Kookmin University
| 국민대학교 | |
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| Motto | 이교위가 (以校爲家) |
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Motto in English
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C3 (Change, Chance, Challenge) |
| Type | Private |
| Established | September, 1946 |
| Chairman | Chaegyeom Kim |
| President | Jisoo Yu |
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Academic staff
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1,702 (2014) |
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Administrative staff
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463 (2014) |
| Undergraduates | 15,493 (2014) |
| Postgraduates | 2,731 (2014) |
| Location |
Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea 
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| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Two Dragons |
| Website |
english.kookmin.ac.kr (English) www.kookmin.ac.kr (Korean) |
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| Kookmin University | |
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| Revised Romanization | Gukmin Daehakgyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kukmin Taehakkyo |
Kookmin University (hangul:국민대학교, hanja:國民大學校) is the first national private university located in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea after the liberation of the Republic of Korea from Japan. Kookmin University was established in 1946. After South Korea was liberated from Japan, Gu kim, Soang Jo and Ikhee Shin who are the members of the cabinet in a provisional government had agreed to cultivate a great leader among the Republic of Korea in perspective, which soon became the banner of the Kookmin University. Ikhee Shin who is one of the key figures of establishment for the Kookmin University was inaugurated as the first president of the University. Kookmin University is owned by the SsangYong Group, which bought the university in 1959.
Kookmin University has an academic family of 22,000 students, about 800 faculty members and 350 administrative staff. Since its establishment in 1946, approximately 60,000 students have graduated.
Kookmin University includes the College of Humanities, the College of Engineering and 12 other colleges. The university includes a Graduate school which consists of three Professional Graduate Schools and ten Special Graduate Schools.
Kookmin teaches in the fields of Design, Architecture, Automotive Engineering, Techno-Design, Social Science and other academic disciplines.
The College of Design held the first rank in three fields and the second rank in two fields among a total of five fields as a result of a nationwide assessment in 2007 in South Korea. The college has been ranked among the top three departments in Korea with Seoul National University and Hongik University.
Kookmin University's Graduate School of Techno Design, which was established with the view of nurturing "design human capability of world level", has been selected for the BK (Brain Korea) 21 project. The Techno Design School's interdisciplinary connection and expertise in educational-industrial cooperation is expected to create synergy with the "UIT design".
In the Joongangilbo University Ranking 2011, the School of Economics achieved third in Korea.
Kookmin University was established by the cabinet members of the Shanghai Provisional Government while the Korean government was in exile under the Japanese occupation. Ikhee "Haikong" Shin became the first president of the university. He went on to serve the country as the first House Speaker of the National Assembly.
In 1959 Sunggon "Sungkok" Kim, the founder of the SsangYong Group, took over the foundation.
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