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Yeungnam University (Korean: 영남대학교) is a private research university located in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang, South Korea. The university's predecessors, Taegu College and Chunggu College, were founded in Daegu in 1947 and 1950 respectively. In 1967, the two colleges were merged by President Park Chung Hee to form Yeungnam University. In 1972, the university's new main campus opened in Gyeongsan east of Daegu. The university includes colleges of Law and Medicine as well as a university hospital. It ranked 1st in the rate for passing the bar exam for the second straight year (2015~2016), it also ranked 6th in providing CEOs in Korea's top 100 companies (2015), and 6th in providing the CEOs in Companies listed on KOSDAQ (2014). Yeungnam University is ranked 501 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

History

Yeungnam University was established in 1967 through the merger of Daegu College, founded in 1947, and Chunggu College, founded in 1950. Lee Dong-nyoung was inaugurated as the first chairperson of the board of trustees. That same year, the university was officially approved by the Ministry of Education to begin with six colleges: the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Engineering, the College of Law and Political Science, the College of Commerce and Economics, the College of Pharmacy, and Evening Programs. At the outset, the university offered 35 undergraduate departments and 12 graduate departments. On January 1, 1968, Shin Ki-suck was inaugurated as the university's first president, and in 1969, construction of the main campus in Gyeongsan commenced.

In the early 1970s, the Graduate School of Management and Graduate Departments of Korean Language and Literature, Law, and Economics were established. Subsequently, the Main Administration Offices, College of Liberal Arts, College of Law & Political Science, and College of Commerce and Economics were relocated from the Daegu campus. In the mid-1970s, the 21-story main library, serving as faculty offices, and the main administration building were completed. In the 1980s, Yeungnam University Hospital, the Foreign Language Institute, and the University Museum were also established.In 1996, Yeungnam University is approved as an Excellent University in Undergraduate and Graduate Schools, and also as the "Best University" in the fields of business and International Trade, by the Korean University Education Committee. In 1997, Yeungnam University was chosen as a "Government-Sponsored Program for Science Education" in the area of basic science and laboratory education and selected as the supervising university for the model Technopark Project. Following the year Yeungnam University was chosen as a Supervising University in Machinery field and as an Attending University in Information Technology field for the program of rearing local universities in the Brain Korea Project as well as the university was selected by the Ministry of Science and Technology as Research Information Center for Textiles and Apparel Science.

In the year 2000, Yeungnam University established the graduate department of Architectural Design, Multimedia Communications, Bio-technology and graduate departments of Sino-Korean and Textile Engineering in Doctor's degree. In 2001 University changed the School of Commerce and Economics to the Schools of Finance and Business with the School of Finance and Economics and the School of International Economics and Business. In 2003 the Graduate School of Clinical Pharmacy approved, starting with the graduate department of Clinical Pharmacy. The establishment of the Graduate School of Sports Science approved, starting with the graduate department of Sports Science.

Campus

Yeungnam University has two campuses. Gyeongsan is the main campus and other is Daegu campus. Located in the city of Gyeongsan in the south-eastern part of the Korean Peninsula, the city is adjacent to the Daegu metropolis, the third largest city in South Korea.

Yeungnam University has 22,000 undergraduate students, 3,500 graduate students, and 1,000 faculty members and staff with fine facilities and academic organizations. There are also 11 auxiliary organizations, including the Center for International Programs, the Foreign Language Institute, and 38 academic research institutes on the scenic 900-acre (3.6 km2) campus.

Academics

Colleges and departments

• College of Liberal Arts
• Korean Language and Literature,
• English Language & Literature,
• German Language & Literature,
• Korean History,
• Cultural Anthropology,
• Sociology,
• Japanese Language & Literature,
• French Language & Literature,
• Philosophy,
• History,
• Psychology,

Media and Communication.

• College of Science
• Mathematics,
• Physics,
• Biology,
• Statistics,
• Chemistry,

Biochemistry.

• College of Engineering
• School of Chemical Engineering,
• Civil and Environmental Engineering,
• Mechanical Engineering,
• Electrical Engineering,
• Electronic Engineering,
• Computer Science and Engineering,
• Communication Engineering,
• Urban Planning and Engineering,

Materials Science and Engineering.

College of Law

Law.

• College of Political Science & Public Administration
• Political Science and Diplomacy,
• Regional Development and Welfare Administration,
• Public Administration,
• College of Commerce & Economics
• Economics and Finance,
• Management,

International Economics and Business.

