kookmin university brochure

Contents

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

INTRODUCTION to KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY HISTORY of KMUFACTS and FIGURES

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS in RECENT YEARS

KMU VISION 1010

ACADEMICS - Undergraduate StudiesCollege of HUMANITIESCollege of SOCIAL SCIENCESCollege of LAW College of ECONOMICS and COMMERCECollege of ENGINEERINGCollege of DESIGNCollege of FOREST SCIENCECollege of NATURAL SCIENCES College of ARTS College of PHYSICAL EDUCATIONCollege of BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION College of ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING and

COMPUTER SCIENCE School of ARCHITECTURE Department of GENERAL EDUCATION

ACADEMICS - Graduate StudiesGRADUATE SCHOOLPROFESSIONAL GRADUATE SCHOOLSSPECIALIZED GRADUATE SCHOOLS

GLOBALIZATION

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION

INSTITUTE of INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

LIFE at KOOKMIN UNIVERSITYGRANTS and SCHOLARSHIPSACCOMMODATIONSACTIVITIES and EVENTS

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

President Ji Soo Yu

KMU will dream with you!Your dream might stay a dream, but it can come true when it is shared with other people.KMU will go through changes, create opportunities, and face challenges with you.

Welcome to Kookmin University!

Kookmin University, the first private university after Korea’s independence, was established by Mr. Shin, IkHee and other main members of the Shanghai interim government of Korea.Deeply rooted in the four founding principles, humanism, nationalism, culturalism, and industrialism that Mr.Kim, Sung Gon emphasized, Kookmin University has grown into a fixture of the academia of Korea with 23,000students enrolled. In the midst of the ever changing academic climate and social changes, with selflessdedication from all members of KMU, we strive to become a globally recognized institute by making a worldof academia unique to none other than KMU as well as being bold to the changes and challenges ahead.

The brand of development KMU thrives for starts from change; a change is a chance and a chance is achallenge. We need to actively deal with changes that we must go through in the process of growth byrenovating and challenging ourselves to be prepared for any crises.

Now universities of a knowledge base society have entered into a competition that is more severe than everbefore. KMU is trying to solidify its educational foundation to maintain its role as a leading player byemploying three operative goals such as attracting outside funding, establishing the standards of reasonabledistribution of resources, and building an efficient structural system.

Your dream does not have to stay a dream because your dream can turn into a reality when it is shared withothers. KMU will dream with you. KMU will go through changes, create opportunities, and face challengeswith you. There is nothing impossible if you are with KMU. We will make KMU a type of university peoplewant to be part of, graduates are proud of, and that values hard work and quality education rather than what isjust shown on the surface.

Today I urge you to be part of supporting KMU as she goes through each new challenge and turns it into anopportunity!

Thank you!

KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY:Change, Chance, Challenge

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS in RECENT YEARS

2006●Named one of the most outstanding universities in the National Evaluation for Universities by the Korean Council for University Education (KCUE)

●Selected to be funded by the Project for Diversification & the Development of the Unique Characteristics of Metropolitan Area Universities by the

Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development

●Selected as an ‘Excellent University for Undergraduate and Graduate School’ in the overall evaluation by the Korean Council for

University Education (KCUE)

2007●Received the Best University Award from the Korean Council for University Education (KCUE)

●Selected as a ‘Specialization of Universities in the Capital Area Program’ institution by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

●Selected as an ‘Excellent University in the fields of Chemistry and International Trade and Mathematics’ in the scholastic evaluation by the

Korean Council for University Education (KCUE)

2008●Selected as a ‘Core Research Institutes Program’ institution by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology

●Selected as an ‘Excellent University for the Course Evaluation of Professional Academic Standards’ of the General Undergraduate School by the

Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

●Acquired the ‘Certification of the Accreditation Board for Engineering Education in Korea (ABEEK)’ for the 4 intensive undergraduate programs in

the field of Engineering

2009●Selected as a ‘Cultivation of University IT Centers Program’ institution by the Ministry of Knowledge and Economy

●Selected as a ‘Liberal Arts of Korea Program’ institution by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

●Acquired ‘Certification of the Accreditation Board for Engineering in Korea (ABEEKK)’ for the College of Administration (Department of

Business Administration), College of Business (Department of Business IT)

2010●Signed Educational and Research Cooperation Agreement with the Secretariat of the National Assembly

●Acquired ‘5-Year Architectural Accreditation’ from the Korea Architectural Accrediting Board (KAAB) for the School of Architecture

●Selected as the Best BK 21 Program in the Nation based on the Government Evaluation for three consecutive years

2011●School of Architecture won the grand prize at the 2011 Seoul Architecture Awards

●Received a splendid 2-year achievement for university evaluation by the Korean Joong Ang Daily

● Opened the Korean Law-Related Education Center at the National University of Mongolia

●Won the 11th Adobe Design Achievement Awards

2012●Won the overall prize of ‘2012 KSAE Baja & Formula’ championship, awarded by The Ministry of Knowledge Economy

●Signed the first-in-the-nation Education & Research Exchange Agreement with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information

RECOGNITION

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Humanities / Social Sciences : 48%

Arts & Sport Sciences : 16%

Total : 21,000

Undergraduate Enrollment (2012)

Graduate Enrollment (2012)

Faculty (2012)

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Natural Sciences / Engineering : 36%

Graduate School : 28%

Professional Graduate Schools : 13%

Total : 3,287

SpecializedGraduate Schools : 59%

Lecturers : 12% (84)

Associate Professors : 25% (175)

Assistant Professors : 16% (112)

Total : 700

Professors : 47% (329)

FACTS & FIGURES

UndergraduateCollege of Humanities College of Social SciencesCollege of LawCollege of Economics and CommerceCollege of Engineering College of Design College of Forest ScienceCollege of Natural SciencesCollege of ArtsCollege of Physical Education College of Business Administration College of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceSchool of Architecture Department of General Education

Graduate

Graduate School (Master's and Doctoral Programs)

Professional Graduate SchoolsGraduate School of Automotive EngineeringGraduate School of Techno DesignGraduate School of Business IT

Specialized Graduate SchoolsGraduate School of EducationGraduate School of Business AdministrationGraduate School of Public AdministrationGraduate School of EngineeringGraduate School of DesignGraduate School of Politics and LeadershipGraduate School of Sports IndustryGraduate School of Creative WritingGraduate School of Information Finance and Legal AffairsGraduate School of Total Arts

● As soon as Korea gained its independence from Japanese imperialism in 1945, the cabinet members of the Shanghai Provisional Government established Kookmin University in 1946 with the aim of training leaders to rebuild the nation. Meeting that need has been the longstanding vision of Kookmin University. Mr. Shin, Ik Hee, who was one of the founding members of the University, became the the first President of Kookmin. He later went on to serve as the first House Speaker of the National Assembly.

● In 1959, Mr. Kim, Sung Gon, founder of the Ssangyong Corporation, took over the Kookmin Foundation and led remarkable developments of the university. His educational philosophy was to bring up leaders who can contribute to the modernization of Korea. Since then, Kookmin University has endeavored to achieve this goal.

● Surrounded by the Bukhansan National Park, Kookmin University boasts a clean and green environment complimented by the most up-to-date educational facilities. Currently, Kookmin University consists of 24,000 students, 700 faculty, and 300 staff members with 13 colleges and 13 graduate schools.

●While preserving the traditional values that have yielded success, Kookmin University strives to educate its students to be creative, open-minded, and principled professionals who can serve not only our nation but also the global community.

KMU Vision 1010

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Four areas to be focused

Attracting investments to stimulate growth● Attracting outside investments and expanding profitable businesses

Specializing and insuring the substantiality of each college● Implementing a responsible management system that focuses on colleges

● Securing easy access to education through specialization and internationalization

Securing easy access to research● Implementing an advanced evaluation system for achievements

● Entering the top 10 university list nationwide in the area of research achievement

Attracting and fostering outstanding talents● Increase the support for attracting prospective students and helping graduates to find jobs

Succession of development strategies and Promotion of a new visionThe management goal of President Ji Su Yoo, KMU 1010

•Attracting investments•Excellency•Reasonableness•Organizational culture

Change,Change, Chance,Chance, ChallengeChallenge

Through the teaching of both eastern and western humanities, our college aims tofoster knowledge and understanding of the great human achievements in art,science, history and philosophy. As Kookmin Students gain this knowledge inclasses that foster critical thinking through questioning and debate, they developthe background, balance, and rational skills to allow them to live fulfilling lives asparticipants in community affairs.

ACADEMICS - Undergraduate

HUMANITIES

Department of English Language and Literature ● The department meets the needs of students with a diversity of interests and academic backgroundswho wish to have a deeper knowledge of the English language, to understand and develop techniques andmethodological approaches with which they can study English, to expand their literary horizons, and toenhance their understanding of human expression. Primary focus is placed upon subjects related totheoretical issues and a wide variety of courses are offered in English linguistics. Courses are offered on theclassical and contemporary theories and practices of literature, focusing on critical readings of modernliterary works as well as classical literary works from the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries and earlier periods.

Department of Chinese Language and Literature ● The department specializes in teaching Chinese language and literature. Freshmen and sophomorestudents focus on learning basic grammar, composition, and conversation. Junior and senior students placeemphasis on classical and modern literature in order to understand the Chinese way of thinking. Thedepartment aims to help senior students understand not only literature but also current Chinese affairs.Courses offer classical and contemporary theories of literature, focusing on critical readings of modernliterary works as well as classical literary works.

Department of Korean History● The main purpose of the Department of Korean History is to help the students acquire the wisdom tocreate an excellent cultural tradition by studying Korean History from the primitive to the present. In thebasic course, we study all historical periods chronologically, participate in a field study of relics and studyreading materials philologically. Thus the students improve their ability to recognize the past, the presentand the future of the Korean nation. We aim to produce graduates with potential for the future.

