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Department of Business Administration, Graduate School, Korea University Recruiting New Students

Department of Business Administration, Graduate School, Korea University Recruiting New Students for Fall 2026… Applications Open Until April 9 A new opportunity is opening for those seeking to advance both their research direction and career development. The Department of Business Administration at the Graduate School of Korea University has begun accepting applications for domestic students for the Fall 2026 intake, with the application deadline set for 5:00 PM on Thursday, April 9. As the business environment continues to evolve rapidly, the criteria for selecting a graduate program are also shifting. Beyond the name of the major, the strength of the research environment and academic network has become an increasingly important factor. ▲ A group of full-time faculty members at Korea University Business School pose for a commemorative photo. Korea University Business School boasts one of the largest research infrastructures in the country, supported by 95 full-time faculty members. This is considered a key strength, as it enables applicants to choose academic advisors who closely align with their research interests and topics. The faculty’s diverse expertise, spanning a wide range of subfields and research areas, provides a strong foundation for graduate students to conduct rigorous and advanced research. As a research-oriented graduate school, Korea University Business School is also strengthening its interdisciplinary research environment to reflect rapidly evolving industries and societal needs. With a focus on the so-called “4Tech” fields—AI, semiconductors, robotics, and energy—the school is expanding the scope of business research beyond traditional boundaries and fostering the exploration of emerging challenges. Through this approach, students are able to analyze business phenomena from a more multidimensional perspective and develop their research questions into independent scholarly work. Its research infrastructure is another key strength. Graduate students are provided with dedicated research spaces, including offices, seminar rooms, and lockers, along with access to data analysis software such as SAS, SPSS, STATA, and MATLAB. In addition, Korea University Library houses approximately 3.31 million volumes and 86,000 non-book materials, offering a comprehensive foundation for academic research. In particular, students have access to major databases such as Bloomberg, Compustat, CRSP, WRDS, and LSEG Workspace. Recently, thanks to a donation from Eugene Investment & Securities, the number of Bloomberg terminals has been expanded to 12, further enhancing the research environment in finance and related fields. Korea University Business School also offers a range of scholarship programs to support students in focusing on their research. These include full tuition coverage through research and teaching assistantships, as well as research scholarships under the BK21 program and merit-based scholarships. Approximately KRW 2.3 billion in scholarships are awarded annually, along with programs that encourage research activities, such as support for participation in international academic conferences. For the Fall intake, the department will admit students to master’s, doctoral, and integrated master’s–doctoral programs in the following fields: Management, Global Business, Strategy, Finance, Information Systems (IS), and LSOM. The Marketing field will recruit only for doctoral and integrated programs, while Accounting and Business Analytics are excluded from this round of admissions. The Fall admissions cycle is particularly meaningful as it provides another opportunity for applicants who have reassessed their academic or career paths following the Spring admissions cycle. For those who have further refined their research interests or career goals, this can serve as a strategic opportunity to select a research environment that best fits their needs. Daeil Nam, Associate Dean for Research at Korea University Business School, stated, “As business studies become increasingly interconnected with industry, the importance of research environments and networks continues to grow,” adding, “We support our students in expanding their research and connecting it to real-world applications.” ▶ Apply for Fall 2026 Domestic Graduate Admissions at Korea University ◀

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The First IBRE Business Insight Seminar, “Economic Outlook 2020”

