History
Founded in 1948, GNU, a national flagship university representing South Gyeongsang Province, has been making utmost efforts to foster creative, civil and knowledgeable professionals equipped with an aptitude for learning and a pioneering spirit.
Education
GNU has been positioning itself as an internationally recognized institution, consisting of 13 colleges and 10 graduate schools with 810 professors, 530 administrative staffs and some 25,000 students across three campuses – Gajwa and Chilam in Jinju and Tongyeong campus.
Research
As the mission is to create promising future and realize happiness of the world, we set up the following university slogan, ‘SMART GNU’ - Servant, Mission, Academy, Relation and Together: we serve with full of responsibility, implement our six missions, realize quality education, create happy campus through communication and welfare, and become engaged in university development altogether.
Short Courses
University Ranking
Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2023
901 -100
2022
801
2021
801
ARWU World University rankings is the first world university ranking. It ranks the world's top 1000 colleges and universities based on objective indicator. They look at the number of award-winning (Fields Medals and Nobel Prize) scientists who are located there, how much of their research is cited and referenced around the world, and how much they've contributed to different academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, ARWU ranks the universities accordingly.
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2024
1201
2023
1201
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
1208 -76
2022
1132
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
GNU has been focusing on students’ employment and educational development in association with businesses and industrial complex in the west of South Gyeongsang Province and east of South Jeonnam Province including Jinju Inno City and Aerospace Industrial Complex in Jinju and Sacheon.
Housing services
GNU's main campus has twelve dormitories, seven houses for males and five houses for females. The dormitories house a total of 3,971 students, 2,040 males and 1,931 females. Each dormitory has shared washroom and shower areas, laundry facilities, and lounge areas with TV and video equipment. The Dormitory complex has a cafeteria, study area, computer room, music room, DVD theater , indoor and outdoor exercise areas, and bicycle racks. The Tongyoung and Chilam campus also has a dormitory.
Library services
The six-story Central Library building has 1,350,000 books and which are divided into six sub-sections: a Multimedia Room, a Social Sciences & Theses and Dissertation Room, a Humanities Room, a Natural Science & Personal Collections Room and the University Archives. The functions of each sub-section are as follows:
ICT services
The Information Technology Services at Gyeongsang National University established new goal for this year “next-generation information system” and contribute to develop as information and global IT leaders by developing specific strategy and vision.
Medical services
As the only national university hospital in Gyeongnam, we are about to open another GNU Hospital in Changwon in 2015 in addition to the already existing hospital in Jinju. In addition, our Gyeongnam Regional Cancer Center, the first such center in the nation, treats many types of cancer with a state-of-the-art medical infrastructure.
Campus life
GNU's main campus has twelve dormitories, seven houses for males and five houses for females. The dormitories house a total of 3,971 students, 2,040 males and 1,931 females. Each dormitory has shared washroom and shower areas, laundry facilities, and lounge areas with TV and video equipment. The Dormitory complex has a cafeteria, study area, computer room, music room, DVD theater , indoor and outdoor exercise areas, and bicycle racks. The Tongyoung and Chilam campus also has a dormitory.
Student clubs
The Student Union Building is home to a number of student services, stores, and organizations, including the university bookstore, a beauty shop, a barbershop, an eyewear shop, a photo studio, a travel agency, a computer service-and-sales shop, and other stores. The building also houses two student cafeterias, the faculty cafeteria, the student newspaper and broadcasting facilities, and offices for various students organizations, including the student council and student clubs.