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Myongji University 
Myongji University SymbolKorean name Hangul 명지대학교 Hanja 明知大學校 Revised Romanization Myeongji Daehakgyo McCune–Reischauer Myŏngji Taehakkyo Myongji University was founded in 1948 and is located in South Korea. It provides higher education in the fields of engineering, sciences and humanities. It has two campuses; one in downtown Seoul, and the other in Yongin, 35km south of Seoul. It is made up of 6 colleges, entailing 34 departments and divisions, a graduate school, and 8 specialized postgraduate programs.
School Symbol
The leafed tree symbolizes the founding spirit of the Myong Ji Educational Foundation to imbue the students with the Christian faith, so that they may become devoted and capable leaders who can contribute to the advancement of our culture and national prosperity and ultimately to the realization of world peace.
School Mascot
The white stallion is a symbol of loyalty, courage, obedience, and purity. It is also a reference to the equestrian origins of the Korean people. The School Mascot is, therefore, a representation of the profound hope that Myongjians, like the White Stallion, will also be steeped in such virtues as loyalty, courage, obedience, and purity, as they gallop into the world for the realization of God's kingdom here on earth.
Graduate School
- Humanities & Social Sciences
- Engineering
- Arts & Physical Education
- Natural Science
Special Graduate School
- Graduate School of Education
- Graduate School of Archival Sciences
- Graduate School of Social Education
- Graduate School of Social Welfare
- Graduate School of Industrial Technology
- Graduate School of Distribution & Logistics
- Graduate School of Business and Economics in Information
- Graduate School of Investment Information
Myongji International Graduate School
Myongji International Graduate school
The programs are offered in the English Language.
Engineering Design and Management (specialization in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Computer Engineering and Software)
Intercultural Studies.
Admission
Application are invited for both undergraduate and graduate program twice a year. For Fall semester starting in end of August applications are opened from October 1 to November 30. For spring semester starting in end of February applications are opened from April 1 to May 31.
Myongji University and Pakistan
Myongji University is working with the Government of Korea to establish a University (Pakistan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, PAIST) in Peshawar, Pakistan.
The Pakistan government's project for PAIST which will be set up by the Korean university is believed to result from their experience with Chung Kun-mo, president of the university, who was the former vice-president of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, the predecessor of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Six universities including Myongji are expected to operate PAIST over the next 10 years following its establishment. The partnership universities will be involved in such projects as selecting likely curricula, designing school buildings and dispatching faculty members from their own countries. The school said that about 500 students would be recruited by every institute in the six cities. The school is considering forming a consortium with other universities in Korea to conduct the project. The project will be a large-scale project as a Korean university operating in Pakistan.
Under the MOU signed between the Myongji University and Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan, University has given admission to Pakistani student in MS (Master of Science) Engineering Course. Korean language and Korean Economics courses and many culture exchange programmes are also being introduced for Pakistani students. Students will be offered internship in Korean Companies after completion of the MS degree. Courses are taught in English.
Korea-Pakistan Friendship Association
Korea and Pakistan on 2007-April-12 inaugurated a new friendship association in Seoul to promote closer economic, cultural and academic ties between the two countries.
The association will be based in Myongji University, and will be run and administered by Koreans. Oh Jae-hi, the first Korean ambassador to Pakistan (1983 to 1984), was named chairman.
The association plans to hold exhibitions and seminars, as well as conferences and seminars. It will also publish newsletters so that members can learn more about Pakistan and businesses will be better informed about opportunities there.
Members of the association include former Korean diplomats, Korean and Pakistani businessmen and professors.
Members of the Korea Mountaineer Association will also be part of the organization, as Pakistan boasts K-2, the second highest mountain in the world.
Pakistan provided generous financial aid during the 1950-53 Korean War, and Mahbub ul Haq, a Pakistani economist working at the World Bank, guided Korea’s five-year economic plan at the time.
Due to the international political climate, official diplomatic relations were not normalized until 1983. Since then, however, the two countries have enjoyed rapid progress in cultural, economic and political exchanges.
Today, Korea and Pakistan have about 26 bilateral agreements in science and technology, commercial investment and culture. There are currently about 200 Pakistani students studying at Korea’s top universities.
