Gyeongsang National University (GNU, 경상대학교) is a national university governed under the ministry of education of
Republic of Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its ea ...
government and located in
Jinju
Jinju () is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was the location of the first (1592) and second (1593) Sieges of Jinju by Japanese forces during the Imjin War. The Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command i ...
,
South Gyeongsang Province
South Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상남도, translit=Gyeongsangnam-do, ) is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. The UNESCO World H ...
and represents the
South Gyeongsang Province
South Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상남도, translit=Gyeongsangnam-do, ) is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. The UNESCO World H ...
of
South Korea
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as one of 10
Flagship Korean National Universities
The Flagship National Universities (Korea NU 10, ko, 거점국립대학교, Hanja: 據點國立大學校, literally: national universities designed as provincial centres) is a collective term referring to ten universities in South Korea that hav ...
along with
Cheju National University
Jeju National University is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities. founded in 1952 in Jeju City, the provincial capital of Jeju, South Korea. In 2008 Cheju National University and the Jeju National University of Education merged i ...
,
Chonbuk National University,
Chonnam National University,
Chungnam National University
Chungnam National University (CNU) is a national university located in Daejeon, South Korea. It is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities.
History and introduction
Chungnam National University was founded in 1952. Its motto is "Creat ...
,
Chungbuk National University
la, Nova aperio(I uncover new things)
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, faculty = 755 (2014)
, president = Soo-Gap Kim
, students = 18,334 (2014)
, undergrad = 15,015 (2014)
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Kangwon National University
Kangwon National University (KNU, ) is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities in Gangwon, South Korea. Established as Kangwon Provincial Chuncheon Agricultural College in 1947 in Chuncheon, it extended to a comprehensive university i ...
,
Kyungpook National University
Kyungpook National University (경북대학교, abbreviated as KNU or Kyungdae, 경대) is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities representing Daegu Metropolitan City and Gyeongbuk Province in South Korea. It is located in the Dae ...
,
Pusan National University
Pusan National University (PNU), also called Busan National University, is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities in South Korea and second highest public universities in South Korea.
Located mainly in Busan (or Pusan), the universit ...
, and
Seoul National University
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.
Gyeongsang National University has twelve colleges such as arts, social science, natural science, engineering, agriculture and life science, management, veterinary, education, nursing, and medicine and eight graduate schools such as medicine and public health, business administration, education, aerospace, industry etc. Other institutions with the university are the university library, university museum, student center, university newspaper, broadcasting center, publishing company, institute for education of science talented, Korean language cultural center and so on. The current statistics of Gyeongsang National University shows that it has 1,681 academic staffs including 808 full-time professors, 361 administrative staffs and 24,502 students including undergraduate and graduate students enrolled. The university has three campuses and two of these are located in
Jinju
Jinju () is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was the location of the first (1592) and second (1593) Sieges of Jinju by Japanese forces during the Imjin War. The Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command i ...
,
South Gyeongsang Province
South Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상남도, translit=Gyeongsangnam-do, ) is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. The UNESCO World H ...
and the other is located in
Tongyeong. The main campus is located at Gajwa-Dong in the city of
Jinju
Jinju () is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was the location of the first (1592) and second (1593) Sieges of Jinju by Japanese forces during the Imjin War. The Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command i ...
, Chilam campus,
Jinju
Jinju () is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was the location of the first (1592) and second (1593) Sieges of Jinju by Japanese forces during the Imjin War. The Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command i ...
has the college of medicine, and Tongyeong campus, an hour from
Jinju
Jinju () is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was the location of the first (1592) and second (1593) Sieges of Jinju by Japanese forces during the Imjin War. The Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command i ...
by car, has the college of Marine Science.
The motto of Gyeongsang National University(GNU) is Pioneer, and it states that the eyes of pioneers see far beyond the present to the future. The history of the university begun as Jinju Agricultural College founded in
Jinju
Jinju () is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was the location of the first (1592) and second (1593) Sieges of Jinju by Japanese forces during the Imjin War. The Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command i ...
in 1948, then, accredited as national college in 1968 and in 1972, renamed as Gyeongsang National College. In 1980, the college was accredited as a national university by the ministry of education and renamed as Gyeongsang National University. For more than 60 years since its foundation, Gyeongsang National University has been educating talented students who have served not only for local community but also for national prosperity by leading them to be bigger asset in many places such as communities, industries, businesses and around the country and the world.
Gyeongsang National University is well known for many achievements in applied life science along with biochemistry, agricultural science, and veterinary. One of these is that the researchers at the university discovered a way to make cloned
Turkish Angora
The Turkish Angora ( tr, Ankara kedisi, "Ankara cat") is a breed of domestic cat. Turkish Angoras are one of the ancient, natural breeds of cat, having originated in central Anatolia (modern-day Turkey, Ankara region). The breed has been docume ...
cats glow red when exposed to
ultraviolet light
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in 2007.
The Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health at Gyeongsang National University is a medical training and research institution in
South Gyeongsang Province
South Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상남도, translit=Gyeongsangnam-do, ) is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. The UNESCO World H ...
. Gyeongsang National University Hospital was open with 419 beds in 1987 as the university hospital of Gyeongsang National University and is located next to the college of medicine in Chilam campus and has grown to a general and multispecialty medical hospital with 950 beds operating with specialty centers such as the local cancer center opened as the first local cancer center of its kinds in the country and rheumatoid arthritis center. Gyeongsang National University Hospital at
Changwon
Changwon () is the capital city of Gyeongsangnam-do, on the southeast coast of South Korea. With a population of 1.07 million , Changwon is South Korea's ninth-most populous city.
