Konyang University

Konyang Union (GCC Building).

Konyang University Hospital.

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. It is accredited by the Korean Council for University Education .^[1]

In 2011, Konyang was one of three private ROK universities that began offering military science as a major.^[2]

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.

Achievements

ACE

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)^[3] Part of the program that Konyang laid out that garnered the A.C.E. was what the university calls the e-portfolio. This system, still expanding, is in part like a career-management system, in which a student's essential data are electronically stored and managed for employment counseling. Beyond these basics,the system also encourages entering assignments and volunteer and extracurricular activities into the portfolio as well as taking exams via it. Beyond that, students can add or create anything related to their education that they wish. Another aspect of the e-portfolio is the instructor's use. Instructors can post lectures and other materials for students as well as enter grades and other details of classes.^[4]

LINC

In 2012, Konyang University was one of 37 Korean universities that were selected by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology for the LINC (Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation) program. The designation is for schools which will be given special support for innovation in technology and industry-university cooperation during the following five years. Konyang's two to four billion won will be for an on-site type program. One part of LINC industry is CICS(College of Interdisciplinary & Creative Studies) in Konyang University. ^[5]

CICS(College of Interdisciplinary & Creative Studies)

CICS is a new college of Konyang University in 2013. The purpose of CICS is to bring up corporational talented person who corporation needs. CICS is composed of three major(Global Frontier School, Medical Bioscience School, Integrated Informational Technology) and the students take 4 weeks concentrated education. Through this education process, graduated student will have 2 majors.(One's major & Liberal Arts)

Placement of Graduates

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, but the university has remained a leader in placement of graduates.

References

1. ↑ http://english.kcue.or.kr/images/Schedule%20of%20Accreditations,%20by%20Year%20and%20University.pdf
2. ↑
3. ↑ "The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - 11 Universities Win Extra Gov't Funding". English.chosun.com. 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2013-05-13. 
4. ↑ 4-page Case Study Posted: 7/2/2012 153 (2012-02-07). "Microsoft Case Study: Microsoft Sharepoint Server - KONYANG UNIVERSITY". Microsoft.com. Retrieved 2013-05-13. 
5. ↑ http://file.konyang.ac.kr/TEC/ace/%EC%82%B0%ED%95%99%ED%98%91%EB%A0%A5%EC%84%A0%EB%8F%84%EB%8C%80%ED%95%99(LINC)%20%EC%9C%A1%EC%84%B1%EC%82%AC%EC%97%85%20%EC%9A%B4%EC%98%81%EA%B7%9C%EC%A0%95(%EC%B5%9C%EC%A2%85)2012.5.31.hwp

External links

• University website
• Cloud campus