Chungbuk National University is located in Cheongju and takes its name from the common abbreviated form of Chungcheongbuk-do. It enrolls about 18,000 students at the undergraduate level, and another 2,000 in post-graduate programs. Undergraduate courses are provided through thirteen colleges: Humanities, Social Science, Natural Science, Commerce and Business Administration, Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Agriculture, Law, Education, Home Economics, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, and Medicine.
The current president is Shin Bang-woong (신방웅).
[edit] History
The school first opened its doors as "Cheongju Junior Agricultural College" (청주초급농과대학) in 1951. At the time, it was operated by the provincial government of North Chungcheong. It became a four-year college in 1953, and was renamed simply Chungbuk Provincial College in 1956. In 1962, the national government merged it with Chungnam National University to create the short-lived Chungcheong National University. The two institutions were separated once again in 1963, but Chungbuk College remained under national control. A graduate school was established in 1968. On December 31, 1977, the college was renamed Chungbuk National University.
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The university maintains exchange relationships with 15 institutions in seven countries: Uzbekistan (Tashkent Nizami Pedagogical University); Poland (Warsaw University); Canada (University of Victoria); China (Manjing Normal University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, and the Chinese Academy of Social Science); Japan (Ibaraki University); the United Kingdom (University of Reading, University of Glasgow, University of Wales); and the United States (University of Maine, Colorado State University, St. John's University, Rutgers University, and Washington State University).
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