Korea National University of Transportation
The Korea National University of Transportation is a public, national university in Chungju City, North Chungcheong province and Uiwang City, Gyeonggi province, South Korea. The university was created in 2012 by merging Chungju National University and Korea National Railroad College. Chungju National University was established in 1962 in Chungju, which is one of the public Universities that established after independence. Korea National University is the only public university specialized and focused their education and research on transportation and communication on top of Engineering and Technology. After merging with Korea National Railroad College, it has 3 campuses across Korea; main campus in Chungju, biotechnology and nursing campus in Jeongpeung and transportation and communication campus in Uiwang. It enrolls about 200 graduate and 8,000 undergraduate students, and employs about 332 professors.
the president of this university is Yoon Seong-Joe.
History
The school opened in 1962 as Chungju Technical Junior College, a two-year school. It became Chungju Technical College, offering a five-year program, in 1965, and was nationalized in 1971. However, it was returned to the status of a two-year junior college in 1974. It was moved to its present-day location in 1982. Eleven years later in 1993, it became a four-year university, Chungju National University of Industry. In March 2006 it merged Cheongju National College of Science and Technology.Academics
The university's undergraduate and graduate offerings are provided through its six colleges:College of Convergence Technology (융합기술대학)
- School of Mechanical, Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering
- School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
- School of Computer
- Department of AI Robot Engineering
- Department of Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering (공과대학)
- Division of Civil, Environmental & Urban-Transportation Engineering
- School of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- School of Industrial Management and Safety Engineering
- School of Architecture
- Department of Design
College of Humanities & Social Sciences (인문사회대학)
- School of Global Language & Literature
- School of Business, Trade & Social Welfare
- Division of Public Administration
- Department of music
- Department of Sports
- Department of Airline service
- Department of Aeronautical Science & Flight Operation
- Department of Early Childhood Education
- Department of Media & Contents
College of Health and life Sciences (보건생명대학)
- Department of Nursing
- Division of Food Science & Biotechnology
- Department of Physical Therapy
- Department of Emergency Medical Service
- Department of Early Childhood Special Education
- Division of IT Application Convergence
College of Future Convergence (미래융합대학)
- Department of Smart Electrical Energy Engineering
- Department of Civil and Environmental Convergence Engineering
- Department of Safety Convergence Engineering
- Department of Sport Welfare
- Department of SMART Railway and Transportation Engineering
- Department of Welfare and Management
College of Railroad Sciences (철도대학)
This college is located in Uiwang and the entire campus is classified as one college. Additionally, it is the only one of the three campuses of KNUT that is located in the metropolitan area.- School of Railroad Engineering
- Department of Railroad Management and Logistics
- Department of AI Data Engineering
- School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- School of Liberal Studies
- Division of Creative Convergence