Type National (Public) President Nam-Chul Cho, Ph.D. Students 173,758 (2011) Total enrollment 142,332 (1 Apr 2014) Color Blue Undergraduates 172,693 | Established 1972 Academic staff 150 (2011) Postgraduates 1,078 (2011) Phone +82 1577-9995 Founded 9 March 1972 | |
Address 86 Daehak-ro, Ihwa-dong, Jongno-gu, 서울특별시 South Korea Undergraduate tuition and fees Local tuition: 709,600 KRW (2009) Notable alumni Huh Kyung‑young, Shim Eun‑ha, Choi Soo‑jong, Tae Jin‑ah, Kim Heung‑Gook Similar Seoul Cyber University, Kookmin University, Korea National Sport Uni, Dongguk University, Gyeongsang National University | ||
2012 korea national open university promotional video
Korea National Open University (KNOU,Korean: 한국방송통신대학교) is a national university of South Korea, which provides distance learning programs in Korean for more than 180,000 students. It was established in 1972 as a branch faculty of Seoul National University, with 2-year junior college courses. In 1982, KNOU was separated from SNU and established as a national university, launching programs for 4-year undergraduate degrees. As of 2009, the university has 46 offices and regional learning centres nationwide, and domestic cable television channel (OUN) for broadcasting lectures. It provides accredited bachelor's and master's degree for various fields, as well as non-degree qualifications such as diplomas and certificates, or life-long learning units.
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- 2012 korea national open university promotional video
- Korea national open university top 5 facts
- History
- Education
- Campus
- References
With more than 180,000 students enrolled, including 700 postgraduate students, KNOU is the first distance and lifelong educational institution of South Korea, and the largest educational institution in the country by enrollment. Since its foundation, more than 500,000 students have been enrolled, and 350,000 students graduated from the university.
Korea national open university top 5 facts
History
KNOU was founded in 1972 as a branch of Seoul National University. It began by offering a two-year junior college program to 12,000 students and now has over 200,000 full-time, degree-seeking students for four-year university programs and some part-time students for non-degree, lifelong education programs. It also offers online graduate programs for several major areas.
Education
The university includes four colleges:
It also includes seventeen graduate schools:
Campus
The university has campuses in every major city of South Korea. Cities which have KNOU campuses include: Seoul, Daejeon-Chungnam, Busan, Daegu-Gyeongbuk, Incheon, Gwangju-Jeonnam, Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Jeonbuk, Chungbuk, Gyeongnam, Ulsan, Jeju.