Kangwon National University

Kangwon National University
강원대학교
MottoInquirere Veritatem Ex Praxe
(Korean: Sil-Sa-Gu-Si) translation, "seek for the truth from reality, seek for the very truth to enable us to renovate the world as it should be from the world as it is."
TypeNational
EstablishedJune 14, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-06-14)
PresidentDr. Heon Young Kim
Academic staff
964
Administrative staff
1,418
Students38,264
Undergraduates34,335
Location, ,
CampusSuburban (3 km2),
ColorsBlue and Orange
NicknameOpen Campus (campaign motto)
MascotGomduri (Blue Bear, official)
Websitewww.kangwon.ac.kr/english
KangwonUniv Mirae

Kangwon National University (KNU, Korean강원대학교; RRGangwon Daehakgyo) is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities in Gangwon, South Korea. Established as Kangwon Provincial Chuncheon Agricultural College in 1947 in Chuncheon, it extended to a comprehensive university in 1978.