Kyung Hee University

Kyung Hee University originated in 1949 as Sin Heung Junior College, a 2-year college. Amid the financial crisis of the Korean War, Young Seek Choue bought the struggling school in 1951 and had it accredited as a 4-year undergraduate college in 1952. In 1954, the graduate school was established. The college was renamed Kyung Hee University in 1960.[6]

The university hosted the 1968 conference of the International Association of University Presidents,[13] first proposed in 1981 the UN International Day of Peace,[14] organized the 1999 Seoul International Conference of NGOs,[15] held the 2009 World Civic Forum,[16] ran the 2011 UNAI-Kyung Hee International Symposium,[14] and has spearheaded the Global Common Society movement.[17][18]

In 1993 Kyung Hee received the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education.[19][20]:p. 53 In 2006, Kyung Hee and the University of Pennsylvania initiated the Penn-Kyung Hee Collaborative Summer Program[21]:p. 458[22] and two years later a formal Global Collaborative with Peking, Ritsumeikan, and Moscow State universities; the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs; and the Conference of NGOs (CoNGO).