Department of Education ● The Department of Education offers courses on the theories and practices of education to train educatorsfor secondary schools, firms, and other educational roles in our society. In order to respond effectively tothese needs, the Department of Education has a colorful program with a wide range of classes from thephilosophy of education to psychometrics, using highly sophisticated technology. A series of demandingtraining sessions are designed for students to become specialists in various educational settings. Theseinclude the secondary schools, educational administration, counseling in industrial education, humanresources development, data-analyzing, education-related consulting firms, social work, and other areasrequiring a certificate in education.

Department of Korean Language and Literature● The Department of Korean Language and Literature carries out research and teaches the historicaltradition, characteristics, features and sources of Korean language and literature. Through comparativelingua-cultural work, the department encourages students to cultivate an independent and open-mindedworldview. The department also aims to produce graduates with the potential to contribute to academicactivities, modern society, education, traditional culture, and mass media so as to preserve and revitalizeKorean culture within the framework of world culture.

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The College of Social Sciences aims to teach students to acquire a broad theoreticalbackground and research competence in the social sciences. It trains the students to beable to use various perspectives and research methods for analyzing social phenomenaand policy making. Methodologically, the faculty seeks a balance between thequantitative and the qualitative research methods. The college includes manyspecialized classrooms and seminar rooms equipped with multimedia and computerterminals. A variety of special collections and educational facilities exist. The college iscomposed of the following three departments and two schools.


SOCIAL SCIENCES

School of Communications● The School of Communications helps students understand the communication process by teaching thetheories, concepts, and general ideas of communication. The areas within the field include masscommunication, journalism, advertising, public relations, interpersonal communications, mass culture, andmedia industry. The school provides a broad education in the liberal arts and social sciences for the studentbecause the study of communications is based on an understanding of the human mind, society, history, andculture. Students also acquire the practical knowledge and skills needed to be media professionals. TheSchool of Communications offers two majors: Mass Media and Advertising.

Mass Media MajorMass Media majors learn the role that the various forms of mass media - including newspapers, magazines,television, radio, film, and the new computer assisted media - play in society.

Advertising MajorAdvertising Studies helps students to understand advertising and public relations as a whole. It also helpsthem to get the practical knowledge and skills needed in advertising and public relations. This majorteaches strategic planning, media planning, research, copywriting, visual advertising, and public relations.Its students also gain a broad knowledge of mass media, persuasion, and the effects of the media.

School of International and Area Studies ● The School of International and Area Studies is composed of three majors Russian, Japanese, andChinese Studies. The school aims to produce area specialists by offering a variety of opportunities forstudents to study diverse interdisciplinary subjects, in a specialized, comprehensive, and systematicmanner, including regional languages, politics, economics, society, culture, history, and internationalrelations. Five courses are required to be taken in this school.

Russian Studies Major The program in Russian Studies produces specialists with a sound knowledge of the Russian language anda broad background in the politics, economics, society, culture, history, and international relations of Russiaby providing various opportunities for studying and conducting comprehensive interdisciplinary research.

Japanese Studies Major The program in Japanese Studies seeks to produce Japanese specialists with a sound knowledge of theJapanese language and a broad background in the politics, economics, society, culture, history, andinternational relations of Japan by offering a variety of opportunities to study the country and its people.

Chinese Studies Major The program in Chinese Studies seeks to produce Chinese specialists with a sound knowledge of the Chineselanguage and a broad background in the politics, economics, society, culture, history, and internationalrelations of China by offering enriching opportunities for studying about China and the Chinese.

Department of Sociology ● Sociology explores the causes of order and the change in human societies by scientifically analyzing thestructure and progress of a society as well as the characteristics of human beings. Sociologists understandindividuals as both elements and products of a society. Therefore, a sociological perspective considers bothindividuals and their social contexts simultaneously in explaining all human behavior and social phenomena.The educational objective of this program is to offer students the sociological insight needed toscientifically analyze social phenomena through a variety of theories and research methods.

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Department of Public Administration and Public Policy● The objective of the Department of Public Administration and Public Policy is to offer scientific andpractical knowledge of public administration and policy to foster skillful public officials, political scientists,and democratic citizens to lead the community. With the advent of informatization and globalization, thesocietal demand for public administration experts is on a rapid rise. The Department of PublicAdministration and Public Policy responds to this growing demand by producing new talents for 21st centurypublic service. Such talents are people who are not bounded by the inherent limitations of traditional publicadministration and who can actively adapt to the rapidly changing environment. The specific majors(TRACKS) within the department offer a more specialized education by instilling efficient organizationalmanagement skills and creative problem-solving abilities.

Public Administration MajorThe Public Administration Major delves into the nature of national power and the macroscopic context ofthe policy-making process. It deals with diverse issues and themes centered on efficient, effectivemanagement and the structuring of public organizations such as the central government, local self-government, and public institutions. We hope to respond to the social demands on public institutions byimproving organizational management skills and expertise. The curriculum offers knowledge oforganizational management, human resources management, resource distribution, and the management ofstrategic results.

Public Policy Major The Public Policy Major examines the cycle of public policy - establishment, formulation, execution,evaluation, and the review of the policy agenda - to teach the macroscopic framework of nationaladministration. In addition, it investigates the various issues and themes related to solutions for improvingthe quality of specific policies. As we plan to respond to industry demands for public administration, we areinstilling expertise in individual policy fields, aside from the general field of policy studies. This programteaches environmental policy, industry policy, scientific technology policy, informatization policy, andwelfare policy. It also helps students to acquire practical knowledge and skills related to advertising andpublic relations. This major teaches strategic planning, media planning, research, copywriting, visualadvertising, and public relations. Its students also gain a broad knowledge of mass media, persuasion, andmedia effects.

Department of Political Science and Diplomacy● The educational goal of the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy is to foster elite individualsto be patriotic, scientific, and democratic citizens, who have diverse perspectives, intellectual abilities, goodpersonalities, and leadership skills.This program offers a variety of opportunities for students to selectamong the following courses of study: 1. The study of domestic and international issues. 2. The study of laws, political institutions, and political behavior in the process of democratization. 3. The analysis of the academic theories of political science.

Kookmin’s Law Departments began offering their curriculum in 1949, when themain university campus first opened its doors. The College confers the degrees ofBachelor of Law, Master of Law, and Doctor of Law to those who have completedthe degree requirements successfully. The College of Law has gained a national reputation for its professional legaltraining and major legal research. It features a Law Library, a Legal ResearchCenter, and a Legal Aid Counseling Center to support the faculty and students intheir intensive studies and legal practices.


LAW

Department of Private Law The purpose of the Department of Private law is to train students to become lawyers and experts in theprivate sector. The department offers a wide range of courses. These include Contract Law betweenindividuals, in business transactions, and in international trade.

Department of Legal AffairsThe purpose of the Department of Legal Affairs is to train students to become lawyers and experts in thebusiness sector. The department offers a wide range of courses. These include Contract Law betweenindividuals, Administrative Law, Taxation and Criminal Law.

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Department of Public Law The purpose of the Department of Public Law is to train students to become lawyers and experts capable ofmanaging public affairs in different fields. The department offers a wide range of courses such asConstitutional Law, Administrative Law, Taxation and Criminal Law.

The College of Economics and Commerce is one of the oldest institutions of Kookmin University. The origin of the collegestems from the Department of Economics that opened at the time of the foundation of Kookmin College in 1946, just oneyear after the liberation of the nation from the yoke of the Japanese occupation. The College of Economics and Commerceconsists of two departments, the Department of Economics and the Department of Commerce and Finance, and is devoted tothe study of the national and international economies in various aspects. Since we offer excellent curriculum and our facultyis very passionate and well qualified, we have always been able to cultivate our students to become excellent economistsequipped with the ability to think and analyze economically. Our students have advanced in various fields such as thefinancial and trade business, the manufacturing industry, and the government sector after graduation, and have achievedvery successful careers in each field. Due to the continued exceptional research of the professors in our two departments, wehave received outstanding results in nation-wide scientific performance evaluations. Through time, as our advantage inresearch and teaching strengthens further, we are extremely confident that our prospects will remain very bright. We hopeyou come and develop with us and become part of our successful future.


ECONOMICS and COMMERCE

Curriculum1st Year: Principles of Economics I, II, Introduction to Statistics, Mathematics for

Economic Analysis2nd Year: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Economic History, Money and Banking,

Economics of the Public Sector, History of Economic Thoughts, Contemporary Issues in Economics (Lecture in English)

3rd and 4th Years: International Economics, Industrial Organization, Strategy and Decision, Employment and Earnings, Political Economy, Macroeconomic Change and Growth, Information Economics, Financial Economics, Economic Data Analysis and Forecasting, Law and Economics, Education in Social Studies, Texts and Teaching Methodology in Social Studies, Macroeconomic and Financial Policy, Economics of Art and Culture, Economic Institutions, Economic Environment and Financial Systems, Theory and Practice in Economics (Lecture in English), Korean Economy, Innovation and Competitiveness, Personnel Economics, Seminar in Economics

Department of Commerce and FinanceIntroduction● As globalization of the world economy increasingly demands professionals in international trade andfinance, the students majoring in international trade are trained to meet these rapidly changing socialdemands. With the ongoing liberalization and opening of the domestic economy, an understanding of theoryand practice as well as an ability to make appropriate decisions in the changing economic and managerialenvironment is particularly important. To equip students with strong fundamentals in international economicanalysis and business skills, the major offers extensive courses on international trade and finance. Thegraduates work in trade companies, financial institutions, and businesses, including international economicorganizations, and in the government.

