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Chungnam National University (CNU; Korean: 충남대학교) is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities located in Daejeon, South Korea.

History

Chungnam National University was founded in 1952. Its motto is "Creativity, Development, and Service to the community". Situated in the central region of the Korean peninsula, CNU is located near the Daedeok R&D Special District, the Multifunctional Administrative City, the Daejeon Government Complex, and the Headquarters of the Korean Army, Air Force, and Navy.

Colleges and departments

Humanities

The College of Humanities offers programs in linguistic, literary, cultural, and human science fields.

Social Sciences

The college was established on March 1, 1990, as a separate division from the College of Humanities and College of Law. The main aim of the college is to provide students with academic, scientific, and professional knowledge in the fields of social sciences. The College of Social Sciences consists of eight departments.

Natural Sciences

The College of Natural Sciences aims at enabling students to acquire broad general education in the natural sciences and, its policy of emphasizing basic sciences encourages students and professors to exchange knowledge and research in conjunction with the adjacent Daedeok Research Complex.

Economics and Management

The College of Economics and Management aims to produce scholars who can contribute to economic planning and business administration in the industrial corporations of the country. The college holds seminars and special lectures and runs a computer center for the students so that they can get theories and do advanced research in economics and management.

Engineering

The College of Engineering, which boasts the longest history and the largest number of departments is one of the representative colleges of Chungnam National University. Adjacent to Daedeok Science Town, the birthplace of science and technology in Korea, CNU is able to maintain a close relationship with the research centers within the Science Town.

The faculty contributes to the development of industry in Korea through cooperating with the research centers run by private companies and governmental branches.

In 1994, the college was designated a State Policy College of Engineering. In 1999 it received designation as a college supported by the government-sponsored BK 21 project, and was awarded government funds to improve the environment of education and research. In the process, it created the foundation which leads to the famous College of Engineering.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences was started in 1952. It consists of botanical resource division, zoological resource division, environmental forestry resource division, applied biological chemical food division, bioresources engineering division, and agricultural economy division.

There are 70 faculty members and 1900 undergraduate students and 300 graduate students who devote themselves to education and research in the research centers such as the agricultural farms, animal farms, the experiment forest, and agricultural science research center.

In 1996, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences was selected as a specialized college to cultivate ginseng, fruits, and vegetables. It introduced modern experimental equipment, the high-tech green house, and an experimental barn working by environmental adjustment.

Research institutes

• Furniture Industry Research Institute
• Management & Economics Research Institute
• Research Center for Advanced Magnetic Materials
• Cooperative Animal Experiment Center
• Engineering Education Institute
• Educational Research & Development Institute
• Rapidly Solidified Material Research Center
• Nano New Materials Engineering Center
• Institute of Agricultural Science &Technology
• Baekje Research Institute
• Institute of Law
• American-Canadian Studies Institute
• Institute of Social Science
• Industrial Technology Lab
• Institute of Life Sciences
• Research Institute of Human Ecology
• Material Chemical Lab
• Software Research Center
• Center for Asian Regional Studies
• Research Institute for Properties of Quantum-controlling Matter
• Survey Research Institute
• Women's Policy Research Institute
• Art Culture Research Institute
• Confucianism Research Institute
• Humanities Research Institute
• Internet Intrusion Response Technology Research Center
• Electric Wave Research Institute
• ElectroMagnetic Environment Research Center
• Information & Communication Research Institute
• Policy Research Institute for Small and Medium-sized Businesses
• Institute for Public Affairs(IPA)
• High-tech Vehicle Research Institute
• Research Institute of Physical Education &
• Sports Science
• Chungcheong Cultural Research
• Unification Research Institute
• Institute of Peace and Security Studies
• Research Institute of Marine Sciences
• Research Center for Transgenic Cloned Pigs
• Institute of Environment and Biosystem
• Accounting Research Institute
• Natural Science Lab
• Institute of Mathematical Sciences
• Institute of Applied Chemistry and Biological Engineering
• Nano-Engineering Research Institute
• Architectural Research Institute
• Architecture & Disaster Prevention Lab
• Plant Genomics Lab
• Institute of Scientific Criminal Investigation
• Research Center for International Technology Cooperation
• Research Center for Daedeok Patent Policy
• New Material Lab
• Institute of Biotechnology
• Co-operative Cancer Research Institute
• Research Institute of Medical Engineering
• Brain Science Research Institute
• Institute of Drug Research & Development
• Institute of Medical Science
• Nursing Science Institute
• Veterinary Medicine & Science Lab
• Basic Science Research Institute

Notable people

Kang Boo-ja, South Korean actress and politician

Cho Mina, South Korean poet

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