In 2017, KMU established two colleges, Tabula Rasa College and Artech College, to deal with the rapidly changing educational environment in 2017. The Tabula Rasa College is an extension of the existing College of Education and Artech College isr to reinforce creativity competence.The Tabula Rasa College aims to cultivate creativity in talented people. To do this, it will redefine the vision and goals of general education and reorganize the school affair system based on the emergence of an intelligence-based society. It consists of a division of humanities and social sciences as well as a divis
On February 28, KMU students won first prize and prize money of 5 million won at the 14th MTN College Student Advertising Competition held at the FKI Conference Center in Yeouido. This was the third prize for them at the competition over its 14 year history. The students chose Samik Furniture as an advertising topic, which is an unfamiliar traditional furniture company. They thought Samik Furniture has a strong but older image, and tried to transform it into a friendly brand image. The judges commented, “The novel ideas and visual editing techniques of nonprofessional students are as good as p
On February 14, Keimyung University announced that the of College of Pharmacy graduates passed the 68th National Pharmacist Test this year. This the third year in a row that all of the recently graduated students passed this test.Since the College of Pharmacy opened in 2011, all of its graduates have passed the national test. There were 27 in 2015 (the first graduating class), 37 in 2016, and 34 this year which is a 100% success rate. KMU’s College of Pharmacy keeps a national test study room and a debate room open until midnight to help students study. Son Dong-hwan, the College of Pharmacy d
Keimyung University held overseas volunteer activities during the winter vacation. The volunteer activities included, remodeling a school, making a new playground for local children, and encouraging an active atmosphere.Keimyung University hosted the opening ceremony of the overseas volunteer group in December 22 last year and sent 140 members to four countries: Nepal, Myanmar, Philippines, and Cambodia. They divided the volunteer into four teams of 35 students. Each team was responsible for remodeling work, education work, cultural performance and donation work etc, in each of the four countr
On Dec. 27, 2016, Keimyung University and the Korea Environment Corporation (KECO) signed an agreement to training environmental specialists at the Sungseo campus main building. Participating in the ceremony were, Shin Jin-gi, the administration vice president, and Lim Byeong-mu, KECO Daegu-Kyongbuk local center director, as well as 10 other officials.Both institutes agreed to support education for training local talent, exchange knowledge, technologies, and professionals. Also, they decided to share education and research facilities, and to develop an industrial university institute cooperati
It is an issue there are college students tried to improve relations between Korea and China about a ban Korean wave in China recently. Students are from Keimyung University and are attending a China Namgae University on an exchange scholarship. A few years ago, Korean celebrity's posters were found easily in Chinese campus because of the Korean wave. However, Because of the Korean THAAD deployment. The Chinese government declared a ban on the Korean wave. So, The Korean wave culture including K-Pop has disappeared. Students concerned with this problem, prepared an event to show a good image o
On November 20, Keimyung University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Expo was held at the AW Hotel in Dalseo-gu, Daegu. Executives and employees of various companies in Daegu and KMU professors and students participated in this event. At this expo, KMU shared the achievements of the Foundation through various programs such as the industry-academic cooperation forum, lecture, and consultation with companies. There were also announcements about best-practices of industry-academic cooperation, business items, and impressions about participating in overseas business programs. Moreover, KMU
Choi Soon-sil is a big issue in Korea. Choi made unwarranted interventions in government. Furthermore, her daughter, Jung Yu-ra, is suspected of allegedly entering Ehwa University fraudulently. Therefore, university students nationwide are angry and have gathered to demonstrate against President Park Geun-hye on their campuses.On November 2 at Bauer Hall, Keimyung students criticized the present situation and insisted President Park should step down. The students read a speech about the current situation in Korean and English. They said the real truth of the matter should be found out, and Pre