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Kim Jun-young
19th President of Sungkyunkwan University
Assumed office
January 2011
Personal details
Born
Kim Jun-young

(1951-09-25) September 25, 1951 (age 72)
Sangju, Gyeongsangbukdo South Korea
Alma materSungkyunkwan University
University of Minnesota
ProfessionCollege administrator, Academic, Economics

Kim Jun-young (born September 25, 1951) is a South Korean economist, professor, and the current 19th president of Sungkyunkwan University.[1] Under his leadership, the university has made globalisation a top priority, actively seeking partnerships with foreign universities to expand two-way student exchange.[2] Kim is one of Korea's leading experts on macroeconomics, and he still teaches a popular class on the subject, rare for a Korean university president.[3] He has published numerous books on the subject, including one bestseller, Macroeconomics.[4]

Education

He received his Bachelor of Economics from Sungkyunkwan University in 1975. He received his MS in 1979 and PhD in 1984, both from the Graduate School of Economics of University of Minnesota. He received an honorary doctorate of Law from National Chengchi University in 2011.

Career

References

  1. ^ Chun, SW (1 December 2010). "Kim Jun-young to head Sungkyunkwan Univ". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  2. ^ "KIM Jun Young". Harvard-Yenching Institute. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  3. ^ Oh, Kyung-wook (4 September 2012). "Sungkyunkwan rises in business, high tech fields". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Speaker: Jun Young Kim". World Knowledge Forum. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Jun-Young Kim President/Professor, Sungkyunkwan University". Bloomberg. Retrieved 21 October 2014.