Kangwon National University

Kangwon National University:

• Founded in 1947, 70 years of history
• One of 10 core Korean national universities in Korea
• KNU has number 1 employment rate among the core national universities in Korea
• One hour away from the capital city Seoul
• 38,000 enrolled students, about 1,600 faculties and staffs KNU has one of the largest numbers of enrolled students among universities in Korea
• One of the largest dormitory capacities in Korea (can accommodate over 4,600 students).
• Based on our founding spirit of Sil-Sa-Gu-Si (Inquirer Veritatem Ex Praxe), a proverb meaning “seek for the truth from reality,“ we have established the goal of undergraduate education as developing individuals who possess Sil-Sa-Gu-Si style creative and cooperative minds and will realize individual self-realization as well as progress in their communities.