Kyungnam University

Kyungnam University (Korean: 경남대학교; Hanja: 慶南大學校) is a private university in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The university has six colleges, including Liberal Arts, Natural Sciences, Education, Economics and Commerce, Law and Politics, and Engineering colleges. Its 15 research institutions (including the Institute for Far Eastern Studies in Seoul) work to facilitate individual research and cooperative partnership activities with academia, industry, and government. It also has 65 sister universities in 19 different countries, under the university's motto of 'Truth, Freedom, and Creation'.^[1]

Kyungnam University

경남대학교 慶南大學校
Motto	Truth, Freedom, and Creation
Type	Private
Established	1946 (1946)
President	Park Jae-kyu
Academic staff	900 (2013)
Students	17,000
Undergraduates	15,000
Postgraduates	2,000
Location	Changwon , South Gyeongsang , South Korea 35°10′49.300″N 128°33′12.200″E
Campus	Urban
Colors	Sky blue
Nickname	Kyung Dae
Mascot	Horse called "HANMA"
Korean name
Hangul	경남대학교
Hanja	慶南大學校
Revised Romanization	Gyeongnam Daehakgyo
McCune–Reischauer	Kyŏngnam Taehakkyo

History

Founded in 1946 as Kookmin College in Seoul, the Korean War created a situation in which it was advantageous to move south rather than staying in the Seoul area.^[2] In 1952, Kookmin College was rechristened Haein College^[3] and then in 1956, the college relocated to Korea's southern coast and has been in the city of Masan since that time. In 1961, the institution was renamed Masan College.