Andong National University
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Established | 1947 |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Students | 6500 |
| Location | Andong, North Gyeongsang, South Korea |
| Website | http://www.andong.ac.kr/ |
| Andong National University | |
|---|---|
| Hangul: |
안동대학교
|
| Hanja: |
安東大學校
|
| Revised Romanization: | Andong Daehakgyo |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Andong Taehakkyo |
Andong National University is a government-operated university in Andong City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It enrolls roughly 6500 students. It contains undergraduate colleges of humanities, social sciences, education, natural sciences, engineering, human ecology, and arts, as well as graduate schools of education, management. and general studies. The undergraduate graduating class of March 2004 numbered 1,457, representing a steady upward trend in recent years, according to the school website [1]. The current president of the university is Kwon Young Kon.
[edit] History
The university was established as Andong Normal School on July 21, 1947. Briefly reorganized as Andong Provincial Agricultural Junior College in 1962, it was reorganized again as Andong College of Education in 1965. Management was transferred to a national authority in the school's redesignation as Andong National Junior College in 1978. Its status was raised to Andong National College the following year. The graduate school was established in 1988. The school gained its present title, Andong National University, on March 1, 1991.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
 |
This Korean university, college or other education institution article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
