Kyungnam University

Kyungnam University

경남대학교 慶南大學校
Motto	Truth, Freedom, and Creation
Type	Private
Established	1946 (1946)
President	Park Jae-kyu
Academic staff	900 (2013)
Students	17,000
Undergraduates	15,000
Postgraduates	2,000
Location	Changwon , South Gyeongsang , South Korea 35°10′49.300″N 128°33′12.200″E
Campus	Urban
Colors	Sky blue
Nickname	Kyung Dae
Mascot	Horse called "HANMA"
Korean name
Hangul	경남대학교
Hanja	慶南大學校
Revised Romanization	Gyeongnam Daehakgyo
McCune–Reischauer	Kyŏngnam Taehakkyo

Kyungnam University (경남대학교; 慶南大學校) is a private university in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The university has six colleges, including Liberal Arts, Natural Sciences, Education, Economics and Commerce, Law and Politics, and Engineering colleges. Its 15 research institutions (including the Institute for Far Eastern Studies in Seoul) work to facilitate not only individual research but also cooperative partnership activities with academia, industry, and government. The university also has 65 sister universities in 19 different countries. The university specializes in globalization and localization under the university's motto of 'truth, freedom, and creation'.

History

Founded in 1946 as Kookmin College in Seoul, the tumultuous Korean War years created a situation in which it was more advantageous to move south than to stay in the Seoul area. In 1952 Kookmin College was rechristened Haein College and then in 1956 the college relocated to Korea's southern coast and has been in the city of Masan since that time. In 1961 the institution was renamed Masan College.

Further reading

• "Kyungnam University Stands Out among Private Universities in Korea." The Korea Post, vol. 26, no. 11 (November 2013), pp. 26–31. (Accessed January 15, 2015).

External links

• Kyungnam University Official website (English)