A port city, Changwon is bordered by Masan Bay to the south, ...
is newly open as the second Gyeongsang National University hospital in February, 2016. The university hospital at Changwon has begun with 208 beds and is going to grow according to the number of patients hospitalized.
Overview of GNU's past and present
*October 20, 1948: Founded as Jinju Agricultural College by the provincial government of South Gyeongsang
*July 11, 1972: Accredited as Gyeongsang National College
*March 1, 1975: Established the graduate school
*March 1, 1980: Accredited as Gyeongsang National University by the government of Republic of Korea
*March 1, 1983: Established the College of Medicine
*February 21, 1987: Inaugurated the Gyeongsang National University Hospital
*March 1, 1988: Established the Graduate School of Business and Public Administration
*March 1, 1989: Established the College of Veterinary Medicine
*March 1, 1993: Established the College of Business Administration
*March 1, 1995: Established the College of Marine Science by merging the Tong-Yeong Junior College of Fisheries
*March 1, 1996: Established the Graduate School of Industry
*March 1, 2010: Graduate School of Public Health established
*December 16, 2011 : Dr. Kwon Soon Ki appointed 9th President
*March 1, 2014: GNU has 10 Graduate Schools, 12 colleges, 3 Divisions (5 majors) and 87 Departments, with a total of 3,252 new Students every year
Campus
Gyeongsang National University has four campuses. Two campuses are located in
Jinju
Jinju () is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was the location of the first (1592) and second (1593) Sieges of Jinju by Japanese forces during the Imjin War. The Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command i ...
, one campus in
Tongyeong, and one campus in
Changwon
Changwon () is the capital city of Gyeongsangnam-do, on the southeast coast of South Korea. With a population of 1.07 million , Changwon is South Korea's ninth-most populous city.
A port city, Changwon is bordered by Masan Bay to the south, ...
. Gajwa campus is located in Gajwa-dong,
Jinju
Jinju () is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was the location of the first (1592) and second (1593) Sieges of Jinju by Japanese forces during the Imjin War. The Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command i ...
close to the junction of
Tongyeong–Daejeon Expressway and
Namhae Expressway, Chilam campus is located in Chilam-dong right next to
Nam River, Tongyeong campus is located in Inpyeong-dong,
Tongyeong, and Changwon campus is located in
Uichang-gu, Changwon.
Gajwa Campus
Gajwa campus is the main campus of Gyeongsang national university. Most buildings and facilities of the university including the university headquarter, the student center, and buildings for the colleges of arts, social science, law, education, business administration, natural science, agriculture and life science, engineering, veterinary, and graduate schools are located in the campus. The area of Gajwa campus is more than 1,300,000 m
2, and buildings numbered are more than sixty .
Chilam Campus
The gyeongsang national university hospital, unique facility for training of medical students and nurses, are also located in the campus. The area of the campus is 103,000 m
2, and buildings such as dormitory, student center, and the medical library, are located.
Tongyeong Campus
The college of marine science is located in Inpyeong-dong,
Tongyoung. The campus is home of ten departments for marine science in the college and has fifteen buildings including the college headquarter, education and research center, gym, library, student center, and female dormitory. The area of the campus is 147,000 m
2.
Changwon Campus
Changwon Campus is the industry-university convergence campus, founded in 2017. Department of Mechanical Convergence Engineering is the only department that is located in Changwon Campus.
Academic colleges
*College of Agriculture and Life Science
*College of Law
*College of Education
*College of Veterinary
Chilam Campus
*College of Nursing
*College of Medicine
Tongyeong Campus
*College of Marine Science
Changwon Campus
*Headquarters campus
Graduate schools of professional studies
*Graduate School of Medicine
*Graduate School of Business
*Graduate School of Education
*Graduate School of Convergence Science & Technology
*Graduate School of Public Administration
*Graduate School of Aerospace Specialization
*Graduate School of Public Health
*Graduate School of Food & Medicine
Master's programs
*Humanities and social sciences
*Natural sciences
*Engineering
*Medicine
*Arts and athletics
*Interdisciplinary departments
*Industrial-academic collaboration
*Contract department
Doctoral programs
*Humanities and social sciences
*Natural sciences
*Engineering
*Medicine
*Arts and athletics
*Interdisciplinary departments
*Industrial-academic collaboration
Joint masters and doctoral programs
*Humanities and social sciences
*Natural sciences
*Engineering
*Medicine
*Arts and athletics
*Interdisciplinary departments
See also
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Flagship Korean National Universities
The Flagship National Universities (Korea NU 10, ko, 거점국립대학교, Hanja: 據點國立大學校, literally: national universities designed as provincial centres) is a collective term referring to ten universities in South Korea that hav ...
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List of national universities in South Korea
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List of universities and colleges in South Korea
This is a list of institutions of higher education in South Korea.
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* Agricultural Cooperative College – Goyang, Gyeonggi
* Ajou Motor College – Boryeong, South Chungcheong
* Ajou University – Suwon, Gyeonggi
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Education in Korea
References
External links
Official site of Gyeongsang National University(In English)
Official site of Gyeongsang National University(In Korean)
Office of International and External Cooperation (OIEC)(In English)
The Pioneer Magazine
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