Ulsan College () is a

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with two campuses in

Ulsan Ulsan (), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ...

South 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 eas ...

. The East Campus is in Dong-gu and the West Campus in

Nam-gu Nam-gu (), or " Southern District," is the name of a ''gu'' in several South Korean cities: *Nam-gu, Busan *Nam-gu, Daegu * Nam-gu, Gwangju *Nam-gu, Incheon * Nam-gu, Pohang *Nam-gu, Ulsan Nam District (Nam-gu) is a district of Ulsan, South Korea. ...

. It was founded on 8 April 1960 as the Ulsan Industrial Technology Institute. Hyundai Heavy Industries is the college's owner and financial sponsor.

History

The Ulsan Industrial Technology Institute was founded as an affiliate of the College of Engineering at the

University of Ulsan The University of Ulsan () (UOU) was founded on February 19, 1969 as the ''Ulsan Institute of Technology''. The University was promoted to a full-fledged University on March 1, 1985. The university is located in Mugeo-dong, Ulsan, South Korea. ...

. The opening ceremony for the first school year was on 10 March 1973. The college was renamed the Ulsan Industrial Technical College on 1 March 1985, then renamed Ulsan College on 11 November 1998. The East Campus was opened on 17 March 2000.

Academics

The college's four departments currently offer the following programs. All programs are offered at the East Campus, except where noted.

Engineering

* Environment & Building Design (3-year program) * Information Technology (3-year program) * Digital Content Design * Mechanical Engineering (3-year program, West Campus) * Electricity & Electronics (3-year program, West Campus) * Industrial Management (West Campus) * Environmental & Chemical Industry (West Campus)

Liberal arts and science

* Early Childhood Education (3-year program) * Social Welfare * Tax Accounting * Distribution Management * Business & Foreign Languages

Natural science

* Nursing (4-year program) * Physical Therapy (3-year program) * Dental Hygiene (3-year program) * Food & Nutrition (3-year program) * Hotel Food Service & Culinary Arts

Sports and leisure

* Athletic Training

Notable people

* Jung Jung-suk (정정숙), a former South Korean women's football player, attended Ulsan College * Jun Min-kyung (전민경), a South Korean women's

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, attended Ulsan College *

Kim Ki-hoon Kim Ki-hoon (born July 14, 1967) is a retired short-track speed skater and the first gold medalist in the Winter Olympics for South Korea. Kim is a three-time Olympic Champion and 1992 Overall World Champion. Career Kim first garnered atten ...

(김기훈), a retired

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and

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, is a professor at Ulsan College * (김순자), an independent candidate in the

2012 South Korean legislative election Legislative elections were held in South Korea on 11 April 2012. The election was won by the ruling Saenuri or New Frontier Party, which renewed its majority in the National Assembly, despite losing seats. The election has been read as a bellwet ...

, previously worked as a manager of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions at Ulsan College * (문소리), a South Korean football goalkeeper who won a bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games, attended Ulsan College

References

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