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Type | Private |
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Established | 2003 |
Students | 487 |
Undergraduates | 477 |
Postgraduates | 10 |
Location | Sangwol-myeon, Nonsan-si , Chungcheongnam-do , |
Campus | Rural |
Website | www |
Geumgang University | |
Hangul | 금강대학교 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Geumgang Daehakgyo |
McCune–Reischauer | Kŭmkang Taehakkyo |
Geumgang University is a South Korean university with a residential college model,located in the countryside next to Gyeryong Mountain,between Nonsan and Daejeon. The campus is within the administrative boundaries of Nonsan's Sangwol-myeon district.
The university was founded in 2003. For all students who maintain a 3.0 GPA average,there is no tuition fee,and housing is provided free of charge. Geumgang University is a residential college. It is a full residential college in that,unlike most universities in Korea,100% of students live on-campus.
In 2016,courses were offered in the following subjects:
The student body is primarily undergraduates. There is a PhD program available only in the School of Buddhist Studies &Social Welfare.
The university offers a fifteen-week intensive course in Korean language and culture. [1] This program is tuition-free to all accepted students. Exchange students room with a Korean student at Geumgang University,and engage in four hours per week of English coaching while in the program. [2] Each year,approximately 25 foreign students attend the language program. Geumgang University also has a student exchange program with the University of the West,a Buddhist-founded university in the United States.
There are many foreign faculty members as well. The Information Science department is 2/3 foreign faculty, [3] with professors from Yale and Columbia.
A temple-stay program is under construction and will be available in July 2016.
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