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Ansan University

Vision of university

Announcement of practice-oriented
university cultivating glocal creative talents!

Ansan University was opened for cultivation of talents who will be able to serve with Christian spirit. Since 1973, the university has overcome a lot of difficulties, walked along with the truth, freedom and faithfulness and practiced vocational education. All of us, Ansan University community, make a decision to go back to the basics and cope with and practice new changes in this age of limitless competition of higher vocational education

We cultivates talents required by the times by collecting all the wisdom and ability in order to achieve AU VISION 2021 and becomes a leading university creating changes in future vocational education.

We announce AU VISION 2021 toward the best university in Korea.

505 PROJECT(Become the one of national top 5 universities in the 50th anniversary of foundation)
- the 5th place of employment rate and student recruitment rate -

Management philosophy and leadership of the President

After taking his office, the President has emphasized the importance of vision and university development strategy, enthusiatically constructed and launched the Commission for Vision Development Promotion while participating actively in vision development and promotion conference and faculty workshop, being deeply interested in and fully supporting for the vision of “site-oriented university cultivating the best professionals” andestablishment of 5-year university development strategy.

Management philosophy of the President

Ansan University is looking for dream and developing students potential. The reason why the youth comes to university is because he or she has a hope to realize his or her precious dream in mind. Ansan University will fully play a role of large bowl refining and bringing up the passion of the youth who desires to make hopeful future.

The university will differentiate itself as a ‘site-oriented university’ cultivating the best professionals. Excellent faculties of Ansan University prepare for competitive curriculum and seek for substantialization of curriculum. The university will strengthen its ability to employment by taking top 5 universities in employment rate nationwide by strengthening vocational education by majors and expanding face-to-face contact between faculties and students.

Ansan University will seek for continuously developing university by establishing detailed development strategy by departments and sections and focusing on the 4 development strategies: the strengthening of educational foundation; the strengthening of employment ability; the strengthening of specialization; and the strengthening of leadership with love and respect’.


President’s suggestion of directions in Vision TFT meeting

A vision is the direction and goal of university. What is the most important is that all the members become one in practicing the vision and development strategy of university after establishing them. Thus, the vision of university must be known to all the members and must not be too abstract or descriptive or just shouting. The university needs a vision which can be easily known to and practiced by students and teaching assistants.

The university shall be faithful in the idea of school foundation- ‘cultivation of professionals having Christian spirit’. It is important to establish the vision and development strategy consistent with the purpose of establishment of the university that it will cultivate talents who will be able to make service with love and respect”

It is necessary to make a strategic approach for enhancing various indicators required in the project for strengthening of educational ability and WCC. In addition, the university maintains and develops the programs for cultivation of global leaders.

The establishment of vision and development strategy in this time must be the one under which predictive management is available for predicting and preparing for at least next 5~10 years and establishing fairer system.

Focusing on these matters, the members of university are expected to cooperate with each other within fair rule and devote in cultivating professionals having Christian spirit

The university must achieve top 5 university in employment rate, satisfaction level, and global ability No.1 through innovative vision 2016.

Ansan University has cultivated talents who can make service with Christian spirit under Christian doctrines and the educational ideology of Republic of Korea. In this innovative vision 2016, the university established its educational goal – “cultivation of talents with Christian love and service” - and 4 development strategies. The university desires to broadly distribute this vision and make new history of Ansan University.

The university recognizes that its vision is to “cultivate talents with Christian love and service” under the school motto of the truth, freedom and faithfulness and establishes the following right people and visional goal:

In this important times for celebrating the 40th anniversary of foundation and preparing for sustainable university,
the university announces a new ‘innovative vision 2016’ of Ansan University seeking for a ‘site-oriented university cultivating the best professionals’

AU Innovative Vision 2016
Challenging Tomorrow! Ansan University

The university must achieve top 5 university in employment rate; satisfaction level; and global ability No.1 through innovative vision 2016.

Educational goal

The university cultivate the best professionals practicing the leadership with Christian love and service
  • Establish innovative educational environment
  • Realize innovative vocational education
  • Realize specialized education
  • Practice leadership with love and service

Right people

Practical leader
practical leader having professional knowledge and ability to solve problems at sites
Global leader
global reader who is creative and has sense of humanities
Respectful leader
respectful practicing Christian spirit

Ansan University, a place where surprising change starts

4 Strategic directions & 12 strategic goals

Strengthening of educational foundation
  • Establish smart campus and administrative service
  • Establish sustainable university finance
  • Establish foundation for excellent talents cultivation
Strengthening of ability to employment
  • Establish educational system for site-oriented industry-university collaboration
  • Establish roadmap-oriented employment support system
  • Strengthen site-oriented industry-university network
Strengthening of ability to specialization
  • Establish system of wellness environment and professionals cultivation
  • Utilize leading global education
  • Establish story-based challenging educational system
Strengthening of leadership with love and service
  • Utilize AU community for love and sharing
  • Utilize AU family move
  • Improve students-oriented welfare environment
Site-oriented university cultivating the best professionals
Taking Top 5 university in employment rate/satisfaction level/Top university in global ability

AU Innovative Vision 2016
Challenging Tomorrow! Ansan University

Site-oriented university cultivating the best professionals

Development strategy

Strengthening of educational foundation
  • Establish smart campus and administrative service
  • Establish sustainable university finance
  • Establish foundation for excellent talents cultivation
Strengthening of ability to employment
  • Establish educational system for site-oriented industry-university collaboration
  • Establish roadmap-oriented employment support system
  • Strengthen site-oriented industry-university network
Strengthening of ability to specialization
  • Establish system of wellness environment and professionals cultivation
  • Utilize leading global education
  • Establish story-based challenging educational system
Strengthening of leadership with love and service
  • Utilize AU community for love and sharing
  • Utilize AU family move
  • Improve students-oriented welfare environment

Departments

  • Academic affairs office
  • Administrative support office
  • Teaching and learning support center
  • Student employment support office
  • School chaplain office
  • International cultural exchange office
  • Industry-university collaboration office
  • Library
  • Continuing education office

Departments

  • The department of nursing
  • The department of clinical pathology
  • The department of radiology
  • The department of physical therapy
  • The department of beauty art
  • The department of medical beauty
  • The department of health care and medical information
  • The department of food and nutrition
  • The department of hotel cooking
  • The department of early childhood education
  • The department of childcare
  • The department of social welfare services
  • The department air tour English
  • The department of hotel tourism
  • The department of air secretary /clerical service
  • The department of tax and accounting
  • The department of business administration
  • The department of financial information
  • The department of IT convergence business
  • The department of computer information
  • The department of AI software (IT application security department)
  • The department of digital information and communications
  • The department of multimedia design
  • The department of architecture design
  • The department of visual media design
AU WINGS core abilities : 5 core abilities established for realization of concept of university talents
[Wellness ability(W) + Integration /convergence creativity ability(I) + Site practical ability(N) + Glocal communication ability(G) + Service/sharing ability(S)]

AU-WINGS core abilities are detailed abilities which the students of Ansan University must target and bring up in order to achieve educational goal of the university- [cultivate creative professionals practicing leadership with love and service]. This is consisting of 5 abilities- abilities to wellness, integration/convergence creativity, site practice, glocal communication and service and sharing based on the love, specialization, and creativity

AU WINGS ability model

  • AU ability model is the one related to the students’ ability necessary for successfully carrying out the duties in major vocational area
  • The arrangement of classes does not mean that higher ability exists in the higher level of technology. Instead, this means that the professionalism and distinctiveness grows in specialized area as it goes up to the upper classes of the model.
  • Last edited 2021.01.28