On December 2nd in Smith Hall, there was a special lecture about foreign employment. The lecture focused on finding your dream overseas through a foreign internship or employment. Students from freshmen to senior attended the lecture with most of them coming from the College of International Studies. The speaker explained that to obtain a U.S. work or internship visa a student’s major must be related to the job or internship. For example, a student majoring in automotive engineering can only get a job related to that major. Students in the College of International Studies who have language rel
From 2017, not all students from nursing colleges can apply for the National Health Personnel License in the nursing category after graduation. Nursing colleges from various universities should acquire the nursing education accreditation from the Korean Accreditation Board of Nursing Education. The accreditation determines nursing education programs that have reached the point of producing capable nurses to fulfill their social responsibilities as nurses. On December 30, 2014, the dean of the Nursing College of Keimyung University reported the Nursing College secured the nursing education accr
On October 30-31, the Arts & Humanities Silk Road Conference was held to announce the celebration of the opening of the Silk Road Central Asia Institute and celebrate the 115th Anniversary of KMU in Seongseo campus.This event was hosted by the Silk Road Central Asia Institute and Gyeongsangbuk-do. This event highlights the importance of Central Asia, which is an unexplored field of research. It was a meaningful event that explored the methods of cooperation between Central Asia and KMU.Mohammad Vosoughi, a professor at Teheran University in Iran, announced a report that details a relationship
From October 20 to 23, Keimyung University Department of Textile Design participated in the Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics Autumn Edition 2014, which is the one of the largest fashion fabric exhibitions in the world. 30 countries and 3,800 companies participated in the Shanghai exhibition.KMU is the first university to enter this exhibition. KMU Department of Textile Design submitted 4 concept designs. Chinese and foreign buyers bought some of the works. In addition, a professor who belongs to the Department of Arts and Design in Dongwha University in China suggested participating toget
On November 5th 2014, the Modern China Forum was held in the Smith Hall audiovisual room. The subject of the forum was “How we will fight the 4th war with China” This 4th war implies a new kind of war after the 3 historical wars fought between China and Korea and appears to be a war of economy and culture.Chinese Studies in the College of International Studies hosted the forum and Kim Jung-gil, the head of the TVSC Daegu Broadcasting Company, was invited as an instructor. The instructor warned that the Korean Wave that currently has strong influence in Asian countries will disappear and be rep
On November 4, the 5th Model International Conference was held by the student council in the College of International Studies.Before the conference, there was a special lecture about official development assistance (ODA) by Jang Bon-soon, who is the head of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). ODA is developed countries like the USA and Japan helping developing countries like Afghanistan and Kenya by lending money or technical assistance to develop the countries. He explained the history, characteristics, and prospects of ODA.The discussion topic of the Model International Confe
Keimyung University students, Yi So-ra and Mun Ji-su, majoring in Japanese Language and Literature have been selected by the Japanese government as scholarship students. This scholarship program is supported by the Japanese government to improve relations and mutual understanding between Japan and Korea. Yi So-ra and Mun Ji-su did various activities like Japanese plays and leading Japanese study groups. In addition, they developed excellent Japanese skills. Therefore, they were selected for the scholarship program.From October, they will learn Japanese and Japanese culture in Tokyo University
The Youth Startup Event was held at Keimyung University on October 2.This event was held to improve entrepreneurial spirit and engender a business culture.The first part of the event had a talk show about starting a company. Many students participated in the talk show, sharing their concerns. The second part of the event had a special lecture on entrepreneurial spirit.Synn Il-hi, president of KMU, the president of the Small and Medium Business Administration, the president of the Daegu Techno Park, and almost 400 other students and business people participated in this event.