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Kim Dong-won is the president of Korea University.

Ahead of the university's 120th anniversary in 2025, he is accelerating efforts to lay the foundation for a quantum leap.

He was born on January 15, 1960, in Andong.

After graduating from the Business Administration Department at Korea University, he earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in Industrial Relations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States.

He worked as a professor of business administration at the State University of New York before moving to Korea University as a professor of business administration.

He served as the director of general affairs, the director of planning and budgeting, the dean of the Graduate School of Labor Studies, the dean of the College of Business Administration, and the dean of the Graduate School of Business before being elected president of Korea University in 2023.

He was the third Asian and the first Korean to serve as the president of the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA).

He is focused on establishing a future-oriented education and research platform.

He believes that universities gain their value through participation in and research on social issues.

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