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The Minerva School symposium was held at 3 p.m. on Sept. 26 (Thu) at the Ahn Young Il Hall of LG-POSCO Building. The symposium was organized by Ben Nelson, founder of Minerva School, and Ken Ross, director of Asia region, to visit Korea University Business School to introduce the Minerva School's innovative teaching methods for higher education in business administration and have time for free conversation. A total of 55 people, including KUBS Dean Jae Wook Kim, vice director Weon Sang Yoo, Associate Dean Chris Changwha Chung and Associate Dean Baeho Kim, attended the event, exchanging constructive stories on the development of business education.
The symposium began with a welcoming speech by Jae Wook Kim,Dean of KUBS. Introducing CEO Ben Nelson and Director Ken Ross, Dean Jae Wook Kim added, "I hope today's symposium will bring constructive conversation, and do not hesitate to ask questions"
CEO Ben Nelson then continued to introduce Minerva School. "The Minerva School is open to students through our own computer program on humanities, management, computer science, natural science, social science, and art," CEO Ben Nelson said. "Many people are paying attention to the unconventional education of Minerva School, which differentiates itself from other universities."
Minerva School, meanwhile, is an online university established in 2012 with an investment of 100 billion won, a so-called "startup" of the university community. 100% online classes are conducted on education subjects such as arts, humanities, natural sciences and business administration, and students stay in seven cities around the world, including the U.S. (San Francisco), Britain (London), Germany (Berlin), India (Hyderabad), Taiwan (Taipei), and Korea (Seoul) for three to six months to gain experience. The Minerva School, which opened in 2014, became a hot topic as students who passed the prestigious universities in Korea, including Seoul National University, are known to have given up their admission and chosen to enter Minerva School. All classes are only conducted online at 100%. Minerva School has been holding presentations on the methods of education of Minerva schools in prestigious universities such as Harvard University, Kyoto University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology over the past few years with the aim of creating a better collective future through leadership, innovation and problem solving.