: Nation 5th. 2021 WURI Global Top 100 Innovative Universities : World 62th. 2019 REUTERS Asia Pacific's Most Innovative Universities : Asia 24th. 2021 THE Impact Rankings : 201-300th. Education programs Symbol The Statue of Pioneer is the symbol of Ajou University. It is located at the school's main entrance. Central Library In order to contribute to the learning, cultivation and research of students and faculty members through the collection, accumulation and distribution of information, the Central Library was established on March 15, 1973. It was opened together with the opening of the prefecture elementary and junior college. At the time of opening, there were 120 seats of the first floor of the main building. From April 12, 1973, 1,272 books were purchased with one librarian. In 1983, Daewoo Group Kim Dae-woo, chairman of the Daewoo Group, donated 5 billion won to renovate the Central Library. The new total floor space was 4,026 pyeong. On October 16, 2017, the entire library on the second floor was converted into a community lounge through remodeling. In addition, on the first floor, the space that was previously used for the corridor was expanded to build a café, allowing rest space and convenience facilities. Dining halls The campus is mainly served by two large cafeterias and many minor restaurants. The biggest restaurant is close to the dormitories and is called the Dormitory Restaurant. It has two floors and serves both Korean and Western style foods with a daily rotating menu. The second biggest restaurant is called the Student Restaurant, and is located in the Student Union building. There are also smaller restaurants in Paldal hall, Dasan hall and Jonghap Hall. Dormitories There are five big dormitories on campus: Nam-jae dormitory, Yong-Ji dormitory, Hwa-hong dormitory, Kwang-Gyu dormitory and the newly built International dormitory. Nam-jae and Yong-ji dormitories are exclusively boys' dormitories while Kwang-gyu is a girls' dormitory. Hwa-hong houses both males and females (on separate floors; girls' floors are female-keycard access only) and is one of two dormitories open to foreigners as exchange students or regular students. The other one open for foreigners is the newly built International dormitory. Except for Hwa-hong and International dormitory, all the dormitories have rooms with four occupants each. International and Hwa-hong have two-bed and four-bed rooms. They also have single rooms for visiting professors. Ajou University International Dormitory VIDEO Notable alumni Ahn Jung-Hwan, football player Ha Seok-Ju, football player