Yeonsung University, is a
college
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in Manan-gu,
Anyang
Anyang ( zh, s=安阳, t=安陽; ) is a prefecture-level city in Henan, China. Geographical coordinates are 35° 41'~ 36° 21' north latitude and 113° 38'~ 114° 59' east longitude. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the eas ...
City,
Gyeonggi
Gyeonggi Province (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea.
Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a provincial-level ''special city'' since 1946. Incheon, ...
province,
South Korea
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. It opened on March 15, 1977, as Anyang Industrial Technical School. It was officially designated a technical
junior college
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in 1979. The school includes scientific faculties of electronic communications, computer information, industrial design, technology management, environmental engineering, interior construction; domestic faculties of hotel culinary management and fashion design; social service faculties of early childhood education, physical education, social welfare, English, tourism Chinese, and liberal arts. The campus covers 202,000 m
2, and also hosts a library and research institutes of industrial design, construction technology, Surface Mount Technology automation, and sports science. On September 1, 2010, Anyang Technical College was permitted to change the school's English name to Anyang Science University. Following this change, on May 23, 2012, Anyang Science University was officially renamed Yeonsung University.
Notable people
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Oh Ji-ho
Oh Ji-ho (; born April 14, 1976) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for the television dramas '' Couple or Trouble'' (2006), '' The Slave Hunters'' (2010), '' The Queen of Office'' (2013) and ''My Fair Lady'' (2016).
Career
Oh was born an ...
, actor
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Shin Jung-geun
Shin Jung-geun (; born September 26, 1966) is a South Korean actor. He is most active as a supporting actor in films such as '' Running Turtle'' (2009), '' In Love and War'' (2011), '' The Grand Heist'' (2012), and '' The Five'' (2013), as well ...
, actor
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Hong Su-zu, model, actress
See also
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Education in South Korea
Education in South Korea is provided by both public schools and private schools with government funding available for both. South Korea is known for its high academic performance in reading, mathematics, and science, consistently ranking abov ...
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List of colleges and universities in South Korea
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External links
Official school website, in Korean
Anyang, Gyeonggi
Universities and colleges in Gyeonggi Province
Vocational education in South Korea
1977 establishments in South Korea
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