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University of Ulsan

University of Ulsan
울산대학교
University of Ulsan Seal.jpg
Type Private
Established March 16, 1970
President Yeon Cheon OH
Academic staff
1,016
Students 20,798
Undergraduates 13,587
Location Ulsan, South Korea
Website ulsan.ac.kr
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University of Ulsan
Hangul 울산대학교
Hanja
Revised Romanization Ulsan Daehakgyo
McCune–Reischauer Ulsan Daehakkyo

The University of Ulsan (Hangul울산대학교) (UOU) was founded on February 19, 1969 as the Ulsan Institute of Technology. The University was promoted to a full-fledged University on March 1, 1985. The university is located in Mugeo-dong, Ulsan, South Korea. The University currently has approximately 10,500 students enrolled.

The city of Ulsan has been recognized as the Korean city which was built around the corporate base of the multinational Hyundai conglomerate. Thus, the Hyundai Conglomerate announced its plan to give 40 billion won to assist a variety of university-industry cooperation projects.

This corporate relationship has helped turn the University into one of South Korea's top rated institutions for graduate job placement, as well as increasing its reputation more broadly as one of the top private universities outside of Seoul.

Even though it started as Ulsan Institute of Technology, University of Ulsan today offers programs in broad area through 12 colleges. There are 6 different graduate schools including the general Graduate School which offers Master's degrees in 29 different disciplines and Doctorate degrees in 19 different areas of study. In 2007, 12,614 undergraduate students and 1,637 graduate students are enrolled in the university.

Colleges(Undergraduate)

Graduate Schools

A majority of colleges at the University of Ulsan have individual research institutes. The aim of these institutes is to promote research into various academic fields and to publish relevant findings resulting from these investigations. The research institutes provide a link for cooperation between the university, the industry, and the private and public sectors. The University of Ulsan has 15 research institutes.

Coordinates: 35°32′33.98″N 129°15′24.21″E / 35.5427722°N 129.2567250°E / 35.5427722; 129.2567250


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