Chosun University

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This article is about the university in Gwangju, South Korea. For the Chongryon-affiliated school in Tokyo, Japan, see Korea University (Japan).

Chosun University

Hangul	조선대학교
Hanja	朝鮮大學校
Revised Romanization	Joseon Daehakgyo
McCune-Reischauer	Chosŏn Taehakkyo

Chosun University is one of the oldest and prestigious private universities in South Korea. Its campus is situated in Gwangju metropolitan city, in southwestern South Korea. The current president is Kim Joo-hoon. Around 25,000 students are enrolled.

1 Academics
2 History
3 Sister schools
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Academics

Undergraduate courses are offered through the university's 14 Colleges: Humanities, Business, Education, Medicine, Electronics and Information Engineering, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Physical Education, Foreign Studies, Arts and Design, Law, Engineering, Dentistry, and Pharmacy. Graduate courses, which cover most of these same areas, are offered through the various departments of the Graduate School.

[edit] History

Chosun University was founded by the Chosun College Founders' Association. The Association was formed in May 1946, and rapidly gained members throughout Chungcheong, Jeolla, and Jeju provinces. According to the school website,[1] "membership rose to more than 72,000 by the end of 1947." The first classes of the school, then called Kwangju Evening Academy, were held on September 29, 1946. It was renamed Chosun Academy shortly thereafter, and became a college in 1948. It became a university at the beginning of the 1953 school year, at which time the graduate school was also established.

[edit] Sister schools

Chosun University maintains sisterhood ties with a large number of institutions: 70 internationally, and 42 domestically.[2] Countries involved include Australia, China, Colombia, Egypt, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States, and Vietnam.