Curriculum1st Year: Principles of Economics I, II, Introduction to Statistics, Mathematics for Economic Analysis2nd Year: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Introduction to International Trade,

Economic Approach to the Theory of Firms and Industry, Money and Banking, International Exchange of Art

3rd and 4th Years: International Economics, International Trade Policy, International Finance, Theory of Foreign Exchange, Economic Analysis of Industrial Policy, Growth and BusinessCycles of International Economies, Globalization, Business English, Study on Trade Negotiation, Education of Commerce Information, A Study of Text-Book and Teaching Method in Commercial Information Education, Theory of Trade in Korea, Economic Research in International Relations, Theory on International Capital Flows, English for International Trade, International Trade in Practice, Theory of Financial Institutions

Career PathsGraduates of the college are pursuing their careers in a variety of fields: they are actively working in tradecompanies, financial institutions, businesses, international economic organizations, and the government.

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Department of EconomicsIntroduction● The economics courses aim to develop students' analytical power and frame of mind for making properchoices in the alternative uses of limited resources with these two primary criteria: efficiency and equity. Intheir junior year, students majoring in Economics gain advanced knowledge in economics and study theessential tools of economic analysis, which will enhance their ability to understand economic phenomenaand to evaluate economic policies. By graduation, students acquire a proper perspective on the economy aswell as skills to analyze economic phenomena with logical and economic reasoning. This training willprepare graduates to work in any worthy profession in the public or business sector or to pursuepostgraduate studies in Economics, Management or other social sciences.

The College of Engineering is divided into 4 schools with similar characteristics: the Schoolof Advanced Materials Engineering, the School of Mechanical Systems Engineering, theDepartment of Automotive Engineering, and the School of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering. The most advanced courses in each major are taught by professors with thehighest academic achievements and most research experience. The College of Engineeringhas produced numerous engineers and researchers of the highest expertise. They have inturn had substantial influence on the development of technology and on the growth ofKorea. The college will continue to expand its academic and research capabilities by hiringprofessors of extraordinary ability. By continuously updating our state-of-the-art facilities,students have the high-tech equipment necessary for a top-quality engineering education.


ENGINEERING

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering Major Civil engineers are concerned with all aspects of engineering, including the conception, planning, design,construction, operation, and maintenance of major physical works and facilities that are essential to moderncivil life. Civil and Environmental engineering projects are typically characterized by their scale, complexity,durability, and cost. Some examples include bridges, subways, roads, tunnels, coastal facilities, dams,foundations, sewerage and sewage treatment facilities, water supply and purification systems, and varioustransportation facilities. Students participate in laboratory studies as well as classroom activities andbecome proficient in the use of computers for problem solving and design. In civil and environmentalengineering, the courses extend to the areas of structural, geotechnical, hydraulic, environmental, andtransportation engineering. The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers a specializedundergraduate program accredited by ABEEK (Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea).

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School of Advanced Materials Engineering Advanced Materials Engineering Major In the 21st century, our highly developed industrial and technological information society needs increasinglymore creative engineers. In accordance with societal needs, our education system includes stimulating andchallenging courses on the fundamental theory and applications of advanced materials engineering. We arefocusing on establishing an advanced training cradle, which yields proactive leaders with a high level ofexpertise and an ability to contribute to improving the technology and economy of our nation.

School of Mechanical Systems Engineering Mechanical Systems Engineering Major The objective of the School of Mechanical Systems Engineering is to produce expert engineers ofmechanical systems who utilize their knowledge of mechanical engineering constructively for the benefit ofmankind and our environment. More specifically, the objectives of the School of Mechanical SystemsEngineering are: First, to develop the problem-solving skills necessary to solve engineering problems;second, to develop the skills to expertly combine and use knowledge from different fields; third, to produceforward-looking experts who aspire to continuously advance the field of engineering; fourth, to produceengineers with leadership skills based on their experience with team projects; and finally, to producecompetent engineers with expertise in the essential theories and practical applications of the field ofmechanical systems engineering through education on dynamics, planning with computers, and variousexperimental training programs. Our graduates have completed programs related to energy andenvironmental systems, robotics and nanosystems, and other mechanical systems that require both theoryand practical application. Furthermore, they are entering into a wide array of fields and industries acting asa motive power for national growth, as well as working in research institutes.

Department of Automotive Engineering ● The Department of Automotive Engineering is part of Korea's high-technology development strategy toreinforce the international competitiveness of our auto industry. The Department of Automotive Engineeringwas established in 1992 as a special department, and it is one of the departments in auto engineeringestablished in three renowned engineering colleges in Korea. Since the integration of the Department ofMechanical and Automotive Engineering in 1997 owing to the initiation of the faculty system, theDepartment of Automotive Engineering was reorganized. However, the college has since reverted to theoriginal system with a separate Department of Automotive Engineering and School of MechanicalEngineering. Aside from having the best research facilities, our department also has the best teaching staffin the field of auto mechanics and high-technology education. Furthermore, we offer a specializededucational program with the Graduate School of Automotive Engineering, the only graduate schoolspecializing in auto engineering in Korea, which boasts various research and education industryaccomplishments, including in the BK (Brain Korea) industry. The program is designed to provide systemiceducation in the entire field of auto engineering by offering lectures concerning the key theories andtraining in practical applications. In particular, we are providing education in the high technology requiredfor actualizing environment-friendly, high-safety, and intelligent automobiles that utilize alternative energy.

We are exerting our utmost efforts to nurture forward-looking and creative auto engineers. Furthermore, thisdepartment actively promotes interaction with the domestic and international auto industries and otherspecialized universities. Our students have won in various automobile-related competitions including theFormula SAE. After graduating from this department, our students have started bright careers in variousindustries as well as research institutes related to the domestic automobile industries.

While other university design programs remained under their colleges of Fine Arts,our professors stressed the importance of design in choosing the department nameFaculty of Design in 1975 and then College of Design in 1980. This set KookminUniversity's design program apart from all others. Our determined design educatorsbuilt a college with a new curriculum and teaching method based upon studentexperience and motivation. Today, too, we support each student's creative ideasand experimental concepts with open minds. Consequently, we are especiallyknown for our teaching know-how. All of these efforts have formed the strongidentity the College of Design has today.


DESIGN

Department of Interior Design ● The department of Interior Design at Kookmin University realizes the challenges that our living space willface in the coming years and has created an educational format that prepares students for the prospects ofthe future. One such method is to isolate the various design elements that permeate our living space andfocus on each element. For example, interior elements may focus on colors, materials and textures,electronics, and lighting, while architectural elements would focus on commercial, recreational, and culturalspaces. The end result prepares future professionals capable of solving design problems in any givencircumstance with clarity, understanding, and expertise.

Department of Entertainment Design ● The objective of the Department of Entertainment Design is to nurture creative new talent to reinforcesocial responsibility and ethics in the field of design while also leading the way in a high-valueentertainment culture by integrating culture, technology, and design. As the heart of the cultural industry,the field of entertainment is playing a more valuable role in modern society. As it is known that Korea has along tradition of elegant, highly dignified entertainment, the Department of Entertainment Design aspires toseamlessly combine our cultural historicity with design and technology to mold an integrated modernity andaccomplish a more involved and touching human communication. The Department of Entertainment Designoffers a systemic and professional education in the following:

◆ The image contents industry, such as special effects in digital images, visual advertisements, music videos, motion graphics, and 3D animation;

◆ New-form entertainment, a newly born and evolving field that blends fine arts, performance arts, architecture, gaming, communications, IT, and engineering;

◆ Event design, which consists of both tangible and intangible cultural service contents.

The Department of Entertainment Design is differentiated from other medium-centered design educationinstitutions, as it offers an integrated and generative educational paradigm centered on concepts. We striveto contribute to the establishment of a high-quality global entertainment culture that transcends theboundary between academe and culture.

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Department of Industrial Design● The Department of Industrial Design contributes to society by creating a desirable modern life throughcompetent and professional designers who can play a primary role in the advancement of the standard of livingand national competitiveness. To achieve this goal, we provide future-focused educational programs such as art,scientific technique, and human culture, based on the inter-laboratory perspective. We also focus our programs tobe well balanced with both the theoretical and practical aspects by using new medium. Through our educatingprocess, students are prepared for modeling abilities, artistic sensibility, imaginative and expressive powerthroughout the fields of industrial, transformational, environmental, interior and exterior designs.

Department of Visual Communication Design ● The Department of Visual Communication Design fosters the growth of students' aesthetic abilities andintellectual insights needed to design information. From visualizing information, and to its production anddistribution, the department oversees processes of creative thinking to achieve pragmatic solutions. Thecurriculum is structured dynamically in order for students to be exposed simultaneously to diverse medium andto gain in-depth specialized knowledge. Courses can be channeled into two different tracks: the Graphic trackand the Film/Video and Media track. By balancing studio and theoretical courses, students are intensivelytrained to expand their professional skills as well as developing themselves as thoughtful, cultural producers.

Department of Metalwork and Jewelry ● The Department of Metalwork and Jewelry at Kookmin University plays a crucial role in developingfuture professionals for one of the most active metal craft communities in the world. Our alumni havecontinually challenged the boundaries of their craft by evolving the traditionally accepted norms of display,form, function, material, and techniques, into inspiring modern works that appear in galleries all around theworld. Graduates have found careers as: metal smiths, jewelry artists, metal sculptors, precious metal &gem designers, enamellists, product designers, utensil designers, furniture designers, interior & displaydesigners, gallery & shop owners, curators, craft educators, and professors.

Department of Ceramics ● The study of ceramic crafts has the educational goal of fostering talented professionals who may lead theway in the cultural and industrial age of the 21st century. To do that, the Department of Ceramics aims toguide ceramic craftsmen to embrace this cultural age as we help students not only understand the history ofKorean ceramic crafts and the current situation of international ceramics, but also have diverse experiencesand improve their creative insight while developing educational programs appropriate for this digital age.

Department of Fashion Design ● The department of fashion design is dedicated to providing students with specific theoretical, practicaland social skills necessary for achieving success in the various fields of the fashion industry. Thedepartment provides an organized and innovative educational program for developing creative designersthrough rigorous training and drilling. The program is constructed to take the students through all aspects offashion design from functional to experimental design and emphasizes a thorough understanding of thedesign process, materials, construction and merchandising.

