Kumoh National Institute of Technology

Kumoh National Institute of Technology (Acronym: KIT; Korean, 금오공과대학교, Kumoh Gonggwa Daehakgyo, colloquially KumohGongdae) is a national research university in Republic of Korea (South Korea). It is located in Gumi City, Gyeongbuk, South Korea. Gumi City is the largest national industrial complex in Korea.

Academics

In KIT, we have 6 schools, 13 departments, 1 program, and 4 graduate schools.

[School]

• Electronic Engineering
• Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Energy and Integrated Materials Engineering
• Advance Materials and System Engineering
• Architecture

[Department]

• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechanical Design Engineering
• Mechanical System Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering
• Intelligent Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Software Engineering
• Materials Design Engineering
• Applied Mathematics
• Optical Engineering
• Applied Chemistry
• Medical IT Convergence Engineering
• Business Administration

History

Kumoh National Institute of Technology was founded on December 31, 1979 by Park Chung-hee Former President of South Korea. In 1987, graduate school was established for both master and Ph.D courses such as mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and civil engineering. KIT turned into a national institute on March 1990. On December 30, 2004 KIT moved to the new Yangho-dong campus. Until now, KIT is only national university for engineering in Korea.

• Sept. 1979 Obtained an approval for the establishment plan of Kumoh Institute of Technology from President Park Chung-hee
• Dec. 1979 Established Kumoh Institute of Technology
• Mar. 1980 Held the first entrance ceremony(Depts. of Mechanical Eng. & Electronics Eng.: 160 students each), Inaugurated Lee Dong-ho as the first dean
• Nov. 1986 Established the graduate school of industry(master’s courses: 40 students), Depts. of Mechanical Eng. & Electronic Eng.
• Nov. 1987 Established the graduate school(master’s courses: 36 students), Depts. of Mechanical Eng. & Electronic Eng. & Civil Eng.
• Mar. 1990 Changed into a national institute(Presidential Decree No. 12941)
• Mar. 1993 Changed the name to Kumoh National Institute of Technology(Presidential Decree No. 13859)
• Mar. 1993 Inaugurated Dr. Choi Younghyun as the first president
• Dec. 2004 Relocated kit to Yanghodong campus
• Feb. 2005 Completed Yangho-dong campus(site: 736,579㎡, 21 bldgs., bldg. area: 123,305㎡)
• Jun. 2009 Selected for the leading industry manpower cultivation project of mega-city region
• Apr. 2012 Selected for the second phase of Engineering Education Innovation Project
• Apr. 2012 Selected for the University -Education Capacity Enhancement Project for five consecutive years
• May 2012 Selected for the ACE (Advancement for College Education) Project
• May 2012 Selected for the leading industry eight fields professional cultivation project in Daegu-Gyeongbuk region
• Apr. 2013 Inaugurated Dr. Kim Youngsik as the sixth president May 2013 Selected as Best Institute in the 1st Annual Evaluation for LINC Project
• Jul. 2013 Selected for the University Education Capacity Enhancement Project for six consecutive years
• Jul. 2013 Selected as the Best University in the Industry Evaluation for 2012(Architecture Educational Institution, Korean Council for University Education)

Value

kit’s new vision creates new value of teaching kit’s new vision is to share the values of future technology industry with more people. Dreaming of the world where everyone can live in happiness, kit has made unrivalled remarkable achievements so far. From now on, we are going to take another step towards the bigger goals and future, creating new values that benefit both people and the world.

Excellent Accomplishments

The undisputed best engineering school kit has made remarkable accomplishments and could reconfirm its upgraded status as being selected for the Education Capacity Enhancement Project for six consecutive years and as the best university in the Industry Evaluation. kit continuously evolves into a leader in the university education culture instead of simply remaining as an engineering institute.

2012,2013 best award in LINC

Dream

Dream of a better world based on the root of knowledge

Students’ passion for dream, it is realized by communication with kit kit’s goals to cultivate creative people are realized one by one through harmonized communication. Therefore diverse spaces for communicating with members are necessary for this purpose. As a result, kit established the advanced system and infrastructure to meet global trends, improved the research competitiveness to a world-class level through academy-industry collaboration programs, and built various facilities to foster optimal educational environment including education infrastructure, that will produce a synergy effect in cultivating excellent human resources. Now kit is reborn to an open space and an open university where free communicate with students is available.

Academy & Industry Collaboration Group

Competitive kit fosters the cutting-edge knowledge hub for the 21st century The engineering college’s educational competitiveness stems from various industry-academiccollaboration activities. kit’s Academy & Industry Collaboration Group is a corporation established by the Promotion of Industrial Education and Industry-Academic Cooperation Act with the aim of not only strengthening the university’s competitiveness by promoting industrial education and facilitating cooperation between industry and university, but also contributing to the development of local communities and the nation. The office is responsible mainly for supervising diverse industry-academic cooperation projects conducted with national and municipal bodies, research institutions and businesses, vitalizing business incubation by promoting the acquisition and management of intellectual property rights and the commercialization of technology transfer, and supporting the set-up and operation of school-based enterprises and cooperative institutes for research.

Dormitory

kit dormitory was established to provide students with convenience for study and contributes to improving students’ self-controlling ability and responsibility by sharing a space and fostering an academic atmosphere of the university. The dormitory accommodating a total of 1,650 students is divided into the existing Pureum Hall built by the BTL private investment project and the new Oreum Hall. Pureum Hall consists of four buildings and Oreum Hall is one building (accommodating 800 students); two more buildings are expected to be built by the BTL project. Rooms include single rooms/double rooms/quad rooms/rooms for the disabled. Every room is equipped with a bed, desk, chair, closet, shoe shelf, air conditioner, telephone (extension), etc. Amenities include a cafeteria, lounge, fitness room, laundry room, sports room, gym, convenience store, praying room, etc.

Vision

Since the foundation in 1980 as a university specialized in engineering, kit has cultivated practical and creative engineering talents necessary for the development of national industry. To make a big push, kit has been committed to the growth of students, faculty members, regional communities, and national scientific technology through the advanced curriculum and education programs. kit has been recognized for having infinite potential for growth, a high-quality practical education system, and a high employment rate. From 2013, we set a new goal to become an R&BD specialized university for cultivating creative engineers. Therefore kit is going to elevate the status as the most powerful national engineering university by developing scientific technology and multifunctional talents, leading the industry-academy cooperative research based on challenging and creative spirits, and becoming a glocal university with regional communities. Future education should focus on nurturing creative talented individuals and contributing to the development of regional communities. To this end, universities have to make innovations in the fields of education, research, and cooperation of academy and business. Matching the changes in universities, kit changes the education system to develop sufficient experience-based self-directed engineers, and strengthens the foundation for developing regional communities and the nation by training multifunctional talents with right personality and leadership. kit will make all efforts to become a global university that improves the future through communication with all members of university and local communities.

External links

• Kumoh national Institute of Technology website
• 금오공과대학교 홈페이지 (Korean site)

See Also

• Education in South Korea
• List of colleges and universities in South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics