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Kangwon National University

Coordinates: 37°52′10″N 127°44′39″E / 37.86944°N 127.74417°E / 37.86944; 127.74417
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Kangwon National University
강원대학교
MottoInquirere 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."
TypeNational
EstablishedJune 14, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-06-14)
PresidentDr. Heon Young Kim
Academic staff
964
Administrative staff
1,418
Students38,264
Undergraduates34,335
Location
Chuncheon and Samcheok
,
Gangwon
,
South Korea South Korea
CampusSuburban (3 km2),
ColorsBlue and Orange
NicknameOpen Campus (campaign motto)
MascotGomduri (Blue Bear, official)
Websitewww.kangwon.ac.kr/english
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Kangwon National University (KNU, Korean: 강원대학교; RR: Gangwon Daehakgyo) is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities in Gangwon, South Korea. Established as Kangwon Provincial Chuncheon Agricultural College in 1947 in Chuncheon, it extended to a comprehensive university in 1978.

History

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Initially established as an agricultural college, Kangwon National University has steadily expanded to the comprehensive 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]

Undergraduate Program

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KNU comprises 19 colleges with 93 departments and five graduate schools. → List of Degree Program (Click)

Graduate schools

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Graduate School (Click)

  • College of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • College of Natural Sciences
  • College of Engineering
  • College of Art and Sports
  • College of Medicine
  • Specialty Graduate School
    • Graduate School of Education
    • Graduate School of Business
    • Graduate School of Industrial Technology
    • Graduate School of Information Science and Public Administration
    • Graduate School of Judicial Affairs
    • Graduate School of Green and Life Industry Policy
    • Law School
    • School of Medicine

Enrollment

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Current enrollment stands at more than 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Like many 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 in August.

University life

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Festival

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Every year in May, Kangwon National University Students' Union is the main event of the school festival, which is held in Dae Dongje, which consists of clubs, flip-flops and other performances such as club performances, performances and invitations to famous entertainers.[1]

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 Uiam-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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Korean Law School List Announced, Korean Law Blog, January 31, 2008
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37°52′10″N 127°44′39″E / 37.86944°N 127.74417°E / 37.86944; 127.74417

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