As society becomes rapidly industrialized, it is essential to improve the economic,environmental, and social values of forests and to utilize them for higher value-added purposes. The College of Forest Science offers professional education tomeet such societal demands. The college is especially designed to train forestryprofessionals in the fields of forest resource conservation, efficient and balancedutilization and development of these resources, and the promotion of forestryactivities and forest product industries.


FOREST SCIENCE

Department of Forestry, Environment, and Systems ● As the issue of global warming raises worldwide concern, low-carbon green growth is becoming one ofthe core policies for national growth. Therefore, it is becoming more vital to improve economic and nationalactivities through the ecological management of forest resources and to preserve, restore, and maintain thenatural environment, including forests.The objective of the establishment of the Department of Forestry, Environment, and Systems is to fosterexperts equipped with the expertise necessary to communicate between humanity and nature by applyingscientific systems' approaches to forests and the natural environment; developing practicals kills for multi-purpose management and sustainable uses of forests; executing the preservation and conservation ofnatural resources and advancing research methods for utilization of the beauty of forests and theimprovement of both the mental and physical health of the people.

Department of Forest Products and Biotechnology● The Department of Forest Products and Biotechnology involves a of forest products and bioengineeringtechnologies with the aim of extending support to the environment and mankind. As such, we aim to producenew experts in the fields of bio-energy, functional substances, and environment-friendly biomaterials (wood,paper). By using various microorganisms and regular organisms, we hope to create environment-friendlybiomaterials that respond to the needs of the 21st century by focusing on low-carbon green growth. Inparticular, the Department of Forest Products and Biotechnology has been strengthening the application ofbiotechnology in the field of wood / paper-manufacturing industries to contribute to realizing a healthier andmore environment-friendly bio-industry, which is being given more significance in consideration of the currentchanges in the environment, society, and the economy. The department program is centered on areas that place higher social demands on experts, such asenvironment-friendly wood construction and wood engineering, functional bio-substances and herbalmedicine, bio-energy engineering, the use of new ingredients, and the preservation of paper sciences. Inorder to respond to the central goal, we are equipping our students with the foundational requirements ofindustries, in addition to the academic theories that they need to grasp. In this sense, our curriculumstrengthens the experimental training of students, expands the courses requiring the collaboration of industryand academe and offers internships and on-site training in order to achieve a higher employment rate.

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NATURAL SCIENCES

way, and covers not only biological sciences but also engineering, design, and human sciences. Specific areasinclude bio- and medicinal-material technology, microbial fermentation technology, food biotechnology andbioenergy engineering, cold preservation technology, design technology, and medicinal and historical sciencefor fermented foods.The program was established to foster experts who have the collective knowledge and skills needed tocommercialize fermentation products. Therefore, students will be trained not only in the basic sciences but alsoin practical technology. In addition, students are required to take research and experimental courses conductedjointly with industry and research institutes. Graduates will be experts or scientists in fermentation science andtechnology and have successful careers in academies, research institutes, and industry.

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Department of Nano and Electronic Physics● The education and research goal of the Department of Nano and Electronic Physics is to explorequantum phenomena on the nanometer scale, to apply the principles of physics to electronic systems, andto cultivate the manpower needed in 21st century industry. The research and education is done throughanalyzing information from cutting-edge experiments and developing new methods to overcome thelimitations of conventional methodologies on the nanometer scale. The department also focuses ontheoretical and numerical studies of physical phenomena in the nanometer region. The educational programfor 1st and 2nd year students is focused on providing basic understanding of both theoretical andexperimental physics. For the 3rd and 4th year students, the department provides a team-oriented educationprogram in conjunction with the department's graduate program.

Department of Bio and Nano Chemistry ● The Bio and Nano Chemistry major offers a full range of courses in the fields.The Department of Bio and Nano Chemistry has excellent laboratory facilities with the latest equipment,which will allow students to gain experience using the wide range of instrumental methods practiced intoday’s chemical institutes and industries. In addition to their academic interests, Bio and Nano Chemistryfaculty members have active research programs. The link between teaching and research is vital in thecontinuously evolving scientific field. The Bio and Nano Chemistry major provides a great deal of flexibility and prepares students for a widevariety of career options. The required courses for the major can be completed in three years, leaving thefinal year open for advanced and independent work under the supervision of a professor.

Department of Mathematics ● The goal of the department is for students to learn how to understand the natural phenomenon and theconcept of proof in the discipline of mathematics, as well as acquire the ability to formulate and solveproblems mathematically. A degree in mathematics from Kookmin University will prepare them foremployment in information technology, securities, financial planning, market research, insurance, and anumber of other careers in business, education, and industry. Their undergraduate degree will also serve asa good stepping-stone to graduate study in mathematics.

Department of Food and Nutrition● The Department of Foods and Nutrition offers a specialized program in clinical nutrition and foodbiotechnology. Students will develop a strong background in general biological sciences at the lowerdivision level and practical skills in the areas of clinical nutrition and food biotechnology as their specialfocus on the upper division level. Graduates can apply for the certificates of a nutritionist, a food-processingengineer, and a biotechnology engineer. Graduates also have attractive job opportunities as nutritionists inhospitals, schools, and industries, as well as researchers in the food industry.In addition, graduates can apply to become patent attorneys after co-majoring in the interdisciplinaryprogram of industrial rights.

Department of Advanced Fermentation Fusion Science and Technology● Fermentation science and technology generally deals with the production of functional biomaterials by masscell culture and thus is related to many disciplines. It is one of the main subjects of the green industry, which isgaining much attention as a driving force for the future. This department is unique in offering a program thatfocuses on every aspect of fermentation science and technology. The program is organized in a multidisciplinary

The College of Natural Sciences at Kookmin University consists of five departments: Nanoand Electronic Physics, Bio and Nano Chemistry, Mathematics, Food and Nutrition, andAdvanced Fermentation Fusion Science and Technology. The college provides qualityeducation in basic science with emphasis on its practical application in newly emergingfields of science and engineering. The college focuses on educating students to be 21stcentury leaders in natural science with highly developed research skills. Our departments specialize in on-going research in both traditional areas and ininnovative and interdisciplinary areas between the departments. To provide bettereducation and pursue cutting-edge research, we are continuously improving ourresearch facilities and educational programs.


ARTS

School of Fine Arts ● The first purpose of this department is to enrich students’ lives through the study of art. The secondpurpose is to cultivate students through numerous fine arts education courses to be good artists, critics, oreducators. The Fine Art Department has two majors, Painting and Sculpture. After graduation, students canget special jobs requiring creativity and an aesthetic sense, and may work as curators, researchers, or infilmmaking or broadcasting.

Painting Major The purpose of this major is to develop intellectual, appreciative, and technical approaches to painting andits relevant art forms. Exploring not only conventional art forms like drawing and printmaking but new mediasuch as film, video, installations, and computer-assisted art, our students delve into new means ofexpression. In harmony with modernity, through their work students develop their own personal identities.

Sculpture Major This major remains future-oriented and frequently introduces new courses in line with the needs of thetimes. Pertinently fusing the theoretical with the practical, it focuses attention on art training within the richdiversity of media available. It also aims to nurture promising and up-and-coming artists and professionalswho are in demand in society. It does so by stirring up creativity and an experimental spirit based intechnical mastery.

School of Performing Arts ● The School of Performing Arts is composed of the Theater and Cinema Major and the Dance Major. Thedirect human interaction between the dance and acting disciplines creates the basis upon which the school ofperforming Arts stands. With up-to-date technology, and creative freedom to develop their filmmaking abilities,abilities, our students of the last 21 years have continued to grow in the national spotlight. We at the School of Performing Arts strive to develop personalities that will contribute to the world through their work. After graduating, students can expect to succeed in the media, broadcasting, performing, and administrative realms.

Theater and Cinema Major ●We offer courses for students interested in learning the artistry and techniques that are demanded in theprofessional worlds of playwriting, directing, acting, set design, public relations, criticism administration,film, and theatrical and cinematic productions. For this purpose, we have established a curriculum that is fundamentally balanced between theory andpractice, so that students can grasp the specific skills required for each discipline. Students can expect tofreely explore various styles in order to realize their artistic potential to the fullest. Being located in Seoul,we want to take full advantage of the professional opportunities in the theatre and film industry that thecity has to offer.

Dance Major ● Through our educational program dance majors can expect to become competent dance specialists whocan contribute their creative talent to society. Students will acquire skill in varied movements andtechniques through step-by-step instruction. With these background skills, they will then be able to employ their artistic creativity in the world of dance.Ultimately, students pursue studies individually tailored to their future careers as dancers, choreographers,teachers, therapists, or members of any other profession that utilizes dance.

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School of Music ● The School of Music maintains various curricular requirements and types of courses through whichstudents can improve their abilities to create and perform music. Our curriculum is focused on developingperforming skills and broadening students’ knowledge of the field. Students have numerous opportunitiesfor open or public performances on and off campus during their academic years. Students are encouraged tohave intellectual curiosity, enthusiasm, and creativity in every aspect of music so that they can keep trainingthemselves after graduation to become professional musicians who can perform classical music on stage.

Voice Major Singing is the art of expressing our thoughts and emotions by means of the human voice. It is often said thatnatural talent is the most essential thing needed for singing. However, training the voice is not just done toimprove the voice but the skill with which one employs the voice. Aspects of linguistics, phonetics,physiology, and acting are also essential in voice training. The Voice Department offers various courses totrain students to become well-poised in these areas. Students have opportunities to show what they havelearned on the stage of operatic and art song concerts.

