Kookmin University

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Kookmin Daehaggyo

국민대학교
Motto	이교위가(以校爲家) 사필귀정(事必歸正)
Motto in English	C3 (Change, Chance, Challenge)
Type	Private
Established	September 1946; 77 years ago (1946-09)
Chairman	Chaegyeom Kim
President	Lim Hong-Jae
Academic staff	647 (2017)[1]
Undergraduates	14,944 (2017)[1]
Postgraduates	2,989 (2014)[1]
Location	Seongbuk-gu , Seoul , South Korea
Campus	Urban
Mascot	Two Dragons
Website	english.kookmin.ac.kr (English) www.kookmin.ac.kr (Korean)

Kookmin University (Korean: 국민대학교, IPA:[ˈkʊkminˈtæhɑːkkjo]; Hanja: 國民大學校) is a private research university established in 1946 in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It has historic significance, as it was founded during by the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea and is the first private university founded after the liberation of the Republic of Korea from Japan.

Prominent Korean independence activists Kim Gu, Jo So-ang and Shin Ik-hui are strongly associated with the university.^{[citation needed]}

In 1959, the SsangYong Group acquired the university. It has around 22,000 students and 350 administrative staff are working at the university's 800 faculties. Since its establishment in 1946, approximately 60,000 students have graduated.^{[when?][citation needed]}

The KMU consists of 14 undergraduate colleges, several postgraduate schools, and 10 professional-technical schools. The university provides degree programs, scholarships, and conferences. The international rank and reputation has been improving.^[2][3]