Changshin University () is a private Christian university located in
Changwon
Changwon (; ) is the capital and largest city of South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea (with a population of 1,025,702 ), and the 11th largest city of the South Korea, country. A port city, Changwon is bordered by Masan Bay to the south, and the ...
City,
South Gyeongsang
South Gyeongsang Province (, ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. The UNESCO World Heri ...
province, near the southern coast of
South Korea
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. It employs about 60 instructors on two campuses. Graduating classes number around 2,000.
Academics
The school's academic departments are divided into four divisions: engineering, artistic training, social science, and natural science.
History
The school opened as Chang Shin Technical College (창신전문대학) in 1991, with a legal maximum intake of 480. The second campus was opened in 2003. It was acquired by Booyoung Group on August 1, 2019. In 2020 it offered freshman full one year scholarships to attract students in a period with falling enrollment numbers.
Sister schools
The college's first international sisterhood relationship was established in 1993 with Germany's
Berlin University of Applied Science and Technology
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. Since then, additional relationships have been forged with China's
Minzu University and
Yanbian University of Science and Technology, America's
Illinois State University
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and
Biola University
Biola University () is a private, nondenominational, evangelical Christian university in La Mirada, California. It was founded in 1908 as the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. It has over 150 programs of study in nine schools offering bachelor' ...
, the Philippine
University of the Philippines
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, Yugoslavia's
Megatrend University
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In 2015, the Council of Megatrend University ...
, Russia's
Amur State University, Switzerland's
Winterthur University, and Australia's
University of Newcastle.
At any given time, between 30 and 40 students from Changshin University are studying at these institutions, and a similar number of foreign students are studying at Chang Shin.
See also
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List of colleges and universities in South Korea
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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 ...
References
External links
Official school website, in English
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Universities and colleges in South Gyeongsang Province