Piano Major The Piano Department equips students with performing techniques as well as theoretical knowledge to givethem the potential to become performers, collaborative pianists, or educators. We train students at severallevels of performance study in which students are assigned repertoires carefully selected to develop theirpotential. In addition, students build a balanced body of knowledge through various classes, such as PianoLiterature and Music Analysis, so that they will come to understand how to interpret music and the properstyle for certain musical eras.

Orchestral Instrument Major The Orchestral Instruments Department fosters the study of the violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute,clarinet, oboe, bassoon, saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, harp, and percussion. Numerousopportunities to appear on stage as soloists or in groups help students improve their performing techniques.For the same reason, we provide individual lessons, chamber music classes, and orchestra rehearsals.Through such activities, we arouse student interest in chamber music and orchestral music, the fields inwhich most students will be involved after graduation.

Composition Major The Composition Department nurtures students as professional composers who have logical thinking, skillsin expression, and creative minds. In order to do so, we deal with the general social aspects of music, suchas history, sociology, philosophy, and education, as well as musical aspects like music theory, analysis,composition, and recital. Through these classes, students obtain the varied academic background necessarynot only to be poised creators of music, but also to be valuable members of society.

The College of Arts consists of the School of Music, the School of Fine Arts, and theSchool of Performing Arts. We provide an ideal environment for intensive training andthe development of talent. It is our goal to cultivate students' natural abilities so thatthey will contribute their art to society, not only in Korea, but around the world as well. W e encourage our students to spearhead the artistic trends of the future that will shape theworld. We offer modern facilities and a well-rounded curriculum for our students to realizetheir potential and to take risks as they hone their innovative capabilities. It is our goal tobring out the individual talents of our students so that they can have a professional life inthe art world.


Physical Education Major The mission of the Physical Education Major is to contribute to the preservation and promotion of anindividual's physical fitness and health through physical activity. We cultivate physical educators whopossess knowledge, virtue, and physical fitness, along with scholars who comprehend the theories of sportsscience based on scientific principles. The major offers theoretical aspects of sports and exercise andsystematic studies of applied science. These include exercise physiology, sport medicine, biomechanics, kinematics,psychology of sports, philosophy of sports, and sociology of sports. This will allow students to understand howphysical activity helps one's health and well-being, and will provide a basis of research in the area.

Sports Management MajorThe mission of the Sports Management Major is to cultivate sports managers who understand the functionsand roles of sports in modern society and sports systems through the principles and applied theories ofsports management. Furthermore, the mission is to cultivate professional sports managers with service-oriented minds who promote interchange and cooperation between community and sports organizations.The major offers practical and applied aspects of sports including sports marketing, sports economics,sports media, leisure and recreation, and sports policy and law. This will allow students to engage withsports managers, sports financers, and sports administrators, and will provide a fundamental discipline toconduct a sport related project.

Athletic Coaching MajorThe mission of the Athletic Coaching major is to cultivate sports leaders including athletic coaches andpersonal trainers who understand both practical and theoretical aspects of sports and exercise. The majoroffers experience with physical activities and theoretical studies including personal training,kinanthropometry, analyses of sports events and human movement, sports nutrition, coaching mechanics,and sports counseling. This will allow graduates to teach how to achieve better performance in ski, golf,horse riding, Taekwondo, and other area of sports.

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION

College of The College of Physical Education emerged from the Department of PhysicalEducation in the College of Education in 1999 and offers three majors includingPhysical Education, Sports Management, and Athletics Coaching. With the supportof excellent faculty members, we have taught practical skills and theoriesthrough up-to-date curricula cultivating sports scientists, sports managers andpersonal trainers, and promoting health for the general population.


BUSINESSADMINISTRATION

School of Management Information Systems ● The School of Management Information Systems has been leading the field of Management InformationSystems in Korea for 25 years since its establishment in 1984. Currently, the School of ManagementInformation Systems consists of three majors: Information Management, Information Systems, and e-Commerce. The department, which is composed of 17 professors, is widely recognized as the best andlargest academic institution of business information. Aspiring to instill knowledge of information technologyand business problem-solving skills, the School of Management Information Systems is offering forward-looking, global, on-spot, integrated, creative, and specialized education to its students. We are respondingto the increasing social demand for IT integration, and preparing for a second period of restoration. Recentstatistics show that 90% of the graduates of the School of Management Information Systems succeed ingetting employment, and are exhibiting their competence in areas such as conglomerates, medium-sizedenterprises, public institutions, and research facilities.

Information Management Major Effective and efficient ways of applying information technology for business activities are taught to the students ofthe Information Management Major. Through the curriculum, which covers business modeling, IT strategy andconsulting relevant to information systems, graduates are showing their competitiveness as IT firm managersequipped with knowledge in key IT technologies.

Information Systems Major How to maximize IT’s contribution to management activities is taught to the students of the Information SystemsMajor. Graduates who have completed the curriculum, which covers system modeling in ubiquitous environmentsand business software development and management, have landed in IT departments of major Koreanenterprises, showing their strength as technicians with a broad understanding of business activities.

e-Commerce Major One of the main problems faced by firms and other organizations is how to secure global competitivenesswhile utilizing Internet-based e-Management systems in this age of the Internet and the advent of thedigital economy. The e-Commerce major offers a balanced program that effectively combines managementtheories with IT technology. The objective is to nurture talented individuals who will contribute to firmcompetitiveness in this age of the digital economy.

KMU International School“Cultivating Business Experts for a Global Stage” The International Business program cultivates competent global business experts who can perform well ona global stage and understand the world environment through a realistic curriculum encouraging students todevelop global awareness and good business skills.

Features of the Curriculum- We offer liberal arts courses as well as international business courses that are geared to satisfying the

fast changing demand of large global firms, small to medium enterprises, or public institutions.- The IB major courses cover the fields of financial management, marketing, accounting, production

management, human resources management, international management, and other fields in which skilled professional managers are on demand.

- Management internship courses are also included in the IB major curriculum so that studentshaveopportunities of hands-on experience in major firms and public institutions, and can prepare themselves for their career development.

- Global companies, financial companies, consulting firms, accounting firms, and public institutions are onthe list of management internships.

- The minimum number of credits for graduation is 120: a minimum of 27 credits from general educationcourses, a minimum of 21 credits from KIS foundation courses, a minimum of 52 credits from IB majorcourses, and a minimum of 20 credits from other major courses or from general education courses.

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School of Business Administration ● An undergraduate degree in Business Administration provides students with an excellent educationalfoundation to help them lead the East Asian digital economy after graduation. The school sets globalization,entrepreneurship, and digitalization as missions of college education and implements several programs. First,the school organizes various international activities and student exchange programs such as Teaching Businessto Vietnamese Students in Korean, which provide students with globalization opportunities. Second, it alsoholds annual student competitions to enhance entrepreneurship and a spirit of cooperation. Third, all freshmenare required to take the 3C (Confidence, Competence and Challenge) seminar courses that are designed to helpthem adapt easily to college environments. Finally, the school tries to provide as many internship opportunitiesas possible to facilitate students’ participation in the business world before graduation.

Business Administration MajorThe Business Administration major provides undergraduate students with a broad knowledge of businessthrough a progressive curriculum. This major encompasses six sub-majors: Accounting, Finance, Marketing,Human Resources and Organizational Behavior, Production Management, and International Business.Students in the Business Administration major need to take five undergraduate basic courses (15 credits)and seven major requirement courses (21 credits). Students can design their course tracks to make them inline with social needs as well their future goals.

Business Analytics and Statistics MajorBusiness analytics and statistics which open from 2013 in Kookmin University is major course connected tostatistics in the College of Business Administration. Especially, this is a specialized course focused onbusiness analytics which makes a meteoric rise. They deal with process and material to manage based dateand decisive making as a fusion field including knowledge of various fields. The aim of our major course isto foster experts such as business analyst, date scientist etc who can analyze and evaluate massiveinformation and can predict future based on business and analytic mind though fusing of business, statisticsand large date analytics. Also, we run customized curriculum to foster applying ability though focusedpractice teaching, acquisition of academic knowledge to meet the demands of increased society.

School of Corporate Management● The College of Business Administration has a long history of providing topnotch education to on-the-jobmanagers who wish to learn business theories grounded in real experience. The School of CorporateManagement has been newly established under this tradition, and offers a unique program that seamlesslycombines theory and its practical applications. The School of Corporate Management of Kookmin Universityis undoubtedly the best business program in Korea for on-the-job workers.

Corporate Management Major The major of Corporate Management gives priority to freshmen with on-the-job experience. As the major ofCorporate Management is focused on offering practical assistance in solving the various challenges that arelikely to be faced by the managing staff in actual settings, the curriculum being offered is tailored to thatend and is very unique. The core courses in business are very intense, and practical courses such ascorporate law, are included. Such courses are designed to maximize time efficiency and to enable aconvenient fit for the busy schedules of the students. Our alumni and current students can be found in majorfirms and financial institutions all over Korea. Furthermore, our lectures offer real-time solutions to theproblems being encountered in the rapidly changing management scene.

University education, along with its curriculum, lectures, and student support, shouldrespond to the demands of the time. Transforming the subject-oriented education system, which many universities stillmaintain, into a student-centered one was accomplished by the College of BusinessAdministration in 2006. We have reformed the curriculum in the major field of study so thatour students can develop competence based on the confidence acquired in the earlier stages.The College is also investing its resources in international exchange program by which ourstudents can utilize their specialized knowledge and familiarize themselves withinternational settings. This is the goal that we continue to achieve: to produce managers ofthe 21st century by means of institutional adaptability and flexibility.

The goal of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is to educatestudents so that they are not only good at the fundamentals of their majors but are also wellequipped with the knowledge required to work in the global information society. To nurtureIT engineers with leadership, the College of EECS has the following educational objectives forits graduates: - Students achieve expertise and application skills in the IT area. - Students understand other academic fields and integrate them with IT technologies. - Students have the leadership ability to lead the IT society. - Students have an international perspective and a broad knowledge of IT technologiesand development.


