| Konyang University | |
|---|---|
| 건앙대학교 | |
| Established | 1991 |
| Type | Private |
| President | Kim Hi-soo |
| Location | Nonsan, Chungnam-do, South Korea |
Konyang University (건양대학교; RR: Geonyang), located in Nonsan, South Korea, was founded in 1991.
Konyang University has campuses in Nonsan and Daejeon. The Nonsan campus is the main campus with over 10,000 undergraduate students and more than forty majors, mostly in applied fields. The Daejeon campus has programs in Western medicine, medical technology, and nursing. The university has about 700 graduate students.
In 2011, Konyang will be one of three private ROK universities that will begin offering military science as a major.[1]
The university president is Dr. Kim Hi-soo, recipient of the 2006 South Korean Mugunghwa Order of Civil Merit Medal (국민훈상무궁화장) prize for outstanding citizen, for his work in fostering education.
In 2010, the university was one of eleven schools in the country to be "selected for support under the Advancement of College Education [A.C.E.] program, which aims to boost excellence in teaching" (englishnews@chosun.com / Jun. 10, 2010 11:10 KST)[2]
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For four years in a row it ranked first among universities of its size category in South Korea in percentage of graduates being placed in jobs ("취업명문 3년 연속 취업률 전국1위," The Konyang University Press 2007-12-3, p. 1; http://www.kyu.ac.kr/about/status_history.asp). The manner in which job placement is evaluated has since changed.