Changshin University is a private Christian university located 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 ...
City,
South Gyeongsang
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 ...
province, near the southern coast of
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 employs about 60 instructors on two campuses. Graduating classes number around 2,000.
Academics
The school's academic departments are divided into four divisions: engineering, artistic training, social science, and natural science.
History
The school opened as Chang Shin Technical College (창신전문대학) in 1991, with a legal maximum intake of 480. The second campus was opened in 2003. It was acquired by Booyoung Group on August 1, 2019.
Sister schools
The college's first international sisterhood relationship was established in 1993 with Germany's
Berlin University of Applied Science and Technology. Since then, additional relationships have been forged with China's
Minzu University
Minzu University of China (MUC, ) is a National Key Universities, national public university in Haidian District, Beijing, China designated for ethnic minorities in China.
MUC was selected as one of National Key Universities, national key unive ...
and
Yanbian University of Science and Technology
The Yanbian University of Science and Technology (YUST; , ), is a research university in the city of Yanji, Jilin, China.
YUST is the first Korean Chinese joint-venture university in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and first intern ...
, America's
Illinois State University and
Biola University
Biola University () is a private, nondenominational, evangelical Christian university in La Mirada, California. It was founded in 1908 as the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. It has over 150 programs of study in nine schools offering bachelor's, ...
, the Philippine
University of the Philippines
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, Yugoslavia's
Megatrend University, Russia's
Amur State University
Amur State University (russian: Аму́рский госуда́рственный университе́т) is a university in Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontin ...
, Switzerland's
Winterthur University, and Australia's
University of Newcastle. At any given time, between 30 and 40 students from Changshin University are studying at these institutions, and a similar number of foreign students are studying at Chang Shin.
See also
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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
*Andong I ...
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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.
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External links
Official school website, in English
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Universities and colleges in South Gyeongsang Province