- Kyungsung University
Infobox Korean name
hangul=경성대학교
hanja=慶星大學校
rr=Gyeongseong Daehakgyo
mr=Kyŏngsŏng TaehakkyoKyungsung University is a
private university inBusan ,South Korea . It is situated in the district of Nam-gu, southwest of the famous Haeundae beach. The campus is located near Kyungsung University-Pukyong National University Station on Line 2.Starting from
2002 , the university has held a regional conference between South Korea and China aboutSustainable development of the Northeast Asia region.The Kyungsung University Museum has been involved in the excavation of important regional archaeological sites. In the 1990s the university museum was responsible for excavating the Daeseong-dong site, a protohistoric cemetery
Gimhae with high-status burials from theProto-Three Kingdoms Period .Trivia
* The Korean pronunciation of the university is exactly the same as the previous
Keijo Imperial University , which becameSeoul National University after Korea became independent in 1948. TheHanja , or Chinese character, renditions of the two names are, however, different, Keijo Imperial University having been rendered in Hanja as 京城大學校. The two universities do not have any relationship.External links
* [http://ks.ac.kr Korean version of University's website]
* [http://ks.ac.kr/enghome/ English version of University's website]
* [http://digital.ks.ac.kr/ DIGITAL KYUNGSUNG (Kyungsung Univ. Online Newspaper)]
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