MBA Freshmen Orientation Held… “Hope to become main actors of Korea Economy Society”

 Face-to-face entrance ceremony in 4 years…Learn KU spirit and keen relationship

 Korea University Business School (Dean=Sangyong Kim) Korea MBA (hereinbelow K-MBA) Finance MBA (hereinbelow F-MBA) Executive MBA (hereinbelow E-MBA) welcomed a total of 312 freshmen. K-MBA and F-MBA had their orientation in Seoul WalkerHill Hotel on February 4th, and E-MBA had two days orientation on February 10th in Incheon ParadiseCity Hotel.

 On February 4th, K-MBA and F-MBA welcomed 262 freshmen through the orientation. K-MBA is the first, best MBA program for businessmen in Korea and F-MBA is an MBA program providing specialized education in finance. 209 freshmen from K-MBA and 45 freshmen from F-MBA participated in the event. Also, 33 K-MBA students and alumni along with 8 F-MBA students participated to welcome new students. KUBS Dean Sangyong Kim, Associate Dean Janghyuk Lee, Head Professor Taekyu Kim, Head Professor Beomjin Son, and K-MBA Alumni President and Secretary General attended. The ceremony was followed by greetings from KUBS Dean, course introduction, student council and alumni association introduction, team building, singing the cheering song, and unity activities. 

KUBS Dean Sangyong Kim congratulated the future of KUBS freshmen on their new start at KU and showed how happy he is to host a face-to-face entrance ceremony in 4 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dean Sangyong Kim said, “ I am sure that K-MBA is the best program to cooperate and compete with the best-talented people in society and to build an expert network since it has more than 8,000 alumni.”. Also, he said, “F-MBA is also the first and best finance MBA program that can teach business theory and curriculum in response to rapidly changing finance trends.”. After that, he said, “ I feel happy to have this opportunity for freshmen to build keen relationships face-to-face.”. In addition, he mentioned that “I hope you keep in mind the intellects and toughness of KU and always feel proud of yourselves whenever and wherever you are.”

After the entrance ceremony, the event was followed by Off-Campus orientation. K-MBA and F-MBA introduced freshmen to each curriculum, student council, and alumni association. Students also introduced freshmen to many programs in Graduate School and know-how for life in Graduate School. After lunch and before dinner, there was a team-building program to break the ice and have a strong relationship to promote community spirit. After dinner, participants sang the cheering song to foster KU spirit and congratulate the entrance of freshmen. The student council and the alumni association cheered the new start of freshmen with the performance of KU cheerleaders and many unity activities. On the day, 262 freshmen became new members of Korea University and showed enthusiasm for study and school life.

 2023 E-MBA Off-Campus orientation was held in Incheon Paradise City Hotel from February 10th (Fri) to 11th (Sat). Also, the E-MBA On-campus orientation was held on February 18th in LG-POSCO Building. E-MBA course is a master’s course for executives and managers over 10 years of career and established the first in Korea in 2003 to educate creative global CEO.

In the two days of Off-Campus orientation from February 10th (Fri), 50 freshmen from E-MBA 21st Class and guests including KUBS Associate Dean Janghyuk, Alumni President Lee HyungWoo, Head Professor Sijin Yoo,  Head Professor Daeki Kim participated the event. Also 20th Class of E-MBA students and alumni also participated.

The orientation started with a congratulatory address from KUBS Associate Dean Janghyuk Lee. In his address he said “E-MBA is a representative program for KUBS” and “KUBS will support the development of the members”. The orientation was followed by self-introduction from the freshmen in the 21st Class and 20th Class members welcomed new students. The evening session started with greetings from the 15th Alumni Association president Hyungwoo Kim and followed by a welcome video from the faculty and student council. After that, harmony and unity activities were followed with dinner.

E-MBA On-Campus orientation on February 18th (Sat) was held in Room 530 in LG-POSCO Building. KUBS Dean Sangyong Kim said in his congratulatory address, “KU E-MBA course is an expert curriculum to teach humanities and global knowledge that CEO must have.”, and said, “I hope you become a true social leader to spread a good influence and pioneer the future.”

The orientation event consisted of programs including  △ Introduction of E-MBA curricum and administrative affairs △Gender equity education △ Special lecutres on statistics (Prof. Kyungsam Park). Also the event was followed by △On-campus tour △ Special lectures on accounting (Prof. Kwanhee Yu) and ended after ‘Introduction and Q&A with 20th Class Alumni Association’.