Yonam College is a private agricultural college in
South Korea
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. Its campus is in a rural area of
Cheonan
Cheonan (; ) is the largest and most densely populated city of South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, and the third largest city in the Hoseo region after Daejeon and Cheongju. Cheonan borders Gyeonggi Province ( Pyeongtaek and Anseong) i ...
City, in
South Chungcheong
South Chungcheong Province (), informally called Chungnam, is a province of South Korea in the Hoseo region in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula. South Chungcheong borders the provinces of Gyeonggi to the north, North Chungcheong, Sejong ...
province. The current president is Kyoung-deok Seo. The entering class of 2003 numbered 520 students.
Academics
The school's offerings are centered on agriculture and allied fields. The majors are divided among the divisions of Animal Care and Animal Husbandry, and the departments of Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, Floral and Plant Design, and Foodservice Industry.
History
The school was established by the LG Yonam Educational Foundation, which is also the parent of the
Yonam Institute of Digital Technology
Yonam Institute of Technology, also Yonam Engineering College, is a private technical college located in Jinju, South Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It offers courses in computer electronics, hardware design, industrial information design, an ...
. It opened as Yonam High Technology School of Animal Husbandry in 1974. The school became Yonam College of Agriculture in 1998. The current name was adopted on September 1, 2003, exactly six months after Seo assumed the presidency.
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 ...
External links
Official school website, in English
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Universities and colleges in South Chungcheong Province
Cheonan
Educational institutions established in 1974
1974 establishments in South Korea