Chonnam University
| Chonnam University | |
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| motto |
진리, 창조, 봉사 Truth, Creativity, Service |
| founding | January 1952 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Buk-gu, Gwangju |
| country | South Korea |
| president | Kim Yoon Soo |
| Students | 35,862 (October 2008) |
| Employee | 2,160 |
| Website | www.chonnam.ac.kr |
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| Korean alphabet : | 전남 대학교 |
| Hanja : | 全 南大 學校 |
| Revised Romanization : | Jeonnam Daehakgyo |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Chŏnnam Taehakkyo |
The Chonnam National University ( English : Chonnam National University ) is a state university in South Korea . The main campus is located in Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju .
The name Chonnam (also Jeonnam , 전남 ) is the short form of Jeollanam-do ( 전 라 남 도 ).
history
The university was founded in January 1952 with five colleges (faculties):
- Engineering (newly founded),
- Agricultural Science (predecessor: Gwangju Provincial Agricultural College, founded in 1909),
- Liberal Arts and Sciences (predecessor: private Daeseong University, founded 1951),
- Commercial Science (predecessor: Mokpo Provincial Commercial College , founded in 1920), and
- Medicine (predecessor: Gwangju Provincial Medical College, founded in 1944).
In May 1954 it was given the site for today's Yongbong campus, and after a few years the colleges moved to the new campus. In April 1958, the Mokpo Commercial Science College moved to Gwangju.
It was students from Chonnam University who demonstrated on May 18, 1980 against the closings of universities in the country, against the military dictatorship, against the imposed martial law and for the release of Kim Dae-jung , and after the escalation with the police and military units took the lead in the Gwangju uprising . Many students lost their lives when the nine-day uprising was bloodily crushed by the military. To commemorate the events, the May 18 memorial hall was inaugurated on the university campus on May 18, 2005.
In March 2006, the University of Yeosu (English Yosu National University , founded in 1917) was merged to form Chonnam University.
Locations
- Yongbong Campus (in Buk-gu, Gwangju. 35 ° 10 ′ 34.9 ″ N , 126 ° 54 ′ 30.1 ″ E ): main campus
- Hakdong Campus (in Dong-gu, Gwangju. 35 ° 8 ′ 30.8 ″ N , 126 ° 55 ′ 20.5 ″ E )
- Hwasun campus (in Hwasun-gun, Jeollanam-do. 35 ° 3 ′ 37.8 ″ N , 127 ° 0 ′ 9 ″ E ): Hwasun Hospital
- Yeosu (Dundeokdong) Campus (in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do. 34 ° 46 ′ 27.3 ″ N , 127 ° 41 ′ 57.5 ″ E )
- Gukdong Campus (in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do. 34 ° 43 ′ 44 ″ N , 127 ° 42 ′ 59.2 ″ E )
Colleges (faculties)
- Yongbong Campus:
- College of Economics
- Engineering College
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- College of Law
- College of Education
- College of Social Sciences
- College of Human Ecology (1989–2002: Home Economics)
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- College of Pharmacy
- College of Arts
- Humanities College
- College of Science
- Hakdong Campus:
- College of Nursing Science
- College of Medicine
- Yeosu Campus:
- College of Technical Sciences
- College of Cultural and Social Studies
- College of Fisheries and Oceanography
- Faculties managed directly by the university administration
- Faculty of Interdisciplinary Sciences (Yongbong Campus)
- Faculty of Life Science and Technology (Yongbong Campus)
Graduate Schools
- Graduate school
- Professional Graduate Schools
- Graduate School of Business
- Graduate School of Culture
- School of Dentistry
- Medical School
- Law School
- Special Graduate Schools
- Graduate School of Education
- Graduate School of Industry & Technology
- Graduate School of Public Administration
- Graduate School of Education & Industrial Cooperation (Yeosu Campus)
- Graduate School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences (Yeosu Campus)
Partner universities
The university has partnerships with over 100 universities from over 25 countries worldwide. The following universities from Germany are represented:
Trivia
The Goethe-Institut Korea has set up a branch on the main campus since 2014 and offers German courses, exams and cultural programs there.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chonnam National University: Statistics ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in English. Undergraduate: 30,933, Graduate: 4,929.
- ↑ Chonnam National University: Statistics ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in English.
- ↑ History - Overview - Chonnam National University - accessed May 23, 2013
- ^ History - Historical Facts - Chonnam National University - accessed May 23, 2013
- ↑ Overview. Retrieved May 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Goethe-Institut Gwangju Opens at CNU - 전남 대학교 신문 방송사 Chonnam Tribune. Retrieved May 26, 2020 (Korean).
Web links
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Official website (Korean) : www.jnu.ac.kr
- Official website (English) : www.chonnam.ac.kr