Kyungpook National University

Kyungpook National University (경북대학교, abbreviated as KNU or Kyungdae, 경대) is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities representing Daegu Metropolitan City and Gyeongbuk Province in South Korea. It is located in the Daegu Metropolitan City, which used to be the capital city of the Gyeongbuk Province, South Korea before being separated from the mother province. Recently KNU offers Philosophy, politics and economics programme.

"Kyungpook" redirects here. For the province formerly called "Kyungpook", see North Gyeongsang Province.
Kyungpook National University
경북대학교
Motto진리, 긍지, 봉사
"Truth, Pride, Service"
TypeNational
Established1946 (1946) (founded 1907)
President19th President Won-hwa Hong
Academic staff
Full-time1,880 including foreign faculty of 80 in 2015
Part-time 1,660 (2010)
Students38,616 (as of Oct, 2015)
Undergraduates31,516
Postgraduates7,100
Location
Daegu
,
South Korea
CampusUrban Main campus complex at Sangyeok-dong, Buk-gu, Medical college & General hospital at Dongin, Dental Campus at Samduk and Sangju Campus
ColorsKNU Red  
NicknameKyungdae (경대;慶大)
Websitewww.knu.ac.kr, english en.knu.ac.kr
Kyungpook National University
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGyeongbuk Daehakgyo
McCune–ReischauerKyŏngbuk Taehakkyo

Establishment

Kyungpook National University was founded on September, 1946 by upgrading the Colleges of Education, Medicine and Agriculture in Daegu to the National College. In October, 1951, Colleges of Education, Medicine, Agriculture, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Law and Political Sciences combined into Kyungpook National University. Other departments including Engineering and Dentistry were established sequentially to create what is now known as Kyungpook National University.

Administration

As of November 20, 2021, Won-hwa Hong is the university's President. He graduated from KNU Department of Architecture, and acquired masters and doctoral degree at Waseda University, Japan. President Hong served as KNU Dean of College of Engineering and Dean of Research & Industry Collaboration. There are two vice presidents in this university, Executive Vice President for academic affairs (Shi-Chul Lee) and Vice President for External Affairs (Sioh KIM). VP Lee is a two-time Fulbright Fellow and former KNU Dean of Academic Affairs, Shi-Chul Lee and VP Kim is former CEO of KNU Chilgok Hospital. Under the command of the president and the vice presidents, there are about 10 Deans in the administration: Deans of Academic Affairs; Student Affairs; Strategy & Finance; Research & Industry Collaboration; International Affairs; Admissions; External Cooperation; Information & Technology; Education Reform; Graduate School Policy, etc. Additionally, the Office of General Administration is in charge of personnel, budget, and facilities management.

Academics

Undergraduate colleges

Graduate colleges

Rankings
University rankings
QS National[1] General 19
ARWU National[2] General 9
USNWR National[3] General 10
QS Asia
(Asian Ranking version)[4]		 General 93
THE Asia[5] General 149
USNWR Asia[6] General 99
THE World[7] General 801-1000
QS World[8] General 501-530
USNWR World[9] General 558
ARWU World[10] Research 401-500

Campus

Kyungpook National University has four campuses in the Gyeongbuk province. The main campus, which houses the major engineering and science schools is located in the heart of Daegu city in the Buk-gu area. The Kyungpook National University also has separate campuses for its teaching hospital known as the Dongin campus as well as a campus at Samduk for its dental school and hospital. In addition, Kyungpook National University also functions from its Sangju campus.

Colleges and schools

See also

References
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  2. World University Rankings - 2019 (2019). "South Korea Universities in Top 500 universities". Academic Ranking of World Universities. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  3. U.S.News & World Report (2019). "Search Best Global Universities - US News Education". U.S. News & World Report LP. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
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  7. "THE World University Rankings". Times Higher Education. 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  8. "QS World University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  9. U.S.News & World Report (2019). "Best Global Universities - US News". U.S. News & World Report LP. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  10. "Academic Ranking of World Universities". Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
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  12. "Kyungpook National University Jointly Ranked 7th in the Nation in 2021 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Evaluations". 경북대학교 포토뉴스. 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
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