The University of Sussex Business School has renewed its Memorandum of Understanding with Ajou University in Korea.
By: Gala Orsborn
Last updated: Tuesday, 1 August 2023
The Business School has recently renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ajou University, Korea for another two years. Dean of the Business School Professor Steve McGuire and Jooyeoun Lee, Dean of the Department of Science Technology Policy at Ajou University signed the document on 25 May 2023.
Founded in 1973, Ajou University is renowned for its high impact research, partaking in the largest national research and graduate education project, funded by the Korean Ministry of Education. With over 15,000 students and 50 research centres in diverse fields, they are now one of the top universities in the Republic of Korea.
The MoU means the Business School will cooperate with Ajou University in education and academic research, developing joint research activities including doctoral and post-doctoral research, facilitating both student and staff exchange visits, as well as academic programmes.
Ajou University will send three sponsored students to our MSc courses offered by the SPRU department at the Business School, this includes the MSc Science Technology Policy course starting in Autumn 2023, highlighting the strategic importance of this course.
Professor Steve McGuire said:
“We are delighted to be renewing our MoU with Ajou University in Korea. By continuing to strengthen our connections with this leading research institution we will be able to learn from one another’s practices and findings, benefitting many faculty and students across both universities.”
Professor Jooyeoun Lee added:
“We are very pleased to sign an MoU with SPRU in the University of Sussex Business School, one of the world's best institutions in the field of science and technology policy. We will closely cooperate on joint education and research on science and technology policy to lead the development of global science and technology talents. Under the renewed MoU, we will send three sponsored students in the upcoming academic year. In addition, we will expand joint research on global science and technology policy, ICT policy, and energy policy.”