Kyungpook National University
National university · Daegu
UniversityFounded 1946
About
Kyungpook National University (Korean: 경북대학교; Hanja: 慶北大學校; abbreviated as KNU or known as Kyungdae (경대; 慶大)) is a national university in Daegu, South Korea, and one of the ten Flagship Korean National Universities representing Gyeongsangbuk Province, of which Daegu was formerly the capital. The university traces its origins to a medical school founded in 1923 and was formally established in September 1946, and it today offers undergraduate and graduate programs across nineteen colleges and schools and fourteen graduate schools, including professional programs in medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine.
Read more on Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Key facts
- Type
- National university, University
- Founded
- 1946
- Also known as
- KNUT, Kyungpook National University Taegu, knu.ac.kr