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2011~

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HISTORY chungbuk national university
  • 2014
    • April 10, 2014 Institute for Eco-Environmental Toxicology was established
    • Nov 1, 2014 Reorganization
      Division of Academic Affairs was renamed Division of Academic Support.
      Division of Planning and Evaluation was divided into Division of Planning and Division of Evaluation and Support.
      Division of External Affairs Coordination was divided into Division of Public Relations and Foundation of Development Fund.
      Division of Accounts was renamed Division of Finance.
      Center of Admission Management was renamed Center of Admission.
      Institute for Comprehensive Human Resource Development was renamed Institute for Employment Support.
      Institute for International Exchange was renamed Center of International Exchange.
  • 2013
    • June 17, 2013 Established Task Force for Entrepreneurship
    • November 29, 2013 Established Korea-Germany Joint International Research Center for Regenerative Medicine
  • 2012
    • February 29, 2012 Established Education Certification Center
    • June 13, 2012 Established Social Volunteer Center
    • June 27, 2012 Established Center for Research on Aging
    • October 16, 2012 Established Graduate School for the Convergence of Medicine, Natural Sciences and Business Administration
    • October 25, 2012 Established ROTC
    • October 25, 2012 Established Science Center for Young Geniuses
    • November 30, 2012 Established Task Force for Joint Projects with Industries
  • 2011
    • March 24, 2011 Established Business Start Up Support Center
    • June 20, 2011 Closed Business Start Up Support Center
    • June 20, 2011 Established Medical School Affiliated with CBNU College of Medicine
    • June 20, 2011 Established Legal Clinic Center Affiliated with CBNU Law School
    • June 20, 2011 Established Local Educational Policy Research Institute
    • November 30, 2011 Established Department of Autonomous Major
    • November 30, 2011 Established Department of Converged Disciplines

Embark with Hope

Since its establishment on September 27, 1951 as Cheongju Junior Agriculture College, Chungbuk National University comes to celebrate its 64th opening anniversary this year. The founding of Chungbuk National University resulted from the hope of the whole residents, providing higher education demanded by the community, even though through the Korean civil war.

Change for the Future

Chungbuk Provincial College, raised to the status of Chungbuk National University, has continued to grow rapidly and has become an outstanding and leading university in Korea that plays a key role in the field of education and research. In the 1970s, Chungbuk National University, as a national university representing our region, had already prepared a springboard that could take a leap into the future.

Challenge for Development

Chungbuk National University is a national university including 13 Colleges and 8 Graduate Schools. In 1999 Chungbuk National University was selected for Brain Korea 21 Initiative by the Ministry of Education and in 2003 was also selected as the best university in the project of fostering regional university by the Ministry. For further development, Chungbuk National University has planned and carried out "The 6th General Development Project."

Vision Toward the World

With the rapid change of the education environment followed by globalization and with unlimited competition followed by neo-liberalism, Chungbuk National University provides "Project CBNU 2010" to become one of the most innovative universities on the basis of knowledge based information infrastructures, and will become one of the most comparative and globalized universities through the invitation of excellent new students and outstanding new professors, the finest support for education and research of professors, an efficient environment for learning based facilities and industry academic cooperation system, and a supporting administration system.