Yeonsung University, is a
college
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in Manan-gu,
Anyang
Anyang (; ) is a prefecture-level city in Henan province, China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively.
It had a ...
City,
Gyeonggi
Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na ...
province,
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 opened on March 15, 1977, as Anyang Industrial Technical School. It was officially designated a technical
junior college
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in 1979. The school includes scientific faculties of electronic communications, computer information, industrial design, technology management, environmental engineering, interior construction; domestic faculties of hotel culinary management and fashion design; social service faculties of early childhood education, physical education, social welfare, English, tourism Chinese, and liberal arts. The campus covers 202,000 m
2, and also hosts a library and research institutes of industrial design, construction technology, Surface Mount Technology automation, and sports science. On September 1, 2010, Anyang Technical College was permitted to change the school's English name to Anyang Science University. Following this change, on May 23, 2012, Anyang Science University was officially renamed Yeonsung University.
Notable people
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Oh Ji-ho
Oh Ji-ho (born April 14, 1976) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for the television dramas '' Couple or Trouble'' (2006), '' The Slave Hunters'' (2010), ''Queen of the Office'' (2013) and ''My Fair Lady'' (2016).
Career
Oh was born and r ...
, actor
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Shin Jung-geun, actor
See also
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Education in South Korea
Education in South Korea is provided by both public schools and private schools. Both types of schools receive funding from the government, although the amount that the private schools receive is less than the amount of the state schools.
Sout ...
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List of colleges and universities 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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External links
Official school website, in Korean
Anyang, Gyeonggi
Universities and colleges in Gyeonggi Province
Vocational education in South Korea
1977 establishments in South Korea
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