▁Asia ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 1 st ▁century ▁when ▁Asia ▁becomes ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁Notable ▁academic ▁programs ▁ ▁The ▁oldest ▁and ▁the ▁largest ▁school ▁at ▁A jou ▁is ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁Engineering ▁with ▁its ▁four ▁divisions : ▁Mechan ical ▁and ▁Indust rial ▁Engineering , ▁Electron ics ▁Engineering , ▁Chem ical ▁Engineering ▁and ▁Bi ote chn ology , ▁and ▁Environment al ▁and ▁Urban ▁Systems ▁Engineering . ▁ ▁A jou ▁is ▁also ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁its ▁College ▁of ▁Information ▁Technology , ▁which ▁includes ▁the ▁depart ments ▁of ▁software ▁and ▁computer ▁engineering , ▁elect rical ▁engineering , ▁cy ber ▁security ▁and ▁digital ▁media . ▁▁▁ ▁The ▁School ▁of ▁Medicine ▁opened ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁and ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁Ph arm acy ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁ 7 0 5 ▁students ▁had ▁graduated ▁from ▁the ▁school . ▁ ▁Re putation ▁and ▁rank ings ▁▁ ▁A jou ▁University ▁has ▁a ▁s izable ▁exchange ▁program ▁that ▁includes ▁about ▁ 2 5 0 ▁univers ities ▁in ▁ 6 0 ▁countries , ▁and ▁involves ▁about ▁ 6 0 0 ▁exchange ▁students ▁year ly . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁A jou ▁University ▁was ▁ranked ▁ 1 1 th ▁by ▁the ▁Jo ong Ang ▁Il bo ▁newspaper , ▁out ▁of ▁approximately ▁ 4 0 0 ▁educational ▁instit utes ▁in ▁South ▁Korea . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁Q S ▁Asian ▁University ▁Rank ings ▁ranked ▁the ▁university ▁ 1 1