School of Business

Ajou School of Business

Since its establishment as a business school in 1980, Ajou School of Business (ABIZ) has made remarkable achievements over the past 35 years, and now stands as one of the top business schools in Korea. ABIZ started in 1977 as a department of industrial management within the College of Engineering. In 1980, it was transformed into the School of Business Administration. In 1987 the Graduate School of Business Administration was established, offering MBA programs. 1989 brought the creation of the Advanced Management Program. Through the year 2000 and onwards, the school greatly expanded with the addition of an On-line MBA program, removing the geographic boundaries of education, a department of Management Intelligence, focusing on applied information technology, and a department of financial engineering, a new academic filed that optimally integrates economics and mathematics, applies mathematical methodologies to financial issues. In 2003, ABIZ established a new version to develop into a leading globalized business school in Asia.

ABIZ Vision & Mission

We have the strong and realistic goal at Ajou School of Business(ABIZ) to become even more widely repected among world-class universities. We firmly believe that giving full support to the cultivation of students and faculties will raise the school ot an even higher level, and that is why we have carefully designed the following statements.

Vision

To become a leading globalized business school in Asia

Mission

To educate and research principles and best practices in management

To nurture ethical professionals who value human resources

To adapt to the changing global business environment