KNU Establishes ‘Department of Global Liberal Arts’ for International Students, Offering Support from Academic Korean to Degree Program Transition
Kyungpook National University (KNU) is establishing the "Department of Global Liberal Arts," an undergraduate school exclusively for international students. The Department of Global Liberal Arts offers a specialized curriculum where international students complete one year of academic Korean language training while exploring major courses before advancing to their desired depar..
KNU Enters Top 500 in QS World University Rankings, Rising 38 Places to Rank 481st Globally
The university ranks 211th worldwide in Faculty-Student Ratio and 355th in Sustainability. Kyungpook National University (KNU, President Young-Woo Heo) announced on June 18th that it ranked 481st globally in the "2027 QS World University Rankings," published by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a global higher education evaluation agency based in the UK. KNU successfully climbed in..
Kyungpook National University Secures Two Major National Projects in AI-Driven Drug Discovery, Totaling KRW 64 Billion in Funding
The Bio-Convergence Research Institute at Kyungpook National University (KNU) has secured a total of KRW 64 billion in funding after being consecutively selected for two major national projects in the field of AI-driven drug discovery: the “AIxBio Innovation Research Hub Pilot Project”(KRW 54 billion) and the “AI-Based Long-Term Drug Toxicity Prediction Platform Project” (K..
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