History
As soon as Korea gained its independence from Japanese imperialism in 1945, the cabinet members of the Shanghai Provisional Government established Kookmin University in 1946 with the aim of training leaders to rebuild the nation.
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University Ranking
QS World University Rankings by TopUniversities
2024
1001
2023
1001
2022
1001
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world. They measure university reputation based on the impressions of higher education experts, companies who hire graduates, and teaching quality. QS also considers the ratio of international teachers and students present at universities, as well as the times research papers were mentioned by researchers. After calculating and comparing these criteria, QS ranks the universities accordingly.
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2024
1501
2023
1501 -300
2022
1201
World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report
2024
-
2023
1835 -102
2022
1733
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
Student services
IIE offers diverse Student Support Services including Extra-Curricular Activities, Scholarships, and Audits to enhance students' cultural experience and academic success. IIE will do all it can to help students be successful academically and socially in Korea.
Housing services
Dormitory:Besides the residential space of students, there is a large cafeteria, laundary rooms, fitness rooms, and a convenience store in our dormtory complex. Several lounges provid students with the most comfortable study space. Gireum dormitory and jeongneung dormitory are offcampus residential facility for international students. Each room is equipped with internet access, beds, desks, chairs, and other necessities.
Library services
Sungkok Library : The library has a huge database and has 1 million books, multimedia data, 1,100 kinds of internal and external scholarly journals, 40,000 kinds of foreign online journals (70 DBs), 2,700 kinds of local online journals, 30,000 kinds of e-Books, and 2,700 seats in cubicles. It greatly contributes to the academic atmosphere of Kookmin University.
ICT services
The University has several computer rooms for general use, which can be accessed with a valid Student Card. You can copy for free if you bring your copy paper.
Medical services
The Wellness Center supplies customized exercise programs to improve the physical strength and health of visitors. After a check-up of the individual's physical strength and nutrition, and an exercise consultation, visitors have the option to take health improvement classes, obesity classes, silver classes (for senior citizens) and/or physical strength improvement classes suited to their needs.
Campus life
The dormitory operating team manages and operates the guest house for invited figures, exchange professors from foreign sister schools. persons working in international cooperation with Kookmin University, participants in international science councils or seminars hosted by Kookmin University, visiting professors, and temporary foreign instructors. There are total of 33 guest rooms available in the old guest house(Building B) and the new Guest house (Building A). They range from 20 to 69m2. Each room has basic facilities for daily living, a cooking space, and all kinds of electric products including a television and a computer with a LAN communication network.
Sports facilities
The Wellness Center supplies customized exercise programs to improve the physical strength and health of visitors. After a check-up of the individual's physical strength and nutrition, and an exercise consultation, visitors have the option to take health improvement classes, obesity classes, silver classes (for senior citizens) and/or physical strength improvement classes suited to their needs. Employees at the Wellness Center have extensive training and a great deal of background experience in supplying proper advice and specialized exercise regimes.
Student clubs
Kookmin University has about 70 clubs and they can be roughly classified as academic, religious, athletic, event, and performance clubs. Every club performs P.R. activities at the beginning of each term for the freshmen and the rest of the student body.