Kyung Hee University

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Kyung Hee University
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Motto Democratization of School, Ideas, and Living
Established 1949
School type Private
President Choue Inwon
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

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.

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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
  • 1999. 11 Sanctional Sanctioned to establish special graduate schools of evening curriculums for professional students
  • 2000. 09 Selected as a Superior Academic University by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development
  • 2000. 10 Opened The Compound Lecture Hall
  • 2000. 11 Sanctioned to establish Kyung Hee Cyber University
  • 2001. 03 Selected the third in the university financial support evaluation 2000 by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development
  • 2001. 09 Completed the New Millennium Peace Tower, the Neo-Renaissance Gate, and a new millennium monument
  • 2002. 02 Established newly Medical Facility Administrative designated Vice President system
  • 2002. 08 Opend Impedance Imaging Research Center


[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 Natural 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] Global 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] Notable Alumni

[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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