Korea National University of Transportation
한국교통대학교 | |
 University Seal | |
| Motto | pursuit of truth future creation service to mankind |
|---|---|
| Type | National |
| Established | 2012 |
| President | Dr. Park joon-hoon (Korean: 박준훈) |
Academic staff | 696 |
| Undergraduates | 12,130 |
| Postgraduates | 630 |
| Location | , 36°58′11″N 127°52′17″E / 36.96976°N 127.87133°E |
| Campus | Suburban 861,033 square metres (9,268,080 sq ft)[1] |
| Colors | Burgundy (main color): Blue: Silver: |
| Website | www |
| Korea National University of Transportation | |
| Hangul | 한국교통대학교 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Han-guk Gyotong Daehakgyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Han'guk Kyot'ong Daehakkyo |
The Korea National University of Transportation (KNUT) is a public, national university in Chungju City, North Chungcheong province and Uiwang City, Gyeonggi province, South Korea. The university was created in 2012 by merging Chungju National University and Korea National Railroad College. Chungju National University was established in 1962 in Chungju, which is one of the public Universities that established after independence. Korea National University is the only public university specialized and focused their education and research on transportation and communication on top of Engineering and Technology. After merging with Korea National Railroad College, it has 3 campuses across Korea; main campus in Chungju, biotechnology and nursing campus in Jeongpeung and transportation and communication campus in Seoul. It enrolls about 200 graduate and 8,000 undergraduate students, and employs about 295 professors. The president of the University is Dr. Park joon-hoon.
Academics
The university's undergraduate and graduate offerings are provided through its seven colleges and one school:
College of Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Energy System Engineering
- Department of Industrial & Management Engineering
- Department of Safety Engineering
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Major in Environmental Engineering
- Major in Environmental System Engineering
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Department of Aeronautical & Mechanical Design Engineering
- Department of Bioengineering
College of Construction Engineering and Design
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Urban Engineering
- Department of Architectural Engineering
- Department of Architecture (5-years program)
- Department of Industrial Design
- Department of Transportation Facility Engineering
- Department of Aircraft Operation
- Department of Information Design
- Department of Transportation Ecology Engineering
College of Advanced Science and Technology
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Department of Electronic Engineering
- Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering
- Department of Computer Engineering
- Department of Control & Instrumentation Engineering
- Department of Information & Communication Engineering
College of Humanities
- Department of English Language & Literature
- Department of English
- Department of Chinese
- Department of Music
- Department of Creative Writing
- Department of Sports & Health Science
College of Social Sciences
- Department of Public Administration
- Department of Public Administration & Information System
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Management Information System
- Department of Transportation Service Management
College of Health and life Sciences
- Department of Nursing
- Department of Physical Therapy
- Department of Emergency Medical Service
- Department of Food Science & Technology
- Department of Biotechnology
- Department of Medical IT Engineering
- Department of Early Childhood Special Education
College of International, Social and information Science
- Department of Early Childhood Education
- Department of Computer Multimedia Engineering
- Department of Social Welfare
- Department of International Business & Commerce
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
This school offers various general and introductory courses. It focuses on planning curricula to cultivate empowered students with global and creative minds. Students will mainly take courses such as on social and pure sciences, Korean language, foreign languages, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.Homepage
History
The school opened in 1962 as Chungju Technical Junior College (충주공업초급대학), a two-year school. It became Chungju Technical College, offering a five-year program, in 1965, and was nationalized in 1971. However, it was returned to the status of a two-year junior college in 1974. It was moved to its present-day location in 1982. Eleven years later in 1993, it became a four-year university, Chungju National University of Industry. In March 2006 it merged Cheongju National College of Science and Technology (Jeungpyeong campus now).
Sister schools
The university maintains domestic sisterhood relationships with numerous institutions, including Korea's 19 other universities of industry. In addition, it has international ties with 30 universities in 15 countries: the United States (University of Sacramento), Bangladesh (University of Development Alternative) China (Beijing University of Technology, Yanbian University, Yanbian University of Science and Technology, Xuzhou Institute of Technology and Shanghai University), the Philippines (De La Salle University-Manila), Japan (Oita University and Kyushu Institute of Technology), Kazakhstan (Al-Farabi University and Pavlodar National University), Uzbekistanthe (Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages), India (University of Delhi), Canada (Nova Scotia Agricultural College) United Kingdom (University of Westminster), and Australia (Deakin University).
See also
- List of national universities in South Korea
- List of universities and colleges in South Korea
- Education in Korea
References
External links
- Official school website
- Official school website (in Korean)