive, aviation, aerospace, and food industries are introduced at the CES, commanding the world's attention at every annual event. At CES 2023, Ajou University and LINC 3.0 ran the booth of LightWeight Inc., a startup founded by two Ajou University students. LINC 3.0, led by Kim Sangin, director of the Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, introduced Ajou University, the LINC 3.0 project, and the value the former creates through the latter, while LightWeight demonstrated LightOne, its proprietary "smart artificial load weight with an AI personal trainer." Launched by Lee Seunghyun and Lee Donggeon two Ajou University electronic engineering students, LightWeight is a subsidiary of N4U Tech Holding Inc. (a joint technology holdings company operating under Ajou University) and is a resident of Ajou University Business Incubation Center. The two Lees took advantage of the startup support devices Ajou University has in place, including a framework which allows students with drive to structure and execute their own learning and development and earn the commensurate credits, to develop smart artificial load weight, a smart healthcare solution which allows the user to use custom weights of a greater range of precision and convenience in weight adjustment according to individual needs during machine exercise. Ajou University screened a pool of companies seeking to participate in CES 2023, providing support for those selected in terms of the products they had for exhibit. While at CES 2023, President Choi checked in with the Ajou University participants, and toured the expo with accompanying Korean and foreign officials. He also attended the CES 2023-Linked Industrial-Academic Cooperation Seminar, organized by the National Research Foundation of Korea to coincide with CES 2023, which was also attended by Korean university and Ministry of Education officials, as well as startup, management, and consulting professionals. Notable proceedings included presentations on models for effective industrial-academic cooperation and innovation in industrial-academic cooperation, as well as actual products of these models. Also included in President Choi's US itinerary was visits to potential local university partners in exchange and cooperation. <Demonstration of LightOne, a smart healthcare solution by LightWeight, a student startup> * Image source : Official CES 2023 website, LINC 3.0 * Top image : From left, Professor Lee Yong-ju of ACES Mobility ICC, Professor Lee Jooyeoun of Smart Energy ICC, CEO Lee Seunghyun of LightWeight, President Choi Kee-choo, Director Lee Donggeon of LightWeight, Director Kim Sangin of the Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation and LINC 3.0, Team Leader Lim Goonjin of the Industry-Academic Business Team

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Volkswagen Korea Donates an Audi A6 to the Department of AI Mobility Engineering as a Learning Asset

Volkswagen Group Korea donated an Audi vehicle to Ajou University, which will be used for educational and research purposes by the departments participating in the Convergence and Open Sharing System. The donation ceremony took place at Kookmin University on November 29, 2022 with Volkswagen Group Korea President, Till Scheer, President Yim Hong Jae of Kookmin University, and other officials in attendance. Representing Ajou University at the ceremony was Song Bongsob, Dean of the Department of AI Mobility Engineering, which is participating in the Convergence and Open Sharing System, a national project aimed at bringing universities together to develop advanced technology professionals. The Department of AI Mobility Engineering is participating in the Convergence and Open Sharing System in the category of Future Mobility. The donation was an outcome of a drive for industrial-academic cooperation between Volkswagen Group Korea and a Convergence and Open Sharing System consortium. Donated vehicles will be used by four universities participating in the Convergence and Open Sharing System: Ajou University, Kookmin University, Keimyung University, and Chungbuk National University. The vehicle Ajou University will be using is an Audi A6 50 TDI Quattro (above image center) which will be utilized as a learning asset by the Department of AI Mobility Engineering, newly established this year at Ajou University, with next year scheduled as its first year of operation. The vehicle will be put to good use for research and practical learning. Ajou University was selected by the Ministry of Education to participate in the Convergence and Open Sharing System in the category of Future Mobility. The System promotes shared access to advanced technology learning resources dispersed across different universities, and cooperation between businesses, research entities, academic societies, and civilian organizations towards development of core human resources on a national level. Forty-six universities were selected to participate in the eight areas of AI, Big Data, Next-Generation Semiconductors, Future Mobility, Bio Health, Immersive Media, Intelligent Robots, and Energy Industry. A consortium of six universities—Ajou University, Kookmin University, Keimyung University, Sun Moon University, Inha University, Chungbuk National University, and Daelim University—will work in the Future Mobility category. The consortium's participation in the Convergence and Open Sharing System is headed by Kookmin University. From Ajou University, the Department of Transportation Systems Engineering, Department of AI Mobility Engineering, and Department of Mechanical Engineering are participating, together led by Yun Ilsoo, a professor in the Department of Transportation Systems Engineering. <Ajou University students driving test vehicles equipped with advanced sensors. Ajou University uses a number of real vehicles for practical learning and research.> # Ajou University YouTube Channel - Introduction of the New Department of AI Mobility Engineering # Official Ajou University Blog - Blog Post: Introduction of the New Department of AI Mobility Engineering and Reading Recommendations