Kyung Hee University
Motto	Democratization of School, Ideas, and Living
Established	1949
School type	Private
President	Kim Byung-muk
Location	Seoul, South Korea
Campus	Urban
Enrollment	23638 undergraduate, 5442 graduate
Faculty	2300
Mascot	Lion
Homepage	www.kyunghee.edu
*Korean Name*
Hangul	경희대학교
Hanja	慶熙大學校
Revised Romanization	Gyeonghui Daehakgyo
McCune-Reischauer	Kyŏnghŭi Taehakkyo

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. Image File history File links Khu. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the film of this title, see Private School (film). ... Short name Statistics Location map Map of location of Seoul. ... Cities with at least a million inhabitants in 2006 An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... For other uses, see Lion (disambiguation). ... Jamo redirects here. ... Korean writing systems Hangul Hanja Hyangchal Gugyeol Idu Mixed script Korean romanization Revised Romanization of Korean McCune-Reischauer Yale Romanization Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Short name Statistics Location map Map of location of Seoul. ... Suwon (Suwon-si) is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. ...

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

Undergraduate programs

Seoul 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.
• 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

Notable Alumni

• Yoon Eun Hye
• Min Kyung Hoon
• Park Hyo Shin
• Han Ga In
• Cho Kyu Hyun
• Max Changmin[[1]]
• Park Ye Eun
• Sung Yu Ri
• Park Sang Hyun
• Micky Yoo Chun

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Research institutes

Auxiliary Facilities and Education Centers

Medical Center

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

See also

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

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External links

• Official page