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| Kyunghee University | |||||||||
| Motto | Democratization of School, Ideas, and Living | ||||||||
| Established | 1949 | ||||||||
| School type | Private | ||||||||
| President | Kim Byung-muk | ||||||||
| Location | Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||
| Campus | Urban | ||||||||
| Enrollment | 23638 undergraduate, 5442 graduate | ||||||||
| Faculty | 2300 | ||||||||
| Mascot | Lion | ||||||||
| Homepage | www.kyunghee.edu | ||||||||
| *Korean Name* | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 경희대학교 |
| Hanja | 慶熙大學敎 |
| Revised Romanization | Gyeonghui Daehakgyo |
| McCune-Reischauer | Kyŏnghŭi Taehakkyo |
Kyunghee University (Kyung Hee University) is a private university in South Korea. It is located in Seoul, with a second campus in the suburban city of Suwon. It has one of the most well-established college of Traditional Korean medicine in South Korea.
- Also, the famous Korean singer Shim Chang Min of the Korean band Dong Bang Shin Gi (TVXQ) is accepted to go there this year as well. (2006)
History
- 1949. 05 Registered Shinheung Junior College Establishment in Seoul
- 1952. 12 Promoted to 4 year College
- 1955. 02 Elevated to University
- 1965. 04 Undertook College of Oriental Medicine
- 1971. 10 Opened Kyunghee Medical Center
- 1973. 12 Established East-West Medical Research Center
- 1978. 06 Opened the first Museum of Natural History in Asia
- 1984. 09 Obtained terrain estate for the Kwangnung Campus and established Graduate Institute of Peace Studies
- 1993. 12 The first educational institute to receive a UNESCO Prize for Peace Education Award
- 1997. 04 The Kyunghee Astronomical Observatory, the first in the nation to discover a variable star (later named as Kyung Hee Star)
- 1998. 12 Kyunghee Medical Center succeeded in cloning the world’s first human somatic cell.
- 1999. 10 The Grand Peace Palace opened; hosted Asia Cultural Art Festival
Undergraduate Programs
Seoul Campus
- College of Humanities
- College of Law
- College of Politics & Economics
- College of Business Administration
- College of Hotel & Tourism Management
- College of Science
- College of Human Ecology
- College of Medicine
- College of Oriental Medicine
- College of Pharmacy
- College of Nursing Science
- College of Music
- College of Fine Arts
- College of Arts & Design
- Faculty of General Education
- Institute of International Education IIE
Suwon Campus
- College of Electronics & Information
- College of Advanced Technology
- College of Environment & Applies Chemistry
- College of Life Sciences
- College of Architecture & Civil Engineering
- College of Management & International Relations
- College of Foreign Languages & Literature
- College of Art & Design
- College of Physical Education
- Faculty of General Education
Graduate Programs
Research Institutes
Auxiliary Facilities and Education Centers
Medical Center
- Kyunghee Medical Center
See also
- List of Korea-related topics
- List of colleges and universities in South Korea
- Education in South Korea
External links
- www.kyunghee.edu (Official Page in English)
- www.khu.ac.kr (Official Page in Korean)
Universities and colleges in South Korea | Universities and colleges in Seoul | Oriental Medicine
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