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COMPUTER SCIENCE

Computer Science Major With the goal of nurturing global IT specialties, students in the Computer Science major systematicallystudy the basic theories of computer science in the introductory courses. Then they apply the basic theoriesin computer science applications in the junior and senior years. The curricula culminates in the Project I and II courses in which students choose a specialized topic, conductresearch, and develop their graduation portfolio. This procedure helps students see the big picture ofcomputer systems, deepens their knowledge on a selected topic, and gives practice in project managementskills. In addition to the major courses, students must take the required courses in math, basic science, andliberal arts courses in order to acquire necessary basic knowledge and elements of culture.

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School of Electrical Engineering The Educational Goal The goal of the School of Electrical Engineering is to cultivate leading electrical engineers who can produceefficient engineering work in our society. The following are the types of individuals that the school proposes tonurture: - Engineers who can cope with fast-changing industrial environments - Engineers who have both social leadership and engineering management skills - Advanced researchers who take the lead in creative research and the development of

state-of-the-art engineering

The Educational Objectives To give students true understanding and leadership in the fast-changing IT society, the School of ElectricalEngineering has established the following educational objectives. We intend to produce: - Students who can solve engineering problems by using their understanding of engineering,

analysis and the ability to apply them. - Students who can design systems by using their expertise in electrical engineering and knowledge of

new technologies. - Students who have the global competitiveness needed to work any place in the world. - Students who show engineering leadership in specific industrial fields.

Logic CircuitThe Electrical Engineering Major provides a well-organized education program to foster creative and trainedelectrical, electronic, and computer engineers who can solve high-tech engineering problems as well aspractical ones. To get accepted into the electrical engineering program of ABEEK, students must take engineeringpreparatory courses and MSC (Mathematics/Sciences/Computer) courses. Major courses provided by the School of Electrical Engineering are composed of basic major courses andadvanced major courses. The basic major courses include Logic Circuit, Digital Engineering, Circuit TheoryI/II, Creative Engineering Design, the Application of Microprocessors, and the Application Laboratory forMicroprocessors. Advanced major courses provide more specific and advanced knowledge in six divisions. In addition, the Seminar in Special Topics and many Design Project courses provide comprehensiveknowledge and the chance to solve practical problems so that students foster their creativity and ability toput a theory into practice.

School of Computer Science The Educational Goal Due to the ubiquity of computers and the remarkable development of communication systems, there is arapidly increasing social need for various kinds of information and its applications. The School of ComputerScience offers the academic and research program for core knowledge needed to understand and to utilizecomputer hardware and software. The School of Computer Science has established an educational systemconforming to the global standard and guaranteeing the competitiveness of the program. Our goal is tonurture IT specialists who can creatively adapt to continuous advancement of technologies with theirinternationally recognized strength in both core knowledge of the field and practical ability.

The Educational Objectives To nurture global leaders in computer science, the School of Computer Science sets the followingobjectives: - Students have a systematic understanding of the layered architecture of the computer system. - Students can apply technologies in various areas. - Students nurture the project management skills for success in the field. - Students have the communication skills needed to be global IT leaders.


ARCHITECTURE

architectural issues and undertake studies in the environment rooted in the tradition of integratingdecorative arts, visual design, industrial design, fashion design, and others. Since its independentestablishment of the School of Architecture in 2001, our goal has been to nurture a new generation ofprofessionals who can envision architecture as a physical coagulation of social systems, arts, tangible andintangible cultural forms, and digital technology. The students who graduated from Kookmin have madeimportant contributions to the architectural culture in Korea by creating the new image of the architect - asa forerunner, cultured individual, and professional designer. Instead of having a narrow view of the architectas an expert only in a practical perspective, the program at Kookmin draws upon diverse attitudes towardsarchitecture and approach to design in order to develop new talents with a comprehensive knowledge ofdesign, history, critical theory and arts.

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Architecture Major The School of Architecture at Kookmin University, the first five-year program established in Korea,specializes in fostering the next generation of architects leading the profession. The school offersindependent curriculum centered on architectural design and planning. As the first school in Korea to offer astudio-oriented system in architectural education, the school has had a unique history of strong affiliationwith the College of Design instead of the College of Engineering. The students explore the diverse field of

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The Department of General Education aims for each student to acquire a solidliberal arts foundation. Students are required to complete Liberal Arts Electivesfrom each of academic fields such as world, science, technology, science, arts &physical education and a well-rounded education.


● The Department of General Education at Kookmin University is designed to help students achieve theintellectual integration they need to confront a variety of challenges in their personal and professional lives.The General Education courses are intended to provide student not only basic skill and understanding inwriting and critical reasoning, but with a broad background in such diverse disciplines as humanities andthe arts, as well as social, natural and applied sciences. In short, the goals of the General Educationprogram are to help students deepen their awareness of the human condition, broaden their intellectualperspectives and develop the tools necessary to pursue their lives up to their fullest potential.

Education GoalsInstrumental Ability Enhancement-Communication skills (Speaking, Writing, Debate, Dialogic Education)-Development·Standardization of curriculum and teaching materials-Diversification of ways to approve credits (Acknowledgement of high-ability learners’ competence)

Character Education-Development of character through historical, social and sensitivity education-Diversification of teaching methods such as practical training, firsthand experience, audio-visual education, case studies, etc.

Intellectual Exploration-Establishment of fields for each subject that complement general education-Subject name with detailed course content-From cramming, theory-driven education to explorative learning specific for each subject-Diversification of teaching methods such as practical training, firsthand experience, audio-visual education, case studies, etc.

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GRADUATE SCHOOL

The Graduate School presently has 37 departments for Master’s Courses, 31 departments for DoctoralCourses, 28 departments for Master’s & Doctoral Courses, and 5 departments for Collaborated Courses. Inconjunction with many research centers and facilities, the graduate schools strive to advance industry-university cooperation. Under this system, many graduate students are sufficiently supported by universityscholarships as well as external scholarships while they complete their academic studies.

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MajorsDepartment of Korean Language and Literature

Korean LinguisticsKorean Literature

Department of English Language and Literature English LanguageEnglish Literature

Department of Chinese Language and Literature Chinese LanguageChinese Literature

Department of Korean History Korean History I Korean History II

Department of Education Educational Administration and Lifelong EducationEducational Psychology and School Counseling and Special EducationHistory and Philosophy of EducationCurriculum and Educational Technology

Department of Public Administration Public AdministrationPublic Policy

Department of Political Science and International Relations

Political Thoughts and TheoriesPolitical Management Comparative PoliticsInternational RelationsNational Security Strategy

Department of Sociology Sociological Theories and Korean SocietyFuture and Information SocietyScience, Technology and EnvironmentCulture and Sports

Department of Communication Journalism and Mass CommunicationsAdvertising

Department of International Area Studies Northeast Asian International Area StudiesRussian Area StudiesChinese Area StudiesJapanese Area Studies

Department of Law North Korean LawLaw

Department of Economics EconomicsGraduate School of International Trade International EconomicsInternational MarketingInternational TradeInsurance and FinanceInternational Strategic ManagementInternational Logistics

Department of International TradeInternational EconomicsInternational MarketingInternational TradeInsurance and FinanceInternational Strategic ManagementInternational Logistics

Department of Business Administration AccountingPersonnel ManagementFinanceMarketingService ManagementGlobal Business Innovation

Department of e-Business e-Business

Department of Mathematics Mathematics

Department of Physics Physics

Department of Chemistry Physical and Analytical ChemistryOrganic ChemistryInorganic ChemistryBiochemistry Nano Chemistry

ACADEMICS - Graduate

Department of Food and NutritionFood and NutritionFood Biotechnology

Department of Advanced Fermentation Fusion Science and Technology

Advanced Fermentation Fusion Science and Technology

Department of Forest Resources Forest Resources

Department of Forest Products and BiotechnologyForest Products and Biotechnology

Department of Forest Science Forest ResourcesForest Products and Biotechnology

Department of Advanced Materials Engineering Advanced Materials Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanics and Design Mechanics and Design

Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringStructural EngineeringGeotechnical EngineeringHydraulic EngineeringEnvironmental Engineering

Department of Electronics Engineering Electronics EngineeringMicrowave Communication Engineering

Department of Computer Science Computer Science

Department of Architecture Architectural DesignArchitectural StructureGraduate School of Ceramics Ceramic Craft

Department of Metalwork and Jewelry Metalwork and Jewelry

Department of Communication Design Communication Design

Department of Space DesignSpace Design

Department of Music VoiceCompositionOrchestral InstrumentPiano Performance

Department of Fine ArtPaintingSculptureArt Theory and Criticism

Department of Performing Arts and MultimediaMusical and Theatre CreationFilmDance ScienceDance Performance

Department of Physical Education Humanities and Social Science in SportsNatural Science in Sports

Department of Cross-Cultural Studies Cultural Study of PoliticsCultural Study of ArtsCultural Socio-psychologyCultural Korean Studies

Department of Nano Science and Technology Nano-materialNano-electronNano-physicsNano-chemistry

Department of Applied Information TechnologyApplied Information Technology

Department of Conservation of Cultural HeritageConservation of Cultural Heritage

Department of Integrative Biomedical Science and Engineering

Biomedical ScienceBiomedical Engineering


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PROFESSIONAL GRADUATE SCHOOLS

Graduate School of Automotive Engineering http://gsaek.kookmin.ac.kr● The Graduate School of Automotive Engineering, established in 1998, aims at training highly competentengineers who possess skills in advanced design, manufacturing, and research & development. Throughsupport by the government’s Brain Korea 21 Project, the school has strengthened the graduate programsubstantially. Future automotive technology will advance very rapidly, focusing on 'Environment-friendly,Intelligent and Human-centered' aspects. In response to this trend, our school educates global engineerswho possess interdisciplinary knowledge.

