Gwangju University

Gwangju University
Hangul	광주대학교
Hanja	光州大學校
Revised Romanization	Gwangju Daehakgyo
McCune–Reischauer	Kwangju Taehakkyo

Gwangju University (Korean: 광주대학교) is a university in Gwangju, South Korea.

It began in 1981 as a four-year college in Jinwol-dong, Nam-gu, Gwangju, named Gwangju Gyeongsang Jeonmun Daehak (광주경상전문대학).

It now has three graduate schools and four colleges with more than fifteen thousand students.^[1]

Notable people

• Kim Na-woon, actress
• K.J. Choi, professional golfer
• Cho Gue-sung, professional football player

Notes

1. Gwangju University, "About Gwangju: University History" (Gwangju: Gwangju University, 2005). Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine.

External links

• Official website (in English)
• Official website (in Korean)

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