Yeungnam University () is a private research university located in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang, South Korea. The university's predecessors, Taegu College and Chunggu College, were founded in Daegu in 1947 and 1950 respectively. In 1967, the two colleges were merged by President Park Chung Hee to form Yeungnam University. In 1972, the university's new main campus opened in Gyeongsan east of Daegu. The university includes colleges of Law and Medicine as well as a university hospital. It ranked 1st in the rate for passing the bar exam for the second straight year (2015~2016), it also ranked 6th in providing CEOs in Korea's top 100 companies (2015), and 6th in providing the CEOs in Companies listed on KOSDAQ (2014). Yeungnam University is ranked 501 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
History Yeungnam University was established in 1967 through the merger of Daegu College, founded in 1947, and Chunggu College, founded in 1950. Lee Dong-nyoung was inaugurated as the first chairperson of the board of trustees. That same year, the university was officially approved by the Ministry of Education to begin with six colleges: the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Engineering, the College of Law and Political Science, the College of Commerce and Economics, the College of Pharmacy, and Evening Programs. At the outset, the university offered 35 undergraduate departments and 12 graduate departments. On January 1, 1968, Shin Ki-suck was inaugurated as the university's first president, and in 1969, construction of the main campus in Gyeongsan commenced.
In the early 1970s, the Graduate School of Management and Graduate Departments of Korean Language and Literature, Law, and Economics were established. Subsequently, the Main Administration Offices, College of Liberal Arts, College of Law & Political Science, and College of Commerce and Economics were relocated from the Daegu campus. In the mid-1970s, the 21-story main library, serving as faculty offices, and the main administration building were completed. In the 1980s, Yeungnam University Hospital, the Foreign Language Institute, and the University Museum were also established.In 1996, Yeungnam University is approved as an Excellent University in Undergraduate and Graduate Schools, and also as the "Best University" in the fields of business and International Trade, by the Korean University Education Committee. In 1997, Yeungnam University was chosen as a "Government-Sponsored Program for Science Education" in the area of basic science and laboratory education and selected as the supervising university for the model Technopark Project. Following the year Yeungnam University was chosen as a Supervising University in Machinery field and as an Attending University in Information Technology field for the program of rearing local universities in the Brain Korea Project as well as the university was selected by the Ministry of Science and Technology as Research Information Center for Textiles and Apparel Science.
In the year 2000, Yeungnam University established the graduate department of Architectural Design, Multimedia Communications, Bio-technology and graduate departments of Sino-Korean and Textile Engineering in Doctor's degree. In 2001 University changed the School of Commerce and Economics to the Schools of Finance and Business with the School of Finance and Economics and the School of International Economics and Business. In 2003 the Graduate School of Clinical Pharmacy approved, starting with the graduate department of Clinical Pharmacy. The establishment of the Graduate School of Sports Science approved, starting with the graduate department of Sports Science.
Each year, international students join at Yeungnam University for their Masters or Ph.D. degree and proceed on their research work. Most of the students are from China, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bulgaria, Egypt, Malaysia, Pakistan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Poland, Japan, Peru, Senegal and other different countries.
Yeungnam University currently has academic agreement with various universities around the world including the University of Montana, Old Dominion University, University of Michigan, State University of New York at Albany, Iowa State University of United States, University of Alberta of Canada, Université de Haute-Alsace (since 1999), Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk State Technical University of Russia, Fukui University and Shinshu University of Japan and other several Universities of Uzbekistan and China like Nanjing University, Nankai University and Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
In 2010, Yeungnam University is selected one of the top 10 Asian International Universities for the dramatic changes in global education of the new millennium by Asian Correspondent news report.
In 2019, DOAJ and PubMed Central started to index the Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed and open-access journal published by the Yeungnam University College of Medicine since 1984.
Campus Yeungnam University has two campuses. Gyeongsan is the main campus and other is Daegu campus. Located in the city of Gyeongsan in the south-eastern part of the Korean Peninsula, the city is adjacent to the Daegu metropolis, the third largest city in South Korea.
Yeungnam University has 22,000 undergraduate students, 3,500 graduate students, and 1,000 faculty members and staff with fine facilities and academic organizations. There are also 11 auxiliary organizations, including the Center for International Programs, the Foreign Language Institute, and 38 academic research institutes on the scenic campus.
Academics
Colleges and departments
College of Liberal Arts
Korean Language and Literature, English Language & Literature, German Language & Literature, Korean History, Cultural Anthropology, Sociology, Japanese Language & Literature, French Language & Literature, Philosophy, History, Psychology, Media and Communication.
