Yosu National University was a government-run university in
Yeosu
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City, on the coast of
South Jeolla
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province,
South Korea
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. It is now the Yosu campus of Chonnam National University, after merging with it in March 200
Although it has a strong traditional focus on fisheries study, the university now offers programs in a wide range of fields, such as
Chinese studies
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and
business administration
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. The 2002 undergraduate enrollment was reported at 6,461, with 453 graduate students. 166 full-time instructors were employed.
History
Yosu was the first school of fisheries science to be opened in Korea. It was founded in 1917 as "Yosu Public Miniature Fisheries School" (여수공립간이수산학교). University presidents during this period were all Japanese. After national liberation in 1946, the school moved to its current location, and management was taken over by the South Korean government. It was made a technical school in 1963, and a technical college in 1975. In 1987 it became a full college with seven departments, but remained specifically a Fisheries College. The school became a university (Yosu National Fisheries University) in 1993, and changed its name to simply Yosu National University in 1998. The school began granting doctoral degrees in 1997.
In March 2006, Yosu National University merged with
Chonnam National University
Chonnam National University (CNU) is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities located in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province, South Korea. In March 2006, Yeosu National University merged with Chonnam National University to become a satellit ...
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Defunct universities and colleges in South Korea
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1917 establishments in Korea
Educational institutions established in 1917