Kyungpook National University (경북대학교, abbreviated as KNU or Kyungdae, 경대) is one of ten

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representing

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and Gyeongbuk Province in South Korea. It is located in the

, which used to be the capital city of the Gyeongbuk Province,

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before being separated from the mother province.

Establishment

Kyungpook National University was founded on September, 1946 by upgrading the Colleges of Education, Medicine and Agriculture in Daegu to the National College. In October, 1951, Colleges of Education, Medicine, Agriculture, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Law and Political Sciences combined into Kyungpook National University. Other departments including Engineering and Dentistry were established sequentially to create what is now known as Kyungpook National University.

Administration

As of November 20, 2021,

Won-hwa Hong Won-hwa Hong () is an engineer, professor, and university administrator in South Korea. As a professor in the Department of Architectural and Civil Engineering at Kyungpook National University (KNU), he took office as the 19th President of KNU, ...

is the university's Presiden

He graduated from KNU Department of Architecture, and acquired masters and doctoral degree at Waseda University, Japan. President Hong served as KNU Dean of College of Engineering and Dean of Research & Industry Collaboration. There are two vice presidents in this university, Executive Vice President for academic affairs (

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) and Vice President for External Affairs (Sioh KIM). VP Lee is a two-time Fulbright Fellow and former KNU Dean of Academic Affairs,

and VP Kim is former CEO of KNU Chilgok Hospital. Under the command of the president and the vice presidents, there are about 10 Deans in the administration: Deans of Academic Affairs; Student Affairs; Strategy & Finance; Research & Industry Collaboration; International Affairs; Admissions; External Cooperation; Information & Technology; Education Reform; Graduate School Policy, etc. Additionally, the Office of General Administration is in charge of personnel, budget, and facilities managemen

Academics

Undergraduate colleges

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* College of Socia

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* College of Economics and Busines

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* College of Veterinar

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Graduate colleges

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* Graduate School of Forensic and Investigativ

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Medicine
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Rankings

* Ranked 9th in Korea and 402nd globally in the 2021 university evaluation released by the World University Ranking Center(CWUR

* Ranked 7th in the Nation in 2021

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Evaluations * Ranked 93rd in Asia in the 2022 university evaluation released by

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* Ranked 13th in the world and 1st in Korea in the 2022

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Campus

Kyungpook National University has four campuses in the Gyeongbuk province. The main campus, which houses the major engineering and science schools is located in the heart of Daegu city in the Buk-gu area. The Kyungpook National University also has separate campuses for its teaching hospital known as the Dongin campus as well as a campus at Samduk for its dental school and hospital. In addition, Kyungpook National University also functions from its Sangju campus.

Colleges and schools

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References

Korea Makes Strides in World University Rankings

External links

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