- Kangnam University
Infobox University
name = Kangnam University
motto = Worship of God and Love for One's neighbors
established =1946
type = Private
president = Yun Shin-il
city =Yongin
province =Gyeonggi-do
country =South Korea
color =blue
mascot = white sheep
flower =lily
campus = Urban
website = http://www.kangnam.ac.krInfobox Korean name
hangul = 강남대학교
hanja = 江南大學校
rr = Gangnam Daehakgyo
mr = Kangnam TaehakkyoKangnam University is a private Christian university located in
Yongin ,South Korea . Founded July 1, 1946 by Reverend Yi Ho-bin as the Choong-ang Theology Institute, the school initially met at a lecture hall in the local Seoul YMCA inSeoul ,South Korea . The institution eventually moved in 1967 to Jangsa-dong in Seoul and then to the Daechi-dong,Gangnam-gu of Seoul in 1974. In 1976, the school was renamed the Kangnam Social Welfare School; the name, which the university kept to this day, comes from the city ward it was located in at the time. In 1980, the school left Seoul and moved to its present location in Yongin,Gyeonggi-do , South Korea. Kangnam received its university accreditation in 1992. Soon, a lightrail will stop close to this university.ee also
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List of Korea-related topics
*List of colleges and universities in South Korea
*Education in South Korea
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