Graduate School of Techno Design http://ted.kookmin.ac.kr● The Graduate School of Techno Design, supported by the government’s Brain Korea 21 Project, offersvarious programs to enhance students’ professionalism, especially focusing on the practical education ofstudents in order to develop their abilities in designing, planning, and marketing, and in the coordination ofprojects through participation in collaborative research with companies.

Graduate School of Business Information Technology http://bit.kookmin.ac.kr● The Graduate School of Business Information Technology is a pioneer in Business IT education at thegraduate level. The school allows students to tailor their education to suit personal interests and goals. Theschool offers a Doctoral program and a Master’s program in 2 major areas: Business Information Technologyand Trading Systems.

Graduate School of Education http://edu.kookmin.ac.kr ● The Graduate School of Education has been conducting research and improving teaching in theory and inpractice to promote all around education. It has been providing its graduates with leadership skills in orderto make better educators for Korean students.

Graduate School of Sports Industry http://sports.kookmin.ac.kr ● Through the combination of scientific method with sports industry, this graduate school trains sportsindustry professionals with proven leadership skills in the field of sports marketing.

Graduate School of Creative Writing http://bakaktime.kookmin.ac.kr ● The Graduate School of Creative Writing trains talented professionals for the purpose of developing adeeper understanding of the theories and the writing of novels and poetry through research. In addition, creativeactivity takes first priority in practical education within the fields of poetry, prose, and literary criticism.

Graduate School of Information Finance and Legal Affairs http://home.kookmin.ac.kr/~ifl ● The Graduate School of Information Finance and Legal Affairs strives to become the most practicalinstitution specializing in Information Law, Banking Law, Tax Law, and Real Estate Foreclosure Law in arapidly developing information and technological society. Recently, it authored one of the most importantlaws in our society, the law regarding police administration and intelligence security, after the violentterrorist acts against the U.S. occurred on September 11, 2001. It welcomes all candidates who want to bepotential leaders in these specific areas.

Graduate School of Total Arts http://totalart.kookmin.ac.kr● The Graduate School of Total Arts aims at teaching and researching the various ways of expressing artthrough the diverse styles and media available to artists and their audience. There are five areas of study:the Suzuki Method of Teaching Music, the New Form in Visual Arts, the Musical Theatre, the DanceTheatre, and Multi-media Film Production. We equip our students with a wide range of technical skills,aesthetic insights, and a highly professional attitude.

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SPECIALIZED GRADUATESCHOOLS

Graduate School of Business Administration http://gba.kookmin.ac.kr ● The Graduate School of Business Administration provides students with concrete work experience in avariety of related fields, allowing them to broaden their scope or to concentrate on detail. It is anopportunity for self-development, and to master administrative skills in a wide range of business subjects.

Graduate School of Public Administration http://www.gspakookmin.ac.kr ● The educational purpose of the Graduate School of Public Administration is to study and teach the theoryand practice of administration using scientific methods, as well as to facilitate the understanding of publicissues. Its system of education imparts the techniques of communication in order to reach rational solutionsto management problems involving political issues and administrative organizations.

Graduate School of Engineering http://gse.kookmin.ac.kr ● The Graduate School of Engineering (GSE) was established in 1992 to meet the overwhelmingnationwide need for professionals with up-to-date experience and knowledge in engineering. The GSEconsists of 6 academic departments: Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Advanced MaterialsEngineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Automotive Engineering, and Computer Engineering. TheGSE provides practical and in-depth courses that enable students and working professionals to developcompetency in a special area of concentration and to stay abreast of rapid changes in their fields.

Graduate School of Design http://gsd.kookmin.ac.kr● The Graduate School of Design is building the foundation of innovative spirit, which is realized throughintensified thoughtful professionalism, development and expansion of a new professional area, andconvergence between dynamic fields and technologies, as the core value objective of the education toconstruct progressive and innovative programs for the cultivation of design experts.

The Graduate School of Design provides a series of design masters' courses for the purpose of training avariety of highly qualified design experts who can efficiently and aesthetically create designer items for themodern world. As of 2011 the school has a good selection of courses ranging from Product Design,Environmental Design, Transportation & Leisure Product Design, Visual Communication Design, GreenDesign, Photography and Film, Motion Graphics & Animation, Illustration, Jewelry Design, Glass Design,Ceramic Design, Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising, Pattern·Modelism Design, Interior Design,Exhibition Design, and Furniture Design.

Graduate School of Politics and Leadership http://www.gspl.ac.kr ● The Graduate School of Politics and Leadership was established with the purpose of helpingprofessionals better understand domestic and foreign political affairs. This graduate school not only aims tocontribute to the development of a democratic society in an international community, but also attempts toemphasize the education of political leaders who have integrity and expertise in the 21st century.

GLOBALIZATION

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We have established official sisterhood relationships with 244 universities in 41 different countries: witheach of these we exchange students and faculty members, hold academic symposiums, conduct jointresearch, and share information and materials. We support our faculty members’ involvement ininternational academic activities, including research projects, presentations, attendance of symposiums andseminars, and the publishing of research papers in foreign journals.

For our students, we provide opportunities to visit foreign countries to study language and culture,participate in professional training programs, and compete in international competitions. In addition, everystudent is required to take an English course from native speaking lecturers in their freshman year.

We have welcomed visiting professors and students from our sister universities in the fields of internationalstudies, economics, Chinese language and literature, fashion design, ceramic art, visual communicationdesign, music, and performing arts.

● Kookmin University is one of the leading private universities in Korea, with a total of 13 colleges and 13postgraduate schools. Our university’s educational goal is to foster leaders not only for our country but alsofor the world. We do our best to provide students with a global perspective and with opportunities toexperience the world academically, culturally, and professionally.

Chile 1

China 44

Colombia 2

CzechRepublic 1

Denmark 1

Finland 2

France 5

Germany 10

India 6

Indonesia 3

Ireland 3

Italy 2

Japan 19

Kazakhstan 4

Kuwait 1

Kyrgyzstan 1

Malaysia 3

Mexico 1

Mongolia 3

New Zealand 1

Paraguay 1

Peru 1

Russia 13

Saudi Arabia 8

Singapore 3

Spain 2

Sweden 2

Taiwan 4

Thailand 3

Turkey 6

U.K. 9

U.S.A. 41

Uzbekistan 3

Vietnam 9

Network of Sister Universities

Argentina 1

Australia 4

Belarus 3

Belgium 1

Brazil 4

Cambodia 1

Canada 12

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http://iat.kookmin.ac.kr

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION

Duties include:* Supporting international relations between universities* Managing exchange agreement related tasks* Providing consultations regarding studying abroad* Managing international programs

1. Student Exchange programs2. Dual Degree programs3. Study Abroad programs4. Government Invitation Scholarship programs

* Taking care of foreign visiting figures and related protocols* Managing and operating the guest house and dormitory for foreign teachers, students, and visitors* Preparing promotional materials in foreign languages* International related public relations

Contact InformationOffice : Bugak Hall, Room 217Phone : +82-2-910-5832~5837Fax : +82-2-910-5830Business Hours : 9 AM to 5 PM (Mondays ~ Fridays)

IAD is in charge of inviting international and exchange students, running Korean cultural experience programs,conducting international student orientations, and helping international students settle into Kookmin University.The IAD also helps international students with their visas and health insurance.

Every international student is welcome to visit the IAD for useful information and advice. Students can cometo the IAD for a chat with friendly staff members or to get information about the latest events forinternational students.

●When an international student is accepted to Kookmin University, the International Affairs Division (IAD)takes action by issuing a Certificate of Admission and other documents for the student visa application.Besides issuing student documents, the IAD coordinates a number of services for international students. TheIAD is a helpful place where international students should visit often while studying at Kookmin University.

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IIE Korean Language Center Programs ● Korean Language Education was started to help foreign students learn Korean language and culture. TheCenter provides various systematic educational programs to meet the demands of the students.

Short-term Korean Language Program (3 week program) The program is designed for students to learn Korean language and culture intensively in a short timeperiod. There will be a cultural experience class every day.

Intensive Korean Language Program (10 week program, 4 semesters / year) The program is designed to train students intensively in the speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills ofthe Korean language. The course is divided into six levels and each class consists of fifteen students or less.

Undergraduate Program (15 week program) The Undergraduate Program is a Korean language program for foreign students currently enrolled asundergraduate or graduate students at Kookmin University. It is open to credit-earning students.

Student Support Services ● IIE offers diverse Student Support Services including Extra-Curricular Activities, Scholarships, and Auditsto enhance students’ cultural experience and academic success. IIE will do all it can to help students besuccessful academically and socially in Korea.

Extra-Curricular ActivitiesStudents can experience the Korean culture outside the classroom. A teacher will be your guide forsightseeing, industry visits, and the experience of traditional activities.

ScholarshipsStudents have an opportunity to receive scholarships. Many Students can qualify for these scholarships.They include students with fine academic records and students who take on-campus positions such as inWork & Study, translation, etc.

Audit SystemStudents may audit undergraduate classes if their Korean language skills meet the requirement.

Contact InformationOffice : Bugak Hall, Room 203, 204 Phone : Korean Language Center : +82-2-910-5818

Center for International Student Services : +82-2-910-5841~5843Fax : +82-2-910-5810Business Hours : 9 AM to 5 PM (Mondays ~ Fridays)Website : http://iie.kookmin.ac.kr/english

Incorporated and expanded in 2009 to realize the internationalization strategy of KookminUniversity, the Institute of International Education (IIE) contributes substantially to theimprovement of the cultural diversity of Kookmin University by developing variouseducation programs for foreign and local students. IIE consists of the Korean Language Center, which is devoted to teaching the Korean languageto foreigners, the Foreign Language Center, which is devoted to teaching foreign languagessuch as English, Chinese, Japanese, etc., and the Global Education Center, which is devoted tooffering academic and non-academic degree education programs for foreign students.

