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10th AMBA, “Welcome to KUBS!”
KUBS had an orientation event held for 2018 S³ Asia MBA (AMBA) students on February 23 at Hyundai Motor Hall AMBA lecture room 209, to welcome 10th AMBA students who start their semester at Korea University from this semester.
15 AMBA 10th students, Dean Soo Young Kwon and AMBA Program Director Professor Jaiho Chung participated in the event. Dean Soo Young Kwon shared his overseas student experience with the class, wishing good luck with tips for overseas experience. Professor Jaiho Chung then introduced course structure in general. KUBS Career Hub informed students of student support regarding students’ future pathways. KUBS International Office also attended the orientation to explain the application process for medical insurance and alien registration card.
In the afternoon AMBA students had a campus tour and participated in ‘Hi, Seoul!’ exercise. ‘Hi, Seoul!’ exercise invited students to visit tourist attractions in Seoul, important historic places, and restaurants for participants’ deeper understanding of culture in Korea. One of 10th AMBA student Simeng Han commented, “It was fascinating places to visit, it was a great opportunity to get to know about traditional Korean culture. I am glad I met students from diverse cultural backgrounds as well.”
Then students came back to campus for a dinner event held at Ahn Young Il Hall, LG-POSCO Building, joined by AMBA alumni. 10th AMBA students had a practice session with Korea University Cheerleaders, learning cheerleading and FM routines.
AMBA is the tri-university alliance MBA program between Korea University, Fudan University and the National University of Singapore. All 3 universities were founded in 1905, with a history of 112 years. It is a one and half year program. Students spend their first semester (Septebmer~December) at Fudan University in Shanghai, second at Korea University (February~June), and their third semester at NUS, Singapore (August~December). Candidates who successfully completed their degree graduate with the double acquisition of MBA degrees from KUBS and the other from either Fudan or NUS.