Korea, Pakistan Strengthen Ties, Empas News
Baduk studies
"Korea's baduk education may even continue at the university level. Myongji University in Seoul is currently the only academic institution in the world with a baduk department."
The Department of Baduk Studies was established in 1997, for the first time in world history, to pursue an academic study of baduk. The Department of Baduk Studies has been set up with the following aims:
1) To promote students Baduk strength above the 5 dan level
2) To acquire a deeper knowledge of life from Baduk culture
3) To develop and educate the leaders in the field of Baduk
4) To teach necessary foreign languages to those who can introduce Baduk culture to the world
The Department teaches Baduk theory and technique systematically, researches Baduk culture in depth, and acquires wide and various knowledge related to Baduk. The graduates will make proper Baduk leaders in Korea and also in foreign countries.
The area of the Baduk Studies is divided into the nature of Baduk, technical theory, practical matches, related fields, Baduk education, and professional administration, to name a few.
History of the Department, 1997: Baduk Instruction Studies was established in the College of Arts and Physical Education as a course, 1998: Promoted as an independent Department in the College of Arts and Physical Science, 1999: Enrollment quota was increased to 30, 2000: The first Bachelor of Art in Baduk Studies appeared, 2001: Graduate School of Baduk Studies was opened, 2003: The first Master of Art in Baduk Studies appeared
Google video about Baduk in Myongji University
Scholarships
For graduate studies, Myongji University Professors offer scholarship from research funds, TAship, RAship or support through Korean Government Scholarships like IITA-English IITA-Main or KRF.
Other scholarships are also provided by university at graduate and undergraduate levels.
University Research Laboratories
1) Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Lab.
Supervised by Professor Taikyeong Ted Jeong. Laboratory main research interests include VLSI Implementation for Network and Communications Applications, Low-Power SOC designs, and High-Performance System designs. We are also specialized in design of sensor and actuators for safety-critical applications. We are always looking for talented and young people who are interested in research areas of our lab and want to continue their graduate studies. In case you find our work interesting, challenging and want to share our workload and enthusiasm kindly contact the professor and graduate students for more information. See more detail in lab HomePage. ASIC Lab
2) BioSciences and BioInformatics Lab
The Korea Rice Genome Database WWW Server is maintained by the Dept of Biological Science, Myongji University as a part of Korea Rice Genome Research Program supported by the National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (NIAST), Rural Development Administration (RDA) under the direction of Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI).
3) Intelligent Computing Research Lab
Intelligent Computing Research Laboratory (ICRL) aims at creating intelligent algorithms by using (artificial) neural networks for engineering and social science problems including inverse problem, pattern recognition, system identification, and optimization problem forecasting. Efforts for designing new architectures of neural networks and their learning algorithms are given in ICRL.
5) Next Generation Power Technology Center
NPTC is an Engineering Research Center(ERC) sponsored by the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology and the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF). NPTC is expected to be a world-leading research institute dedicated to the protection and SAS (Station Automation System) technology.
6) Radiation Application and Medical Imaging Lab
7) Electrical and Electronic Material Lab
8) NanoBio Electronics and Systems Lab
12) MicroBiology Lab
13) Management Information System Lab
14) Institute of Continuing Education
15) Research Center for Intelligent Micro-Grid (RCIM)
This research center was established on June 1 in 2007 by the support of Korea Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy. The aims of this research center are to develop the key technologies required for efficiently interconnecting the distributed generation, and to educate the graduate students through carrying out the research project.
16) ANTS Lab
17) Spatiar Behaviour and Design studies
18) SYSO Lab
19) NBES (Nano-bio science & Engineering) Lab NBES (Nano-bio science & Engineering) Lab is located in Electrical Engineering Building of Myongji University (Yongin Campus) and comes under Nanoscience & Engineering department.Our research group is focussed on two main research areas : Biosensors and Semiconductor devices.MEMS-NBES Lab
20) Power IT Lab Research topics are Power Information Technology (IT), Power System protection, Renewable energy Interconnection and Protection.
Notable faculty
- Seong Baek-in (from 1968-1982), scholar of the Manchu language[1]
References
- ^ 교수진, Department of Linguistics, Seoul National University, http://plaza.snu.ac.kr/~linguist/new/people01.php, retrieved 2010-05-27
External links
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