Korea University IBRE (Institute for Business Research and Education, Director Jongseok Bae) opened its first business seminar series (The IBRE Business Insight Series) on November 21st (Thu), at LG-POSCO Building. The IBRE Business Insight Series is a project that presents new perspectives on education and research to the members in various kinds of business schools and will be carried out every semester with topics covering economic outlook and industrial analysis. Chung Kyu-chul, a researcher at KDI (The Korea Development Institute), was the first series speaker. Chung came up with the topic “Economic Outlook 2020”, providing a broad range of explanation about the current standpoint of South Korean macroeconomy and its midterm goals to pursue. He spoke at the seminar: "Since the last financial crisis, the U.S., China and other emerging Asian economies have led the recovery of global economy, but uncertainties such as the U.S.-China trade dispute still persists, and industrial output, trade volume are shrinking. Therefore, people argue that the global economy is slowing down." If these uncertainties are too high, companies tend to delay investment and this would be reflected in the Korean economy as well," he said, adding in detail the impact of the U.S.-China trade dispute, the no-deal Brexit and Japan's export regulations on the global economy. "China's growth paradigm is changing, and its impact on the Korean economy is growing due to the impact of China's falling domestic demand," was told by the researcher. Then he explained the current state and outlook of the Korean economy based on the recent pace of the global economy. The researcher said, "The government is leading the growth by increasing fiscal spending to stabilize the economic downturn caused by sluggish exports and investment in the private sector and a drop in the portion of manufacturing production." In addition, he showed his analysis in specific issues of the Korean economy, including sluggish investment in semiconductors and continued low prices. "There is a room for a limited improvement in domestic demand and exports, but there will be a difference from expected levels," he said. "The economic growth forecast has been revised down as demand at home and abroad continues to shrink." As counter measures, he emphasized the need to review the monetary policy management system and the need to seek growth engines for the service industry. After the lecture, the Q&A session has followed with an inquiry “What would be the finest solution for Korea in managing the trade relationship with China?” Chung answered, “"The process of cooperating in the production phase is getting smaller, and instead the Chinese domestic market is getting bigger, and the Chinese government is also trying to reduce investment and increase consumption". "Considering these changes, we need a strategy to directly target the Chinese domestic market." IBRE Business Insight Series will be provided with three seminars, once on a week on Thursday, through offline. The upcoming seminar is on November 28th (Thu) and December 5th (Thu) .

2019.12.03 Views 2913

2019 Global MBA Alumni Night Held

KUBS (Dean: Jae Wook Kim) Global MBA program has successfully hosted its Alumni Night event. The event was held at the Royal Bloom of the Sheraton Seoul Palace Gangnam Hotel at 19:30 pm on November 22. About 80 classmates and professors, including Jae Wook Kim (Dean), Weon Sang Yoo (Associate Dean for MBA Programs), Hojung Shin (G-MBA Area Chair) and Yong Keun Yoo, attended the event. The first part of the event began with the opening speech of the 11th G-MBA student Jung-mook Choi. "I personally love the word "relationship," Choi said, "and I hope this year's event will serve as a place to build a meaningful relationship." Dean Jae Wook Kim’s greetings followed. "I have been working as the Dean for two years, and I am watching the G-MBA program with deep interest," Dean Kim said. "I hope you will have a good time here to share your experiences with each other." There was also a greeting from G-MBA Alumni Association President Hyung-rae Chung. "We are meeting twice a year to make efforts for the development of the association. We will try our best to make it more prosperous," he said. Kyung-sup Lee, the 1st president of G-MBA Alumni Association, received a plaque of appreciation, and so did Hyung-rae Chung, the current president. After the first part of the event, there was a time for the alumni to build relationship with each other by shouting toast and enjoying dinner. Quizzes and lucky draw were held in the second part of the event, and it was finished with networking time and group photoshoots. >>Photos for 2019 Global MBA Alumni Night

2019.12.03 Views 2738

7th Year Commemoration Event for KUBS Ladies Held

Korea University Business School’s (Dean=Kim Jaewook) KUBS Ladies held a commemoration event in its celebration of its 7th anniversary. The event which was held at Ahn-Young-Il Hall of LG POSCO Hall on November 14th (Thu) was attended by Kim Jaewook; Dean of KUBS, Kim Joonghyuk; Associate Dean of KUBS, Oh Seongho (Admitted in ’79);Secretary General of KUBS Alumni Association, Choi Changkyu (Admitted in ’90); President of the 909 Alumni Club and many others that congratulated the anniversary. Female alumni and undergraduates who actively participated in the KUBS Ladies mentoring event ‘Good Evening’ and ‘Dream Concert’ also attended the event. The event was held by the order of △Opening Speech △Introduction of Participants and Commemorative Speech △Thank-you Medal Ceremony △Information session on annual activities and donations △Closing Speech. KUBS Ladies President Lee Chungjin (Admitted ’81) said, “Today is a special day because the event was held at our alma mater.” She added, “I am also pleased that I was able to receive an alumni award, and please support KUBS Ladies so that it can continue to contribute to KUBS.” Dean Kim’s commemorative speech followed after President Lee’s speech. Dean Kim said, “I am immensely proud and thankful that my fellow classmate is actively taking on the role of the President of KUBS Ladies, and I hope mentors may continue to give precious advice to the female students.” President Lee gave Thank-you awards to Secretary General Oh Seongho and Deputy Department Head Sim Suhyun. A Toast and information session on annual activities and donations ensued, and the event ended with a brief group photo shoot. Meanwhile, KUBS Ladies is a female alumni and undergraduate association and intends to expand the female network and train potential female leaders. Organized in 2012, it is operated by the executive branch, ”Blossom” and works toward active networking between female alumni and undergraduates.

