Korea University

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Korea University
( 고려 대학교 )
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motto Libertas, Justitia, Veritas
Freedom, Justice, Truth
founding May 5, 1905
Sponsorship Private
place Seoul
country South Korea
president Yeom Jae-ho
Students 35,635 (WS 2013)
25,739 non-graduates
9,896 postgraduates
Employee 4,765 (WS 2013)
including professors 1,707 (WS 2013)
Annual budget Universitas 21
Website www.korea.ac.kr
Korean spelling
Korean alphabet : 고려 대학교
Hanja : 高麗 大 學校
Revised Romanization : Goryeo Daehakgyo
McCune-Reischauer : Koryŏ Taehakkyo

The Korea University is a private university in the South Korean capital Seoul . It was founded in 1905, in part through Imperial funds, as the country's first modern college named Boseong College . During the colonial period, the college was suppressed by the Japanese administration. The university received its current name in 1946 when it was promoted to a full university.

Korea University is now a leading university in South Korea and a renowned university in Asia. This applies in particular to the humanities and human sciences, as well as social sciences and management studies. According to the QS World University Ranking, the university is among the best 100 universities worldwide in 17 of 30 disciplines. Korea University, along with Seoul National University and Yonsei University, is one of the three elite universities in South Korea, also known as SKY .

history

Lee Yong-ik, founder of Boseong College

founding

In 1905 the imperial treasurer Lee Yong-ik founded the college called Boseong Jeonmunhakgyo ( Kor. 보성 전문 학교 , 普 成 專門 學校 ; German technical school Boseong) in Seoul with the approval and support of Emperor Gojong . The name Boseong should be suggested by Gojong personally. In addition, the university received the imperial coat of arms as a school symbol. Law and economics were taught at the university. The building was in what is now Jongno-gu. In 1905 a law school was taken. In 1907 the first graduates received their degrees.

Kim Seong-soo, builder of the main building and library

After the anti-Japanese politician Lee fled to Russia , Son Byeong-hi - leader of the Cheondogyo movement - took over the management of the university, but remained unsuccessful due to financial hardship due to the global economic crisis and the suppression of the general government of Chōsen . After the entrepreneur and publicist Kim Seong-soo bought the school, the main building and the main library were built. As a resistance fighter, Kim had the vision to build the private college in such a way that it could promote the national identity of the Koreans. The universities established by the Japanese were shaped by colonialism.

After 1945

After independence, the college received the status of a full university in 1946 with the new name "Korea University" ( 고려 대학교 ). The university continued to pursue its reputation as a nationalist university: a day before the April Revolution in 1960, students from Korea University demonstrated, paving the way for the revolution.

The university has expanded quantitatively since the 1970s. In 1971 the University Foundation merged with the Woosuk Foundation and took over the University Clinic. In 1980, the Jochiwon campus was established in Yeongi-gun, Chungcheongnam-do . The campus was renamed Campus Sejong after the planned city of Sejong was founded. In 1990 the Hyehwa-dong University Hospital moved to Anam-dong.

Science has been strongly promoted since the 1990s: the School of Life Science and Biotechnology and the Korea Basic Science Institute were established. The Graduate School of International Studies was also founded. Natural science and international political science should be the focal points for the new millennium. The centenary in 2005 was a symbolic milestone of internationalization: English-language lectures were set up and international lecturers were recruited. In 2005 the university hosted the International Rectors' Symposium. In 2008 the university joined the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). To date, the university runs exchange programs with 850 universities from over 90 countries. The university also built student residences for its own exchange students at the Chinese People's University and the University of British Columbia . In addition, international guest houses for students and university lecturers have been set up on the Anam campus.

Surname

The name of the university, in Korean spelling Goryeo ( 고려 ), refers to the kingdom of the same name on the Korean Peninsula in the Middle Ages. The western name of Korea is derived from this, which Marco Polo first handed down to Europe as Cauly , then changed to Corea and Korea .

Locations

The university teaches at two locations and also has three university clinics.

The approximately 57 hectare main campus is located in Anam-dong in the northeast of Seoul and is called Campus Anam in reference to the surrounding district. A building containing a multi-storey underground car park was erected in the Central Plaza. Therefore, the university became the first car-free college in South Korea.

The second campus is located in the planned city of Sejong , 130 kilometers south of the capital. The Sejong campus is about 10 hectares, significantly smaller than the main campus and also has a significantly smaller number of students and employees (7,503 and 692 respectively). Furthermore, the leadership claim of the SKY universities usually only includes the main campus in Seoul, which means that studying at the Sejong campus is associated with less prestige. The three university hospitals are located in Seoul (Anam and Guro districts) and in the city of Ansan, which is around 50 kilometers away .

The main university clinic in Anam-dong

Library

The holdings of the university library include 2.1 million individual volumes, 600,000 scientific journals, 60,000 electronic journals and 350,000 other materials.

Rankings

International
year QS THE Shanghai
2011 190. 226-250. 301.-400.
2012 137. 226-250. 301.-400.
2013 145. 206. 301.-400.
2014 116. 201-225. 201-300.
Asia
year QS THE
2011 26th
2012 21st 27.-31.
2013 19th 23.
2014 18th

Well-known graduates

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International networks

The Korea University is a member of university networks "World 100 Reputation Network," "U21 (Universitas 21)", "Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU)", "ICUBE (International Consortium of Universities for the study of Biodiversity & the Environment)" and "APAIE (Asia-Pacific Association for International Education)".

Individual evidence

  1. ^ President of Korea University . Korea University. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Current Status . Korea University. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b Domestic and International Evaluations . Korea University. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ James Card: Life and death exams in South Korea. November 5, 2005, accessed September 2, 2011 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e f History Outline . Korea University. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  6. ↑ a b c d QS World University Rankings: Korea University . Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  7. ^ A b Times Higher Education World University Rankings: Korea University . Times Higher Education. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  8. ↑ Academic Ranking of World Universities 2011 . Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  9. ↑ Academic Ranking of World Universities 2012 . Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  10. ↑ Academic Ranking of World Universities 2013 . Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  11. ↑ Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2014-15 . Times Higher Education. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  12. ↑ Academic Ranking of World Universities 2014 . Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  13. ↑ a b c d QS Asian University Rankings: KU 2014 . Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  14. ^ A b Times Higher Education Asian University Rankings . Times Higher Education. Retrieved June 23, 2014.

Web links

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