INSTITUTE ofINTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

http://iie.kookmin.ac.kr

LIFE at KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY

ACCOMODATIONS● The school's dormitories have the finest facilities. The gross area of the dormitories is 7,220.55m2, and the area for eachroom is 22.83m2. There are four buildings, Building A, B, C, and D. These four buildings are composed of 95 rooms, 87 rooms87 rooms, and 75 rooms, respectively. These 344 rooms accommodate 1,376 students. Each is a one-room suite typedormitory with beds, desks, shower stalls, toilets, and a LAN communication network. Besides the residential space ofstudents, there is a large cafeteria, common kitchens, laundry rooms, fitness rooms, and a convenience store in our dormitorycomplex. Several lounges provide students with the most comfortable study space. Kookmin Community Center is an off-campus residential facility for international students only. Each room is equipped with Internet access, beds, desks, chairs,and other necessities.

● The dormitory operating team manages and operates the Guest House for invited figures, exchange professors fromforeign sister schools, persons working in international cooperation with Kookmin University, participants in internationalscience councils or seminars hosted by Kookmin University, visiting professors, and temporary foreign instructors. There are atotal of 33 guest rooms available in the old Guest House (Building A) and the new Guest House (Building B). They range from20 to 69m2. Each room has basic facilities for daily living, a cooking space, and all kinds of electronic products including atelevision and a computer with a LAN communication network. The rental fee depends on the room size. There is a laundryroom and a lounge area for tenants on the basement floor.

ACTIVITIES & EVENTS● We organize diverse events and meetings for international families. At the beginning of each semester, there is anorientation session for undergraduate and graduate exchange students. It serves as a good opportunity for internationalstudents to get accustomed to their new lives at KMU. Two other events are organized annually. One is called a BBQ party,and is held during the spring semester and the other is the athletic meeting held during the fall semester. In addition, diverseinterchange programs are arranged by each department to support mixing with local students.

Club ActivitiesKookmin University has about 70 clubs and they can be roughly classified as academic, religious, athletic, event, andperformance clubs. Every club performs P.R. activities at the beginning of each term for the freshmen and the rest of thestudent body.

Creativity & Fun Kookmin University has a variety of outlets for artistic activities such as exhibitions of art and design and performances of music,dance, and drama. There are also presentations of movies made by the students majoring in cinema or other majors. This year theCollege of Art opened the Kookmin Art Center, which has a gallery, a film studio, two theatres, and three dance studios. There arealso a concert hall for music and various other facilities for performances and exhibitions throughout the campus.

Student FestivalThe General Students Association holds a big festival called Daedongje every May at Kookmin University. During the festivalperiod, students participate in club introduction ceremonies, exhibitions, singing contests, dance competitions, and more.These events are arranged by individual clubs to promote themselves so that students can have a good time and be exposedto different aspects of campus life.

GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS● Kookmin University secures 60 types of scholarships from inside and outside our school and offers them to students toencourage scientific accomplishments and to ease the financial burden of furthering their studies. Many students qualify forthese scholarships. Students with fine academic records, students suffering from financial difficulties, students from familieswith war dead, and students who actively volunteer in the community, may all apply to be awarded scholarships. Currently,30% of the students at Kookmin University reap scholarship benefits. An international scholarship is awarded to exchangestudents from foreign sister schools to study at Kookmin University. As it is a working scholarship, it is paid to students whoperform certain duties given by their departments. These include being a teaching assistant in language courses andmanaging faculty web pages using their home language skills. Also, for degree-seeking international students, tuitionwaivers (100%, 70%, 50%, and 30% off) are granted according to the students’ GPAs.

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STUDENT LIFE

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STUDENT LIFE

EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES

MYOUNGWON FOLK HOUSE● Myoungwon Folk House is affiliated with Kookmin University and has been designated as Seoul FolkloreNational Treasure No.7. Originally, this house was the residence of Han, Gyu Seol, who was the Mayor ofSeoul and the Minister of Political Affairs during the late Joseon dynasty. In 1980, on the verge ofdemolition due to the urban redevelopment of central Seoul, it was donated by the family of the formerowner, Park, Joon Hyuk, to the late Myoungwon Kim, Mee Hee, and then reconstructed at the present siteadjacent to Kookmin University. The spatial hierarchy of the various courts shows the structure of living spaces for the upper class. Thishouse is being utilized as a space for the education and experience of traditional Korean culture. Itespecially focuses on teaching the traditional Korean tea ceremony.

UIT DESIGN SOLUTION CENTER● The Ubiquitous Design Solution Center aims to produce designers trained for an environment thattranscends the limits of time and space by supplying design solutions. This center makes every effort todevelop UIT design education and increase applied research to achieve this purpose. In addition, it performsUIT design solutions, machine and material operation education, encourages education to supportbusinesses, and concentrates on promising design-focused industry. The UIT Design Solution Center promotes design development. It holds a contest to promote design-solutioncentered business. The center will increase cooperation with small and medium businesses to find UITsolutions using improved design technology.

WELLNESS CENTER● The Wellness Center supplies customized exercise programs to improve the physical strength and healthof visitors. After a check-up of the individual's physical strength and nutrition, and an exercise consultation,visitors have the option to take health improvement classes, obesity classes, silver classes (for seniorcitizens) and/or physical strength improvement classes suited to their needs. Employees at the WellnessCenter have extensive training and a great deal of background experience in supplying proper advice andspecialized exercise regimes.

SUNGKOK LIBRARY http://libweb.kookmin.ac.kr ● Sungkok Library was founded as a book department with the opening of Kookmin University in December1946. The book department gradually grew into a library and moved to its current location in theJeongneung-dong building in 1971. The library continued to expand and improve facilities, and a newbuilding was built with the support of the Ssangyong Corporation, and was named after its founder Mr.Kim,Sung Gon, also known as Sungkok. The library has a huge database and has 1 million books, multimedia data, 1,100 kinds of internal andexternal scholarly journals, 40,000 kinds of foreign online journals (70 DBs), 2,700 kinds of local onlinejournals, 30,000 kinds of e-Books, and 2,700 seats in cubicles. It greatly contributes to the academicatmosphere of Kookmin University.

THE DESIGN LIBRARY http://libweb.kookmin.ac.kr/design ● The Design Library of Kookmin University is the first subject-focused library among local universities. Itspurpose is to promote connected activity between various creative outlets and to contribute to research in thefield of design. The Library has over 57,000 internal and external separate volumes, and 220 journals andreference books concerned with design. Furthermore, it supports original searches by using internal andexternal electronic journals and a research database. It helps students with editing by supplying digitalcameras, color copiers, color printers, scanners, and a close-up table. In addition, it shares information withother colleges and related industries to provide undergraduate students, graduate students, and all users, withdesign-related information.

THE LAW LIBRARY● The Law Library of Kookmin University was founded on May 28th, 2007 and houses resources for thestudy of Law. It is located on the 1st basement of the College of Law Building. The size of the library is604.7m2. The library has 82 academic magazines, and 64,000 books and theses. It has PCs for retrievingoriginal data from the National Assembly Library, scanners, printers, copying machines, and variousfacilities to advance academic accomplishments. It is continually updated with electronic journals, newdatabases and new IT. In the future, it will continue to function as an academic information integrationcenter, and thereby help achieve university goals.

KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY MUSEUM http://museum.kookmin.ac.kr ● Kookmin University Museum is a general education place for history and cultural knowledge. Themuseum has special items of universal flavor. It holds various programs to promote the local culture. Thereis a Prehistory Room, an Ancient Room, a Goryeo Room, a Joseon Room, a Buddhist Art Room, a CurrencyRoom, a Folk Room, a Pictures and Writings Room, a Rock Art Room, and ancient Seolchon documents todisplay relics and historical information. In particular, the museum has unique ancient documents and rockart, which are highly valued. Articles and relics on exhibit are shot by digital camera and downloaded to adatabase so that they can be seen on the museum homepage.

CAMPUS INFORMATION

Audio / Video Library

ATM

Beauty Shop

Book Store

Bank

Campus Clinic

Computer Labs

Computer Shop

FUTURE CAMPUSKookmin University has established a ubiquitous campus and now students

can join classes away from school.

GREEN CAMPUSSurrounded by the Bukhansan National Park, you can enjoy the clean andbeautiful campus. Enliven your spirits and renew yourself! Discover thechallenges of your youth at Kookmin University.

CULTURE CAMPUSSeoul, Korea's center of economy and culture for over six centuries hasmany must-see attractions. Don't miss the opportunity to experience thereal Korean culture while you are in Seoul. Famous attractions such asGyeongbokgung Palace, Daehangno, and Insadong are close to ouruniversity campus.

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Sungkok Library College ofEngineering

Student Union Building 7 College ofArts

Dormitory Guest House Gymnasium MyoungwonFolk House

College ofSciences

Hyungsul Hall College ofLaw

Administration Hall College ofDesign

Bugak Hall International Hall A

International Hall B

College ofEconomics and Business

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● Subway Line No.4 (Blue) Get off at Gireum Subway Station and take City Buses to KMU at Exit No.3

● Subway Line No.3 (Orange)Get off at Gyeoungbokgung Subway Station and take City Buses (No. 1020, 1711) to KMU at Exit No.3

● Subway Line No.5 (Purple)Get off at Gwanghwamun Subway Station and take City Buses (No. 1020, 1711) at Exit No.2

Address Kookmin University77 Jeongneung-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea (136-702)

Phone +82-2-910-5836~5837Fax +82-2-910-5830Website http://english.kookmin.ac.kr

http://iaten.kookmin.ac.krhttp://iie.kookmin.ac.kr/english

HOW to GET to KMU

● City BusesNo. 110, 153, 171, 1020, 1166, 1213, 1711, 7211

● International (Incheon) / Domestic (Gimpo) AirportUse Airport Limousine Bus to Gireum Subway Station or Jeongneung stop and then take City Buses to KMU.

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