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Recruitment Information Session for AI Start-Up ‘Moloco’ Held

In November 21st (Thu) at Hyundai Motor Hall, a recruitment information session for the AI Start-Up ‘Moloco’ was held. The Korea University Business School Career Development Center held the session, and Koo Hyunseo, the Head of the Korea Branch, led the event. The session started with Koo’s introduction of the company. According to Koo, Moloco is a Start-Up with more than 70 employees around the world in seven branches (Seattle, Palo Alto: HQ, New York, London, Seoul, Tokyo) that is based in Silicon Valley and provides global experience. It is rapidly growing as a global ad-tech start-up based on its top-tier machine learning and big data technology, and is grabbing the attention of the online ad industry. Koo continued on to explain the company’s mission, the algorithm behind the work, and the vision to provide a performance ad platform based on its top-notch technology. The qualifications to work for Moloco is good communication skills based on Korean and English proficiency, ability to operate Spreadsheet and presentation tools effectively, high aptitude to learn, aggressiveness toward work, and being meticulous. Experience in the ad or mobile industry, or experience in SQL and other data analysis tools would be a plus. A Q&A session followed with the HR manager, in which one student asked “what role a business major undergraduate can take on after graduating.” To this, the HR manager answered that they can take on research regarding Programmatic Ads and Performance marketing, Campaign management, Performance monitoring and analysis, market research as an account manager or data scientist. Meanwhile, Moloco’s main clients include not only Korea’s Band, WeMakePrice, Zigbang, Line, Watcha, but also Hulu and Zynga of the U.S. Recently, the company has signed a mobile marketing cooperation MOU with the subsidiary of Thailand’s third largest communication company ‘True,’ ‘True Digital Plus.’

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[Startup Institute Lecture Series #7] Lecture from CEOs of Global Startup Accelerator SparkLabs Inve