College of Science
Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Statistics, Chemistry, Biochemistry.
College of Engineering
School of Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Communication Engineering, Urban Planning and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering.
College of Law
Law.
College of Political Science & Public Administration
Political Science and Diplomacy, Regional Development and Welfare Administration, Public Administration,
College of Commerce & Economics
Economics and Finance, Management, International Economics and Business.
College of Medicine
The Premedical Course, Medicine.
College of Pharmacy College of Natural Resources
Food Industry Management, Landscape Architecture, Food Technology and Food Service Industry, Horticultural Science, Forest Resources, Applied Microbiology.
College of Human Ecology & Kinesiology
Family and Housing Studies, Kinesiology, Food and Nutrition.
College of Education
Education, English Education, Mathematics Education, Special Physical Education, Korean Language Education, Archaic Sino-Korean Education, Early Childhood Education.
College of Music College of Art & Design
Arts, Design.
School of Textiles School of Biotechnology School of Chinese Language & Culture School of Architecture College of Basic Studies Interdisciplinary Study
Research programs Brain Korea (BK21) Program
The Research Manpower Development Center for Mechanical Part Industry, which was initiated and is supported by the Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development as the second phase of Brain Korea 21(BK21), plays an important role of specializing and enhancing the research capacity of regional graduate schools, thereby tries to develop regional R&D personnel clusters in local industry. The School of Display and Chemical Engineering(DsChE) and The Department of Information and Communication Engineering at Yeungnam University has been selected as one of the second phase BK21 (Brain Korea 21) programs in the Chemical Engineering and Telecommunication areas respectively, which was supposed to educate the graduate students to provide the creative research resources for the regional IT industries. The DsChE is also going to navigate its program intentionally to construct the prototype industry-university cooperation system by benchmarking Kyushu University in Japan. Due to the selection of the chemical engineering program of the BK21 regional program in Daegu/Gyeongbuk area in 2006 the DsChE has become the only chemical engineering department to perform the ABEEK program, NURI program, and the BK21 program in the nation simultaneously, and for this many foreign students from various countries like Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam receive scholarship and join in the laboratory like PSDC into the chemical engineering and WINLAB into the Information and Communication Engineering department to pursue their research and higher study.BK21
NURI Program
The main purpose of NURI or New University for regional innovation program is to train specialists of embedded technology to lead ubiquitous era and contribute regional economics combining practical ability with international competitiveness. School of Materials Science and Engineering of Yeungnam University receives 1.3 million dollars annually to enhance the quality of teaching and learning environment for undergraduate students to provide materials engineers to regional materials and devices industries under Association of Human Resources Initiative for Advanced Materials and Devices(AHRIAMD) which is supported by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development through the New University for Regional Innovation (NURI) program. The School of Display and Chemical Engineering(DsChE) at Yeungnam University was selected as one of the participating institutions of NURI (New University for Regional Innovation) program sponsored strategically by the Korean Ministry of Education and Human Resources. The DsChE aims at educating and cultivating chemical engineers specifically suited for regional display industry. The school's mission shifted from the conventional petrochemical industry oriented education to the new display and IT industry oriented education, to achieve the goals set for the NURI program.NURI
Polymer Gel Research Cluster Center
The Polymer Gel Research Cluster Center (PGRC) at Yeungnam University is a project to be executed for nine years for establishing a new material R&D cluster for fusion, type high, tech organic polymer gel in Gyeongsangbuk, do as one of "local R&D cluster projects" with the support of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy.PGRC
RIC
The Regional Innovation Center(RIC) for Wi-Media was started the part of Wireless Multi Media System Technology. The RIC set up an industry-University research institute cooperative systems to provide support to technology foundation and technology innovation for IT industry cluster at Daegu-Gyeongbuk. A strong regional base provides opportunities for ideas and products to springboard beyond the region.RIC
Research Institutes Institute of the Humanities, Institute of Industrial Technology, Institute of Resources Development, National Unification Research Institute, Environmental Research Institute, Medical Science Research Center, Institute of Sports Science, Institute of Legal Studies, Institute of Biotechnology, Institute of Art & Design, Entrepreneurial Management Center, Garlic Research Institute, Research Institute of Disaster Prevention, Institute of Statistics, Institute of Medical Engineering, Research Institute of Photonics and Nano Science, Center for Counseling and Research of Korean language, Research Institute of Regional Innovation, Regional Research Institute for Fiber & Fashion Materials, Institute of Natural Science, Institute of Social Science,