Chungnam National University
| 충남대학교 | |
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| Type | National university |
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| Established | 1952 |
| President | Song Yong-ho, Ph.D |
| Address |
220 Gung-dong, Yuseong-gu, 300-764 Daejeon, Daejeon, South Korea 
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| Campus | Urban (Daejeon Campus) |
| Website | www.cnu.ac.kr [1] |
| Chungnam National University | |
| Hangul | 충남대학교 |
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| Hanja | 忠南大學校 |
| Revised Romanization | Chungnam Daehakgyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ungnam Taehakkyo |
Chungnam National University (CNU) is a public university in Daejeon, South Korea. It is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities.
Chungnam National University motto is "Creativity, Development, and Service to the community". Situated in the central region of the Korean peninsula, CNU is located near the Daedeok R&D Special District, the Multifunctional Administrative City, the Daejeon Government Complex, and the Headquarters of the Korean Army, Air Force, and Navy.
The College of Humanities offers programs in linguistic, literary, cultural, and human science fields.
The college was established on March 1, 1990, as a separate division from the College of Humanities and College of Law. The main aim of the college is to provide students with academic, scientific, and professional knowledge in the fields of social sciences. The College of Social Sciences consists of eight departments.
The College of Natural Sciences aims at enabling students to acquire broad general education in the natural sciences and, its policy of emphasizing basic sciences encourages students and professors to exchange knowledge and research in conjunction with the adjacent Daedeok Research Complex.
The College of Economics and Management aims to produce scholars who can contribute to economic planning and business administration in the industrial corporations of the country. The college holds seminars and special lectures and runs a computer center for the students so that they can get theories and do advanced research in economics and management.
The College of Engineering, which boasts the longest history and the largest number of departments is one of the representative colleges of Chungnam National University. Adjacent to Daedeok Science Town, the birthplace of science and technology in Korea, CNU is able to maintain a close relationship with the research centers within the Science Town.
The faculty contributes to the development of industry in Korea through cooperating with the research centers run by private companies and governmental branches.
In 1994, the college was designated a State Policy College of Engineering. In 1999 it received designation as a college supported by the government-sponsored BK 21 project, and was awarded government funds to improve the environment of education and research. In the process, it created the foundation which leads to the famous College of Engineering.
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences was started in 1952. It consists of botanical resource division, zoological resource division, environmental forestry resource division, applied biological chemical food division, bioresources engineering division, and agricultural economy division.
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