Kyunghee University

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Kyunghee University
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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 慶熙大學校
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 colleges of traditional Korean medicine in South Korea.[neutrality disputed]

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[edit] 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

[edit] Undergraduate Programs

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
  • College of International Studies

[edit] Graduate Programs

[edit] Research Institutes

[edit] Auxiliary Facilities and Education Centers

[edit] Medical Center

  • Kyunghee Medical Center (Medical Hospital, Dental Hospital, Oriental Medicine Hospital)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


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