Excellence

The ACE (Advancement of College Education) project, initiated in 2011, is a Ministry of Education-led initiative aimed at discovering and fostering "well-teaching universities" that possess leading models of undergraduate education. It is an undergraduate education project operated based on government subsidies to identify and disseminate pioneering models for college education.

Sogang University was selected for the ACE project in 2011 and established as well as disseminated a two-way, creative education paradigm focused on problem-solving through its undergraduate education, systems, and infrastructure. Notably, in 2015, the university re-entered the ACE+ project, receiving recognition for its excellence in undergraduate education and achieving the distinction of being a university that practices "good teaching."

CK (University for Creative Korea) is a project launched by the Ministry of Education in 2014 to induce institutional improvements in universities by creating a foundation for specialization centered on areas of strength, taking into account the needs and characteristics of local communities. The CK project provided 54.6 billion KRW in support to universities in the Seoul metropolitan area (CK-II) and 203.1 billion KRW to regional universities (CK-I).

The Sogang Undergraduate Business School established a specialization project unit and worked to achieve a high level of business education based on the vision of “Business & Beyond,” which seeks social value. To achieve the goal of fostering practical business talent for the benefit of humanity and society, the school repeatedly conducted activities to cultivate social responsibility and ethical awareness, strengthen a creative spirit of challenge, and develop global perspectives and capabilities.

BK21 (Brain Korea 21) is a project managed by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea. It is a world-class research-oriented university development project that provides support so that outstanding master’s and doctoral-level talent can focus on their studies and research. Since its start in 1999, it has established itself as a core human resource development program that enhances the research capabilities of Korean universities, and the 4th stage is currently in progress.

The Sogang Business School is participating in the 4th stage of BK21 as the “Educational Unit for Fostering Business Talents Integrating Humans and Technology in the Digital Age.” The school is deriving high-level support and research outcomes for the continuous improvement of its research capabilities.