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Gwangju National University of Education (also Kwangju National University of Education; ) is a
national university A national university is mainly a university created or managed by a government, but which may also at the same time operate autonomously without direct control by the state. Some national universities are associated with national cultural or po ...
located in Buk-gu,
Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...
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South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. It is one of ten national universities that are designed to raise high-quality elementary school teachers. On average incoming students at the national education university have a 95th percentile of the national college entrance exam. Its origins lie in the Chonnam Public Teachers School founded in 1923. In 1961 this became the Gwangju Teachers College running a two-year teacher training programme. In 1993 it became the Gwangju National University of Education and runs four year teacher training programmes. Starting in 1996 it has also run a graduate school.


International Relationships

In 1995, Gwangju National University Education establishes a sisterhood relationship with Naruto University of Education in Japan. The university expands the international relationships with University of Pittsburgh (1997. 5. 1), University of Illinois at Chicago (1998. 3. 23), and University of South Africa (1998. 7. 20).


See also

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List of national universities in South Korea A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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List of universities and colleges in South Korea This is a list of institutions of higher education in South Korea. Quick index __NOTOC__ A * Agricultural Cooperative College – Goyang, Gyeonggi * Ajou Motor College – Boryeong, South Chungcheong *Ajou University – Suwon, Gyeonggi * Andon ...
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Education in Korea Historically, Korea was differently ruled and named. The official records on organised education start with Three Kingdoms period. * ???-108 BC Gojoseon * 57 BC-668 - epoch of Three Kingdoms of Korea, Three Kingdoms: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla; in ...


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* * National universities of education in South Korea Universities and colleges in Gwangju Universities and colleges established in 1938 1938 establishments in Korea {{SouthKorea-university-stub