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| Chung-Ang University | |
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| Established: | 1918 |
| Type: | Private |
| President: | Park Bum-hoon |
| Location: | Seoul; Anseong, South Korea |
| Campus: | Urban; Rural |
| Colors: | Blue |
| Nickname: | 중대 (Jungdae) |
| Mascot: | Blue Dragon |
| Website: | www.cau.ac.kr (Korean), neweng.cau.ac.kr (English) |
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Chung-Ang University is a major South Korean private university. The university's name means "center" or "central" in Korean. It has over 25,000 students. As of 2003, the university claims to have graduated 117,511 holders of the bachelor's degree, 19,743 of the master's degree, and 2,935 of the doctorate. 1 It has campuses in Seoul's Dongjak-gu and also in Gyeonggi province's Anseong City. The current president is Bum-hoon Park, who has been in post since March 2005.
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The university's academic courses are divided among 14 graduate schools and 18 undergraduate colleges.
Caurian is CAU(Chung-Ang University) community. it is organized various members of CAU. They succeed spirit of Caury, which means 'the center of sea and land'. The spirit has been banded down to Caurian from Korean ancestors. Caury is Korean words. it is another name for global CAU, and also the name of worldwide ancient Korea which had managed east asian sea and land. Caury is also called 'Gaury' or 'Kaury'. Meaning of Caury is 'center'. it is the same meaning of Chung-Ang. http://www.caurian.com
The university traces its origins to 1918, when the Chung-Ang Methodist Church in Seoul opened a kindergarten. Beginning in 1922, a kindergarten teacher certification course was offered at the kindergarten. This developed into Chung-Ang Normal School (중앙사범학교), which was established in 1928. It became a women's junior college in 1945, and a full women's college in 1947. It became coeducational in May 1948. It was licensed as a university, one of the country's first, in 1953, at which time a graduate school was also opened. The second campus was established in 1979.
The university has exchange relationships with more than 95 institutions from 24 countries. See the university website 2 for a complete list.
Graduate Schools:
Professional Graduate Schools
Specialized Graduate Schools