Kyung Hee University

Kyung Hee University is a private university in South Korea. It is located in Seoul, with a second campus in the suburban city of Suwon.

History

*1949. 05 Registered Shinheung Junior College Establishment in Seoul
*1952. 12 Promoted to 4 year College
*1955. 02 Elevated to University
*1965. 04 Undertook College of Oriental Medicine
*1971. 10 Opened Kyunghee Medical Center
*1973. 12 Established East-West Medical Research Center
*1978. 06 Opened the first Museum of Natural History in Asia
*1984. 09 Obtained terrain estate for the Kwangnung Campus and established Graduate Institute of Peace Studies
*1993. 12 The first educational institute to receive a UNESCO Prize for Peace Education Award
*1997. 04 The Kyunghee Astronomical Observatory, the first in the nation to discover a variable star (later named as Kyung Hee Star)
*1998. 12 Kyunghee Medical Center succeeded in cloning the world’s first human somatic cell.
*1999. 10 The Grand Peace Palace opened; hosted Asia Cultural Art Festival
*1999. 11 Sanctional Sanctioned to establish special graduate schools of evening curricula for professional students
*2000. 09 Selected as a Superior Academic University by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development
*2000. 10 Opened The Compound Lecture Hall
*2000. 11 Sanctioned to establish Kyung Hee Cyber University
*2001. 03 Selected the third in the university financial support evaluation 2000 by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development
*2001. 09 Completed the New Millennium Peace Tower, the Neo-Renaissance Gate, and a new millennium monument
*2002. 02 Established newly Medical Facility Administrative designated Vice President system
*2002. 08 Opend Impedance Imaging Research Center

Undergraduate programs

eoul campus

*College of Humanities
*College of Law
*College of Politics & Economics
*College of Business Administration
*College of Hotel & Tourism Management
*College of Natural Science
*College of Human Ecology
*College of Medicine
*College of Oriental Medicine
*College of Pharmacy
*College of Nursing Science
*College of Music
*College of Fine Arts
*College of Arts & Design
*Faculty of General Education.
* [http://www.iie.ac.kr Institute of International Education IIE]

Global campus

*College of Electronics & Information
*College of Advanced Technology
*College of Environment & Applies Chemistry
*College of Life Sciences
*College of Architecture & Civil Engineering
*College of Management & International Relations
*College of Foreign Languages & Literature
*College of Art & Design
*College of Physical Education
*Faculty of General Education
*College of International Studies

Graduate Programs

Global Campus

* [http://gsp.khu.ac.kr Graduate School of Pan-Pacific International Studies (in English)]

Gwangneung Campus

* [http://gip.khu.ac.kr Graduate Institute of Peace Studies (in English)]

Notable Alumni

* Chong Tae-hyon
* Yoon Eun-hye
* Kim E-Z (Kim Eiji)
* Min Kyung-hoon
* Park Hyo-shin
* Han Ga-in
* Cho Kyu-hyun
* Max Changmin [http://wiki.theppn.org/Max]
* Park Ye-eun
* Gong Yoo
* Sung Yu-ri
* Ock Ju-hyun
* Park Sang-hyun
* Micky Yoochun
* M. Julius Hossain
* Md. Anwarul Hoque
* A. H. M. Razibul Islam

Research institutes

Auxiliary Facilities and Education Centers

* [http://isom.khu.ac.kr International Studies of Oriental Medicine]

Medical Center

*Kyunghee Medical Center (Medical Hospital, Dental Hospital, Oriental Medicine Hospital)

ee also

* List of Korea-related topics
* List of colleges and universities in South Korea
* Education in South Korea

External links

* [http://www.kyunghee.ac.kr Official page Korean]
* [http://www.kyunghee.edu Official page English]
* [http://oia.khu.ac.kr/incoming Incoming Exchange Students]
* [http://gc.khu.ac.kr Global Collaborative Summer Program]