Korea Maritime University
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Korea Maritime University is a South Korean national
university
for maritime study and transportation engineering. It is located in Yeongdo-gu
in Busan
.
was liberated from Japanese occupation
. Chinhae
High Seamans School, a Japanese institution with a majority of Korean students until the liberation of Korea
, was re-established with Korean faculty and students under the leadership of Dr. Lee Si-hyung. The school became a national university
immediately after its foundation, and was renamed Chinhae High Merchant Seamans School .
After the Korean War
it was merged with other similar institutions and moved to Busan
. The name was changed to the National Maritime College in 1956.
In 1992, the college became a university with a graduate school
, and was given its current name.
The university is one of the earliest national post-secondary educational institutions in South Korea
, and the only post-secondary institution that specializes in maritime studies.
National university
A national university is generally a university created or run by a government, but which at the same time operates autonomously without direct oversight or control by the state. Some national universities are closely associated with national cultural or political aspirations...
university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
for maritime study and transportation engineering. It is located in Yeongdo-gu
Yeongdo-gu
Yeongdo-gu is a gu in Busan, South Korea. The gu itself is limited to Yeong-do located on the south edge of central Busan...
in Busan
Busan
Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...
.
History
The university was established in November 1945 after KoreaKorea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
was liberated from Japanese occupation
Korea under Japanese rule
Korea was under Japanese rule as part of Japan's 35-year imperialist expansion . Japanese rule ended in 1945 shortly after the Japanese defeat in World War II....
. Chinhae
Jinhae
Jinhae is a district in Changwon City, South Korea. This region is served by the Korean National Railroad, and is famous for its annual cherry blossom festival every spring....
High Seamans School, a Japanese institution with a majority of Korean students until the liberation of Korea
Surrender of Japan
The surrender of Japan in 1945 brought hostilities of World War II to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent...
, was re-established with Korean faculty and students under the leadership of Dr. Lee Si-hyung. The school became a national university
National university
A national university is generally a university created or run by a government, but which at the same time operates autonomously without direct oversight or control by the state. Some national universities are closely associated with national cultural or political aspirations...
immediately after its foundation, and was renamed Chinhae High Merchant Seamans School .
After the Korean War
Korean War
The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
it was merged with other similar institutions and moved to Busan
Busan
Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...
. The name was changed to the National Maritime College in 1956.
In 1992, the college became a university with a graduate school
Graduate school
A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
, and was given its current name.
The university is one of the earliest national post-secondary educational institutions in South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
, and the only post-secondary institution that specializes in maritime studies.
Undergraduate colleges
- Maritime Sciences
- Ocean Science and Technology
- Engineering
- International Studies
General Graduate Schools
- Engineering (18 departments)
- Natural Science (2 departments)
- Humanities and Social Studies (7 departments)
See also
- List of Korea-related topics
- List of colleges and universities in South Korea
- Education in South KoreaEducation in South KoreaEducation in South Korea is viewed as being crucial for success and competition is consequently very heated and fierce. A centralized administration oversees the process for the education of children from kindergarten to the third and final year of high school. Mathematics, science, Korean, social...