Andong National University

Andong National University

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name =Andong National University
established =1947
type =Public
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students =6500
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city =Andong
state =North Gyeongsang
country =South Korea
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website =http://www.andong.ac.kr/
Infobox Korean name
hangul=안동대학교
hanja=安東大學校
rr=Andong Daehakgyo
mr=Andong Taehakkyo

Andong National University is a government-operated university in Andong City, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. It enrolls roughly 6500 studentsFact|date=September 2008. It contains undergraduate colleges of Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Human Ecology, and Arts and Physical Education, as well as graduate schools of Education, Management, and General Studies. The undergraduate students of March 2006 numbered 10,274, representing a steady upward trend in recent years, according to the school website [http://www.andong.ac.kr/1_introduction/menu1_2_3.asp] . The current president of the university is Lee Hee Jae.

History

The university was established as Andong Normal School in 1947. Briefly reorganized as Andong Provincial Agricultural Junior College in 1962, it was reorganized again as Andong College of Education in 1965. Management was transferred to the national university system in the school's redesignation as Andong National Junior College in 1978. Its status was raised to Andong National College the following year. The graduate school was established in 1988. The school gained its present title, Andong National University in 1991.

ee also

*List of colleges and universities in South Korea
*Education in South Korea

External links

* [http://www.andong.ac.kr/english/main.htm English-language website of Andong National University]


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