Anyang University is a private university in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and research programs. Its main campus is located in Anyang City, south of

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

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 and the second campus is located on

Ganghwa Island Ganghwa Island (), also Ganghwado, is an island in Ganghwa County, Incheon, South Korea. It is in the Yellow Sea and in an estuary of the Han River. The island is separated from Gimpo (on the South Korean mainland) by a narrow channel spanned ...

Incheon Incheon is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi Province to the east. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Incheon was home to just 4,700 people when it became an international port in 1883. As of February 2020, ...

and has a student body of about 5,500. It has colleges of Humanities, Social Sciences, Science & Engineering, Theological Studies, Music, and Liberal Arts & Sciences, and offers graduate programs in General Studies, Theology, Education, and Business Administration & Public Administration.

History

The school opened in 1948 as a theological college in Seoul. When the campus moved from Seoul to Anyang in 1980s, the school expanded to Liberal Arts and, later, to engineering, technology, and business as well. With such expansion, the school changed its name to "DaeShin University" in 1990, and the current name was adopted in March, 1995. Dr. Youngsil Kim became the first president of the university since its conversion to university system. He was succeeded by Dr. Seung Tae Kim. In June 2014, Dr. Suk-Joon Kim became the president of the university.

Schools and departments

*Undergraduate :College of Humanities :College of Social Science :College of Engineering :College of Theology :College of Music :College of Liberal Arts & Science *Graduate :General Graduate School :Graduate School of Engineering :Graduate School of Theology :Graduate School of Education :Graduate School of Business & Public Administration *Departments :Business Administration :Chinese Language :Christian Culture :Christian Education :Computer Science & Engineering :Cosmetology :Digital Media Design :Digital Media Engineering :Early Childhood Education :Electrical & Electronic Engineering :English Linguistics & Literature :Environmental Engineering :Food Science & Nutrition :International Relations :Information & Communications Engineering :Information & Statistics :Korean Linguistics & Literature :Marine Biotechnology :Music (Composition, Instrumental Studies, Piano, Voice) :Performing Arts :Public Administration :Russian Language :Social Welfare :Theology :Tourism English Interpretation :Tourism Management :Trade & Distribution :Urban Administration :Urban Information Engineering

Resources and institutes

*Subsidiary institutions :Academia-Industrial-Research Consortium Center :Anyang University Broadcasting Station( :Anyang University Newspaper (English & Korean) :Anyang University Medical Clinic :Business Incubation Center :Center for Teaching & Learning :Computing & Information Center :Illwoo Central Library :Office of International Relations :Student Human Resources Development Center :Student Life Counseling Center :Student Service Center *Research institutes :The Brightening One Corner Institute :CReDI Capital Regional Development Institute :The Institute of Humanities Science :The Institute of Social Sciences :The Center for Theological Research :The Institute for Welfare Administration :West Costal Area Development Institute *Auxiliary educational centers :Lifelong Education Center :Foreign Language Education Center :Wooli Children's Daycare Center

Scholarships

Anyang University offers scholarships for domestic and international students according to matriculation status, school and department affiliation, financial need, academic achievement, and grade point average from its funds, sponsors, and research institutes.

Campuses

* Anyang Campus, 708-113, Anyang-5dong, Manan-gu, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea * Ganghwa Campus, San102, Samsung-ri, Buleun-myeon, Ganwha-gun, Incheon, Korea

References

External links

University Website
{{Authority control Universities and colleges in Gyeonggi Province Universities and colleges established in 1948 1948 establishments in Korea Anyang Seminaries and theological colleges in South Korea