Address: 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju, Gyeongnam 52828, South Korea
Engineering;Agriculture;Life Sciences
Gyeongsang National University, abbreviated GNU, is a national university in Jinju, in South Gyeongsang Province, with its main Gajwa campus in the city. It was founded in 1948 as Jinju Agricultural College, a provincial institution.
It is counted among the flagship Korean national universities. Its Jinju presence is split between the Gajwa campus and the Chilam campus, which is home to the College of Medicine and nursing.
Beyond Jinju, the university has a campus in Tongyeong and the Changwon Industry-Academic Campus in the Uichang district of Changwon.
Domains taught:
Agriculture, Engineering, Life Sciences
Diplomas*:
Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
Public
Partnerships:
Collaborations in agriculture and engineering with regional institutions
Research:
Research in agriculture, environmental science, and engineering
Pusan National University, in Geumjeong-gu, Busan, lists engineering, life sciences and materials, a national university with a comparable engineering and life-science profile.
Kyungpook National University in Daegu lists engineering, mechanical engineering and life sciences among its specialties.
Yeungnam University in Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, lists engineering, life sciences and mechanical engineering.
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology in Daegu is research-oriented, listing robotics, AI and machine learning and engineering.
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in Ulsan lists materials, engineering and nanotechnologies in the south-east of the country.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
Hainan University in China lists tropical agriculture, marine sciences and engineering, close to the farm-and-sea mix found around Jinju and Tongyeong.
Oregon State University in the United States, in Corvallis, lists forestry, oceanography and agricultural sciences.
Nagasaki University in Japan lists fisheries science and marine engineering together with environmental science, a link to the Tongyeong marine tradition.
University of Gdańsk in Poland lists oceanography and marine biology, biotechnology and chemistry.
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel in Germany lists marine sciences, nanoscience and materials science, and life sciences.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
FAQ
Where is Gyeongsang National University located?
Its main Gajwa campus is in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province. Further campuses lie in Tongyeong and Changwon.
How did the university begin?
It was founded in 1948 as Jinju Agricultural College, a provincial institution, in Jinju.
What type of university is it?
It is a national university, listed as one of the flagship Korean national universities.
Where are medicine and nursing taught?
The Chilam campus in Jinju is the home of the College of Medicine and of nursing.
What is the Changwon campus for?
It is the Changwon Industry-Academic Campus in the Uichang district of Changwon. It is separate from the two Jinju campuses and the Tongyeong campus.
Is the university part of a national group?
Wikipedia lists it among ten flagship Korean national universities, and the QS profile also describes it as a national flagship institution.
Agriculture, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Impact, Environmental Technologies, Research and Development, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Product Design
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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