Chonnam National University
Chonnam National University is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities located in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province, South Korea. In March 2006, Yeosu National University merged with Chonnam National University to become a satellite campus. CNU ranked the 10th nationwide and the 420th worldwide in world university rankings in the CWUR. It was also the 1st among the nine Korean national flagship universities in "Asia's Top 75 Most Innovative Universities" in 2017 Reuters.
Chonnam National University was established on January 1, 1952, from the merger of five universities in South Jeolla Province. A second merger with Yosu National University in 2006 created the separate Yosu Campus of CNU.
In 1980, members of the university's student body played a key role in instigating the Gwangju Uprising.
Academics
Colleges
- College of Artificial Intelligence Convergence
- College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
- College of Arts
- College of Business Administration
- College of Education
- College of Engineering
- College of Human Ecology
- College of Humanities
- College of Law
- College of Medicine
- College of Natural Sciences
- College of Nursing
- College of Pharmacy
- College of Social Sciences
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- College of Culture & Social Sciences
- College of Engineering Sciences
- College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences
- Division of Biological Sciences and Technology
- Division of Self-designed Interdisciplinary Studies
- Bachelor-master's degree program for School of Dentistry
Graduate programs
- Graduate School
- Graduate School of Business
- Graduate School of Culture
- School of Dentistry
- Law School
- Medical School
- Graduate School of Education
- Graduate School of Industry and Technology
- Graduate School of Public Administration
- Graduate School of Educational & Industrial Cooperation
- Graduate School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences
Notable alumni
Politics and Government
- Kim Dae-jung, Former President of South Korea and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- Woo Won-shik, Speaker of the National Assembly
- Chung Ui-hwa, Former Speaker of the National Assembly
- Lim Chae-jung, Former Speaker of the National Assembly
- Lee Yong-seop, Former Mayor of Gwangju
- Chan Sarun, Former Minister of Agriculture of Cambodia
- Jeong Si-chae, Former Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
- Park Chan-ju, Former Minister of Government Legislation
- Lee Gae-ho, Member of the National Assembly
- Shin Jeong-hoon, Member of the National Assembly
Business
- Kim Woo-choong, Founder and Chairman of Daewoo Group
- Park Jeong-koo, Former Chairman of Kumho Asiana Group
- Park Sam-koo, Former Chairman of Kumho Asiana Group
- Choi Hyun-man, Chairman of Mirae Asset Securities
- Lee Sang-yoon, Vice President of LG Electronics
Law, arts and others
- Park Jae-seung, Former President of the Korean Bar Association
- Im Kwon-taek, Film Director