KEIMYUNG COLLEGE UNIVERSITY HISTORY
Proud History of longer than Forty years and One hundred more Challenging years.
Founded in 1962 as a two-year Junior College for female students, Keimyung College University has sustained changes and developments for the better by enhancing our educational system and curriculum in response to a rapid shift of our economy from labor-intensive industrial stage to technology-intensive advanced society and further to more sophisticated knowledge-based information society. With the roles of collage getting sophisticated in line with these social and economic changes, our school changed its name to Keimyung Vocational Junior College in 1979, to Keimyung Junior College in 1989, to Keimyung College in 1998 and to Keimyung College University in 2013 respectively.
2010’s
Awarded at the 8th Annual Donation for Education Award ceremony in 2019
Accredited by Korean Institute of Diatetic Education and evaluation in 2019
Authorized by Ministry of Education to create advanced major programs for bachelor's degree(Architecture and Interior Design 15 people)
Reaccreditation of excellent institutions in the public sector(human resource development excellent institution certification system) in 2019(validation period: 3 years, 2019. 9.27. ~ 2022. 9.26.)
Established Institutional Research Center
Established Educational Innovation Center
Selected as ajunior colleges in charge of contract department of SMEs in 2019
Declaration of University Development Plan KMCU2026
Selected to enter the second stage of LINC+ (2019-2021)
Dr. Park Seung-ho appointed as the 14th president of the College.(2019. 3. 1. ~ present)
Selected for innovation support projects for junior colleges by the Ministry of Education
The only two-year college selected for 2019 the Blue-Ladder Program
The 11th commencement ceremony (bachelor) and 56th commencement ceremony (diploma) (bachelor: 227, diploma: 1,821 / Total Graduates 86,897)
Selected for public-private partnership projects(KOICA) in higher education in 2019
Chosen as the ‘Excellent School for Job Creation 2018’ in Republic of Korea
Selected as an 'autonomous improvement university' in the 'University Basic Competency Diagnosis' by the Ministry of Education in 2018
Authorized by Ministry of Education to create advanced major programs for bachelor's degree(Nursing 15 people, Business administration and Tax 20 people, Horticulture and Golf Course Design 20 people)
Received the highest grade of "s" in the annual evaluation of innovation support projects for junior colleges by the Ministry of Education for 2018
Selected for 2018 customized regional job-creation projects by Human Resources Development Services of Korea
"The 10th commencement ceremony (bachelor) and 55th commencement ceremony (diploma) (bachelor: 209, diploma: 1,872
Selected as an 'Excellent' Management Institution in Work-Experience Support Projects.
Entered the Hall of Fame for Education Donation at the 6th Korea Donation for Education Awards ceremony.
Acquired the Junior College Institutional Evaluation “Accreditation” from KAVE (2018 ~ 2022).
Unveiling Ceremony of Collegiate Stone (Keimyung Stone).
Selected into the Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation (LINC+) project.
Designated as a Business Incubator Center (BI).
Accredited by the International Education Quality Assurance System (IEQAS).
The 9th University graduation and the 54th College graduation ceremony(169 KMCU graduates and 1915 KMC graduates/ Total Graduates 82,620).
Authorized by Ministry of Education to create advanced major programs for bachelor's degree(Police administration 20 people, Public health administration 15 people, Speech therapy rehabilitation 15 people).
Awarded at the 5th Annual Donation for Education Award ceremony in 2016.
Selected for K-MOVE School Project (overseas internship program in Singapore and Malaysia) by Human Resources Development Services of Korea.
Selected to remain part of Governmental Financial Support of Specialized Junior College Development Program by the Ministry of Education after the interim evaluation.
Dr. Park Myung-ho appointed as the 13th president of the College.
"The 7th commencement ceremony (bachelor) and 52nd commencement ceremony (diploma) (bachelor: 109, diploma: 1,943; cumulative totals: 78,341)".
Named ‘Root Industry Technical Staff Fostering College for Foreigners’.
Named ‘Operating Agency for Young Small Giang Enterprise Experience Program.
Named ‘Youth Employment & Career Support Program by Ministry of Employment and Labor’.
College tree and flower changed to ‘Ginkgo Tree’ and ‘Fringe Tree Flower’ respectively; college stone (Lazurite) designated.
Named ‘College for Korea-EU Educational Cooperation Program’.
Named ‘Educational Competency Improvement Program’ (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013).
College renamed to ‘Keimyung College University’.
Named ‘Top Class College’.
50th anniversary of the College.
Dr. Kim Nam-seok appointed as the 12th president of the College.