College of Medicine

The Premedical Course,

Medicine.

• College of Pharmacy
• College of Natural Resources
• Food Industry Management,
• Landscape Architecture,
• Food Technology and Food Service Industry,
• Horticultural Science,
• Forest Resources,

Applied Microbiology.

• College of Human Ecology & Kinesiology
• Family and Housing Studies,
• Kinesiology,

Food and Nutrition.

• College of Education
• Education,
• English Education,
• Mathematics Education,
• Special Physical Education,
• Korean Language Education,
• Archaic Sino-Korean Education,

Early Childhood Education.

• College of Music
• College of Art & Design
• Arts,

Design.

• School of Textiles
• School of Biotechnology
• School of Chinese Language & Culture
• School of Architecture
• College of Basic Studies
• Interdisciplinary Study

Research programs

Brain Korea (BK21) Program

The Research Manpower Development Center for Mechanical Part Industry, which was initiated and is supported by the Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development as the second phase of Brain Korea 21(BK21), plays an important role of specializing and enhancing the research capacity of regional graduate schools, thereby tries to develop regional R&D personnel clusters in local industry. The School of Display and Chemical Engineering(DsChE) and The Department of Information and Communication Engineering at Yeungnam University has been selected as one of the second phase BK21 (Brain Korea 21) programs in the Chemical Engineering and Telecommunication areas respectively, which was supposed to educate the graduate students to provide the creative research resources for the regional IT industries. The DsChE is also going to navigate its program intentionally to construct the prototype industry-university cooperation system by benchmarking Kyushu University in Japan. Due to the selection of the chemical engineering program of the BK21 regional program in Daegu/Gyeongbuk area in 2006 the DsChE has become the only chemical engineering department to perform the ABEEK program, NURI program, and the BK21 program in the nation simultaneously, and for this many foreign students from various countries like Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam receive scholarship and join in the laboratory like PSDC into the chemical engineering and WINLAB into the Information and Communication Engineering department to pursue their research and higher study.

Student life

Facilities

Computer Center and Library

Yeungnam University provides facilities for the students. University library is equipped with books, journals, periodicals of both domestic and foreign. The Institute of Information and Computing Systems (IICS) is supporting the academic and administrative activities by providing the state-of-art information technology such as efficient group-wares, gigabit network, high capacity servers, and mobile environment for the wireless voice and data communications. It plays a major role in planning for the advanced networks, telecommunications, and computing systems to build a futuristic intelligent campus named as i-campus. University also provides high speed internet service and Wi-Fi into the campus area.

Dormitories

The university opened dormitory facilities in May 1973, for those who need on campus housing. These facilities are opened for undergraduates (mainly) and graduate students. At present six residence halls, including one self-boarding apartment type hall, accommodate 1,200 students. A modern style dining hall in which more than 500 people can eat at a time, a video room with a big screen TV and a video player, study rooms, computer labs, resting rooms, ping-pong tables, snack stores and exercise rooms are facilities among others provided for dormitory residents.

Health Service Center

The University Health Service Center was established in December 1967, for the purpose of undertaking the health care for students, faculty members, and administration staff. The Center provides annual physical examination for students, environment sanitation on the campus, and preventive inoculation if required. It also takes charge of health counseling for students and university members.

Center for International Programs

The former Foreign Language Institute and the former Office of International Affairs has been merged since March 2002. The new merged organization is named as "Center for International Programs", and it has two teams, one is "International Education", and the other is "International Cooperation".

The main functions of the International Education Team are to offer the foreign language classes such as English, Chinese, Japanese, etc., as well as the Korean Language Program.

University Museum and Folklore

The University Museum was founded in May 1968 on the Daegu Campus with the collections of the Institute of Shilla-Gaya culture. The University Museum performs to survey, collect, educate and preserve both archaeological and anthropological fields. The displays arranged within the museum are in great part the results of excavation and research both Shilla and Gaya Culture. In addition to them, the museum has made great effort to have important collections including old maps, documents, paintings, and calligraphy. It stores over 13,000 historically important items. Among them, the collection of old maps is the richest one in Korean museum. The University Museum is not only for students but also open to the public. To maximize its function, the museum started a public education programs from kids to senior citizens. With its various programs, the museum become a cultural core of the community.

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