Gangwon Provincial University () is a public college in

Gangneung Gangneung () is a municipal city in the province of Gangwon-do, on the east coast of South Korea. It has a population of 213,658 (as of 2017).Gangneung City (2003)Population & Households. Retrieved January 14, 2006. Gangneung is the economic ...

City,

Gangwon Gangwon or Kangwŏn may refer to: * Gangwon Province (historical), the Goryeo, Joseon Dynasty and the Japanese Korean province * Gangwon Province (South Korea), a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. Before the division of Kore ...

Province,

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.(2010-01-20
강원지역 대학들, 등록금 동결선언 '도미노'
(in Korean) Maeil Gyeongje Unlike most public tertiary institutions in South Korea, it is administered directly by the provincial government of Gangwon-do. The college is well known as a research and educational institute with modern facilities.

Campus

The college is located in Jumunjin-eup, north of Gangneung's city center. It lies close to the

Yeongdong Expressway The Yeongdong Expressway () is an expressway in South Korea. Numbered 50, it connects the Seoul area with Gangwon Province. It is named from Yeongdong, an old name for Gangwon. The road has its western end in Namdong-gu of Incheon Metropol ...

. Situated between the Taebaek mountain range and the eastern coastline, the campus enjoys easy access to the waters of the

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as well as

Jumunjin Jumunjin is an '' eup'' (town) in northeastern Gangneung City. The population numbers about 20,600, or about 7,000 households. Roughly 10% of these are involved in fisheries and agriculture, respectively. Jumunjin is the site of Jumunjin Harbor, ...

Harbor. There have been several additions to the campus in recent years, including a professional turf soccer field as well as an outdoor performance theater.

History

Permission to establish the college was granted in 1995, and construction began in 1997. The first students were admitted in March 1998. In 2015, an evaluation by the

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rated the college in the lowest E group, resulting in the Ministry halting its monetary support and barring the college from all state-funded programs.

Organization

The president of GPU reports directly to the

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of Gangwon Province. The president oversees the college's four divisions: Natural Science,

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, Human and Social Science, and

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. Under these four divisions, there are a total of 13 departments. *Marine Police & Technology, Marine Life Sciences, Food Processing & Bakery, *Cadastral Science & Real Estate, Tourism, Child Education & Care, Civil Engineering, Information & Communication, *Automotive Engineering, Industrial Design, Fire-Environmental & Disaster Prevention, Digital Contents Techniques, *Leisure Sports.

Students and faculty

As of February 2010, the school has about 1,400 students, 33 full-time professors, 13 adjunct professors and over 90 part-time lecturers. A total of about 3,500 students had graduated from the school, as of 2010.

Cooperation with local community

GPC has, since its inception, worked together with the local community. The campus itself is open to the general public, and the school's departments have closely linked with local industries. For example, the college has a leading role in establishing a ‘Jumunjin Brand Squid’, whose name ‘Jumunjingeo’ combines the name of the town as well as the Korean word for fish. In Jumunjin, the most well known marine animal is squid.

References

External links

Official website, in Korean
{{Authority control Universities and colleges in Gangwon Province, South Korea Gangneung Public universities and colleges in South Korea