Gongju National University of Education

Gongju National University of Education
공주교육대학교
TypeElementary teacher training
Established1938 (1938)
Location, ,
36°26′38″N 127°07′08″E / 36.444°N 127.119°E / 36.444; 127.119
Websitewww.gjue.ac.kr/gjue/eng.do
Gongju National University of Education
Hangul
공주교육대학교
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGongju Gyo-yuk Daehakgyo
McCune–ReischauerKongju Kyoyuk Taehakkyo

Gongju National University of Education (GNUE; Korean공주교육대학교) is a national educational university located in Gongju, South Korea. It is in charge of Daejeon Metropolitan City, Sejong Special Self-Governing City, and South Chungcheong Province among the 10 educational universities in South Korea.

The university was founded April 1938 under the name Gongju Women Instructor's school. In 1962, The university began specializing in elementary school teacher training that offered two years’ program and was renamed to Gongju University of Education. As of 1982, the system changed to four years’ course from two years’ course. In 1993, the university modified the name to Gongju National University of Education. Since the established year, 1938, over 25,000 graduates became elementary teachers.[1]

  1. ^ "Gongju National University of Education". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2014-04-03.