Ajou University

Ajou University is a South Korean university. Its forerunner, Ajou Engineering Junior College, was founded in March 1973 after a 1971 agreement between Korea and France to set up a technology college; it was renamed Ajou Engineering College a year later and was later acquired by the Daewoo Institute. According to the university, it entered the top 400 of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the first time in 2026, ranking 8th among Korean comprehensive universities.

International students can apply to undergraduate and graduate programmes. The General Graduate School teaches through colleges including Engineering, ICT Convergence, Computing and Informatics, Natural Sciences, Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy, alongside professional and special graduate schools. The Graduate School of International Studies runs a dual-degree programme with the Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE) in Uzbekistan.

For visiting students, the Office of International Affairs offers exchange programmes with courses in English, a Korean Study Semester and International Summer and Winter Schools, and the Center for International Education runs a Korean Language Program. In the 2025 IEQAS evaluation Ajou was designated an "Excellent Certified University" for March 2026 to February 2027, which brings simplified visa screening for its international students. Dormitories and GKS scholarships are available.