The 2019 'Lecture Series' hosted by Korea University Business School (Dean= Jae Wook Kim) Startup Institute (Director= Hicheon Kim) was held at Hana Square Multimedia Room on Nov. 19 (Tue). This time, Lee Hee-yoon, manager of global startup accelerator ‘SparkLabs’; YeonJu Oh, CEO of ‘AX Inc', a startup which received accelerating from SparkLabs; Yonghyeon Kim, CEO of 'GINT', which also received accelerating from SparkLabs gave the lecture. The lecture started with the introduction of the SparkLabs by manager Lee Hee-yoon. "An acccelerator not just involves in investment but involves in a new concept of investment model that combines the incubation of startups." said manager Lee. "SparkLabs is a global investment institution that started in South Korea in 2012 and is currently expanding by region and sector." "The key role of an accelerator is reducing time," he said. "When it is identified that a business model possesses possibility of success, an accelerator quickly proves the possibility and helps companies grow faster." YeonJu Oh, CEO of AX Inc., then continued the lecture under the theme "Starting Start-Up in your 20s”. AX, Inc. is a startup in the field of tour and activity that presents automated reservation management solutions to local travel agencies. "The biggest difference for the AX is that it enables instant booking through real-time inventory management," CEO Oh said. "In the travel industry, which is already an amazing red-ocean market, we are trying to target the blue-ocean market, which increases sales, reduces costs, and even provides big data." Oh then talked about her own experiences. “I think many experiences such as school admissions consulting and programming have built up and connected to the current business," said Oh "I wanted to say that if you ‘start’ anything in your 20s, you would be able to 'up! in the end'." As the second speaker Yonghyeon Kim, CEO of GINT continued the lecture under the theme "Starting a Technology-Based Business." GINT is a company specialized in electronic control and data services that provides intelligent technology platforms for tractors and construction equipment. "After working as a researcher at Hyundai Motor Group and Samsung Electronics, I started by registering as a corporation even without deciding on an item," said Kim. "Since it took a year just to develop a business model, I wanted to tell prospective start-up CEOs in detail about something very important but was unexpected before the start of my business." "We need to carefully consider which business model increases company's value.” "We need to define this properly so that we can have weapons that can enter existing hegemony of industry markets through destructive innovation." "I hope you spend a lot of time looking for a problem that you didn't consider before," he said. "You will be able to create some kind of breakthrough by that process.” After each speaker's lecture, a heated question-and-answer session followed. "I wonder what on criteria you decided to make a pivot," said a student who is currently preparing to start a business. CEO Oh said, "In the beginning of a business, it is difficult to know the exact time for change." and emphasized the need for accelerating. "I think the biggest asset of the start-up is time and speed transfer," manager Lee said. "It's not easy for a first-time start-up to make a decision on when to stop or when to change direction, so that is why accelerating is so important." It was followed by questions about the process of settling and changing of business model. "Although we changed the business model for about 50 times in a year, the first and last ones were not so different after all," said Kim. "Through the process of questioning, we were able to verify whether this project is a business that we can do for 100 years." Every semester, Startup Institute provides startup education through "Lecture on Demand," a working-level lecture series, and "Lecture Series," a special lecture series on startups and ventures. Classes are open courses, which means they are open to not only the employees of a tenant company, but also anyone interested in starting a business. For related inquiries, you can contact the Startup Institute (02-3290-1699).

2019.12.03 Views 2960

Alumni Mentoring Session with Accountants: Valuable Advice from Accountants

A mentoring session was held at Hyundai Motor Hall on Nov. 5, organized by the Career Development Center of Korea University Business School (Dean=Kim Jaewook). In this seminar questions and answers have been exchanged about the preparation of the CPA exam and the work of the accountant. Seo Man-gyu (Hyundai LLC, Admitted to KUBS on '03) and Kim Jin-hyung (Deloitte Anjin LLC, Admitted to KUBS on '07) attended the event and gave generous advice to their juniors. First of all, the first part of the session was a question-and-answer session about the preparation of the CPA exam. "After I was discharged from the military, I got interested in what kind of career I should pursue," said Seo Man-gyu. "I was fascinated by the fact that my friends around me prepared this exam a lot and the preparation system was well-prepared in school. The fact that it has a diverse career path, including finance and taxation, seemed exciting too." "I took on a challenge to become an accountant because I liked to deal with numbers, and therefore becoming an accountant was an apt career path for a business major," said Kim Jin-hyung. He added, "After being discharged from the military, I studied wholeheartedly and passed the exam after three years." There were also questions about the order of studying CPA subjects. He answered, "I studied low-volatile subjects such as Principles of Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Tax Law, and Financial Management first." The session was followed by questions about accountants' work. When asked about the intensity of the overall work at accounting firms, Seo Man-gyu said, "At present, most accounting firms have adopted a 52-hour work week, which has greatly improved our working environment," adding, "Of course, we will be busier than ordinary conglomerates during the season, but the living standards are not bad." "If I take on a project in the off-season, I will work as if it is the season," said Kim Jin-hyung. "But these days, the atmosphere of the accounting firm is focused on strengthening quality rather than increasing the time." There was also a question about the salary, to which Seo Man-gyu said, "the annual salary has gone up a lot, but that also means a lot more responsibilities than in the past." During the two-hour seminar, the students and alumni actively asked questions and gave responses, bringing back and forth practical information on the preparation process and practice of accountants. "If you've decided to take the exam, I want you to challenge yourself," Seo Man-gyu said. "I hope you don't leave any lingering doubts and work hard with all your spirit."

2019.11.26 Views 2949