Kangwon National University
| Kangwon National University | |
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| Gangwon Daehakgyo | |
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| Motto | Inquirere Veritatem Ex Praxe (Korean: Sil-Sa-Gu-Si) translation, "seek for the truth from reality, seek for the very truth to enable us to renovate the world as it should be from the world as it is.". |
| Established | June 14, 1947 |
| Type | National (Public) |
| Endowment | 229,383,791,000 won (2009) |
| President | Kwon Young-jung |
| Academic staff | 950 |
| Admin. staff | 562 ('Prof.Dr.' Only) |
| Students | 23,122 |
| Undergraduates | 20,058 |
| Location | Chuncheon and Samcheok, Gangwon, South Korea  |
| Campus | Suburban (3 km²), |
| Colors | Green and Blue |
| Nickname | Beyond Limit! (campaign motto) |
| Mascot | Gomduri (Blue Bear, official) Duck of Yeonjukji (famous) |
| Website | www.kangwon.ac.kr/english |
Kangwon National University (KNU) was established in 1947 in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do province, South Korea. As one of 10 Flagship Korean National Universities, Kangwon National University serves as the flagship educational institution of Gangwon province.
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[edit] History
Initially established as an agricultural college, Kangwon National University has steadily added colleges to the University encompassing a full spectrum of academic fields. KNU expanded in 1997 adding a medical degree program and in 2000 a University Hospital. A law school, now called 'Graduate School of Judicial Affairs', has been operated to the University's graduate schools in 2002, is the only laboratory school in South Korea, as a model for the very-early stage of 'reform on Korean legal system'. In 2006, KNU merged with Samcheok University, adding the colleges of Veterinary medicine and Information Technology to KNU's existing colleges. Since March 2, 2009, KNU operates a state-of-the-art professional Law School as one of the officially approved school by Korean Government.[1]
[edit] Organization
KNU comprises 19 colleges with 93 departments and five graduate schools.
[edit] Undergraduate colleges
- College of Business Administration
- College of Engineering
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- College of Animal Resources Science
- College of Art and Culture
- College of Law
- College of Education
- College of Social Science
- College of Forestry Sciences
- College of Pharmacy
- College of Medicine
- College of Humanities
- College of Natural Science
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- School of Bio Technology (BT)
- School of Information Technology (IT)
- Division of Sport Science
- Interdisciplinary Program
[edit] Graduate schools
- Graduate School
- Specialty Graduate School
- Graduate School of Education
- Graduate School of Business and Public Administration
- Graduate School of Industrial Technology
- Graduate School of Information Science
- Graduate School of Judicial Affairs
- Law School (Since March 2, 2009)
[edit] Enrollment
Current enrollment stands at more than 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Like plenty of South Korean Universities, KNU's academic schedule is also based on the semester system with the spring semester starting in First week of Mondays on March every year, and autumn semester usually starts in Fourth week of Mondays on August.
[edit] University life
Chuncheon, Capital city of Gangwon province which proclaims as 'leisure city', affords its residents a wealth of recreational activities. Lakes in Chuncheon nearby (Soyang-ho, Chuncheon-ho and Uwiam-ho) offers water skiing and boating facilities as well as several islands on these lakes. Hiking in the nearby mountains and snow skiing (in Gangchon) are less than an hour's reach from the university.
[edit] References
- ^ Korean Law School List Announced, Korean Law Blog, January 31, 2008
[edit] External links
- Kangwon National University, Official Homepage
- Official Homepage (Korean)
- Official Homepage (Chinese)
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Coordinates: 37°52′10″N 127°44′39″E / 37.86944°N 127.74417°E
