A corona virus that originated in Wuhan, China, has spread around the world. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, Korea government recommended delay the beginning of course to academic organization. Accordingly, in response to crisis, Keimyung University adjusted first semester academic schedule as well. Thus, KMU canceled the commencement of the undergraduate students and entrance ceremony of new students. Not only the cancellation, 1st semester will be delayed. For a few weeks, KMU use online based education system. In accordance with these action, academic schedule will be delayed for a few w
On December 19th, 2019, Keimyung University was reaccredited as a Best-case University related to social responsibility. The accreditation process occurs every five years, and only three universities were accredited among all certified universities. The university accreditation process aims at ensuring and improving the quality of university education to educators every five years. Keimyung University, which was selected as an excellent example of a socially responsible university, organizes and operates voluntary sharing using the Keimyung 1% love share in 2004. In this program, 900 faculty m
On Nov. 29th, KMU established the Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do Province Social Innovation Support Center. This center aims to develop a role for universities to better contribute to the community. KMU established the Social Innovation Support Centre to perform and manage the university’s role in developing the region’s future. Social responsibility granted to universities has been defined normatively under the mission of higher education in education, research, and service. However, the concept of service has been expanding recently, and while it was previously seen as a passive ‘service’concept
A team consisting of Major in Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, called the Guardian Team, won the best prize at the recent Daegu International Future Auto Expo 2019 Car Startup Camp which was held October 17th to 20th. The Guardian Team showed off a user-installed automatic sprinkler system in a car and received excellent reviews from the judges. They got one million won for prize money and surprisingly, they donated all to the school on October 29th. Kim Si-woo, a member of the team, said they decided to donate the prize money because they wanted to spend it meaningfully. The Keimyung V
Since modernization began in the 19th century, leaders have strived to create a culture that will be popular and influential. Korean singers and Korean food have become famous around the world and the interest in Korean culture is growing. KMU held an international Korean Studies conference on the theme: “The New Horizon of Korean Studies: Tradition, Modernity, and Hybridity” from October 31st to November 1st. This international conference was held to examine the new aspects of human culture created by the convergence of Korean Culture with Modern Western Culture and to explore that direction
Keimyung University Traditional Microorganism Resources Development Center (TMR Center) was re-designated as the Food Test Inspection Agency by the Daegu Regional Office of Food and Drug Safety. It will be further designated as a nationally recognized food test inspection agency as of September 2022. Since 2002, the Keimyung University TMR Center has been designated as a food hygiene inspection agency. It also hosts supporting companies such as quality standard and quality control, component analysis, hygiene management, and HACCP certification of food bio companies As a national food base org
fffff ‘Daegu, meet the development cooperation’, development cooperation week was held from November 20th to 26th at Keimyung University. As the part of the events, there was a presentation contest for the implementation of ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ (‘SDGs’) in the Ui-yang hall. SDGs are 17 global goals designed to be a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future and were enacted by United Nations. The grand prize winner gave presentation named ‘Our good coffee, the right coffee.’ This project’s objective was to create income of mobile cafés in developing countries through
In commemoration of the 120th anniversary of its foundation, Keimyung University held a contest for the 39th Keimyung Literature Award for university students across the country and held an award ceremony in a Haengso Museum, on September 26. To mark the 120th anniversary of the foundation of Keimyung University, the ‘Keimyung Culture Prize’ was renamed ‘Keimyung Literature Prize’. The public offering sector has expanded from two existing categories to four by adding the polar and genre literature sections. "The Keimyung Literature Prize, which has been around for more than 40 years, is the la