Facilities •
Computer Center and Library Yeungnam University provides facilities for the students. University
library is equipped with books, journals, periodicals of both domestic and foreign. The Institute of
Information and Computing Systems (IICS) is supporting the academic and administrative activities by providing the state-of-art
information technology such as efficient group-wares, gigabit
network, high capacity servers, and mobile environment for the wireless voice and data communications. It plays a major role in planning for the advanced networks, telecommunications, and
computing systems to build a futuristic
intelligent campus named as
i-campus. University also provides high speed internet service and
Wi-Fi into the campus area. •
Dormitories The university opened
dormitory facilities in May 1973, for those who need on campus housing. These facilities are opened for undergraduates (mainly) and
graduate students. At present six residence halls, including one self-boarding apartment type hall, accommodate 1,200 students. A modern style dining hall in which more than 500 people can eat at a time, a video room with a big screen TV and a video player, study rooms,
computer labs, resting rooms, ping-pong tables,
snack stores and exercise rooms are facilities among others provided for
dormitory residents. •
Health Service Center The University Health Service Center was established in December 1967, for the purpose of undertaking the health care for students, faculty members, and administration staff. The Center provides annual physical examination for students,
environment sanitation on the campus, and preventive inoculation if required. It also takes charge of health counseling for students and university members. •
Center for International Programs The former Foreign Language Institute and the former Office of International Affairs has been merged since March 2002. The new merged organization is named as "
Center for International Programs", and it has two teams, one is "
International Education", and the other is "
International Cooperation". The main functions of the International Education Team are to offer the foreign language classes such as English, Chinese, Japanese, etc., as well as the Korean Language Program. •
University Museum and Folklore The University Museum was founded in May 1968 on the Daegu Campus with the collections of the Institute of
Shilla-
Gaya culture. The University Museum performs to survey, collect, educate and preserve both
archaeological and
anthropological fields. The displays arranged within the museum are in great part the results of excavation and research both Shilla and Gaya Culture. In addition to them, the museum has made great effort to have important collections including old maps, documents, paintings, and
calligraphy. It stores over 13,000 historically important items. Among them, the collection of old maps is the richest one in Korean museum. The University Museum is not only for students but also open to the public. To maximize its function, the museum started a public education programs from kids to senior citizens. With its various programs, the museum become a cultural core of the community. Also the university
Museum has a
folklore park. Folklore Garden which covers area of 70,000 m2 is famous and unique place in Korean universities. Folklore Garden of Yeungnam University consists of 6 traditional houses located by the east to
Mirror Lake and near the
cherry blossom promenade (so-called love road) on the hill. The folklore park consists of 7 traditional buildings inside the park as examples of a traditional tile-roof house, a traditional house of the middle-class, a private school of
Josun period and a pavilion which was being used as a cottage to upper class scholars. These buildings are frequently used as lecture rooms for the university students and kids summer school program running by the museum.
Student services • EASY –
Education &
Administration System for Yeungnam University •
Health and
Welfare • One-Stop Service Center •
Student Union • ROTC Program (Reserve Officer's Training Corps) •
Financial Aid
Student activities • Foundation-Day and CHUNMA Festival The Chunma Festival in memory of Yeungnam University's Foundation Day is held in mid May. • SAE Mini Baja KOREA at Yeungnam University SAE Mini Baja KOREA is an event which is aimed at creating an opportunity for college students to apply their classroom engineering knowledge to designing and producing an automobile. In 1996, the school of
Mechanical Engineering started this contest, named "The Nation-Wide Contest of Automobiles made by College Students" which is held annually to inspire college students' desire for creation; to let them produce an automobile based on stated regulations; and to have them learn to accept the results after doing their best in competition. • Student-Governed Activities Student activities in many fields are supported and promoted in my university. There are many self-governing student organizations such as General Student Council and other student organizations. The General Student Council, which represents all 20,000 students of my university, tries to enhance and support both academic and cultural activities of students to obtain their personal development while they are in college. These activities can help them to prepare contribution to our society in the future. • University Newspaper
The Yeungdae Shinmun (campus vernacular newspaper) was first published in January 1968, by merging the Daegu and Chunggu College's newspapers which were first published in June and December, respectively, in the year of 1954. The campus newspaper is currently published weekly during the academic term, and carries university
news,
information on new development in learning here and abroad, scholarly
articles, and
creative writings by the faculty and students.
The Yeungnam Observer had published a four-page
tabloid English monthly since 1969. Then it changed its format from a
tabloid to a magazine since 1994. It was originally named The Yeungnam
Chronicle, however in 1982 the monthly was renamed
The Yeungnam Observer. The papers, both in
Korean and
English, are edited by students under the supervision of faculty members. •
University Broadcasting System Like many other large universities, Yeungnam University has its own
radio broadcasting station. University Broadcasting System(UBS) was established in 1965 and has provided music, news and other features on academic affairs, both on and off campus.
Alumni Association The Yeungnam University Alumni Association was organized in 1969, February 16. At present there are more than 27 branch offices throughout the country, including
Seoul,
Busan,
Masan,
Changwon,
Gyeongsan, and
Jeju island; and some branches in foreign soil making a list of
New York City,
Chicago,
Washington D.C.,
Atlanta (the USA),
Vancouver,
Toronto (
Canada), and
Indonesia and
England. The YUAA can be catalogued even according to the alumni's colleges, majors, and their work places. The YUAA Office Hall was purchased in 1972 at Daemyung-Dong,
Daegu, which was the first among all college alumni associations in South Korea to be used only for the purpose of alumni services. The YUAA built a New Office Hall on the building site of 462-pyung at Shinchun-Dong,
Daegu, in February 1995, of the size of 5-story building including the basement. In September 1996 it became to own an annex of 4-story building with the basement that made the YUAA Office Hall own the real estate larger than any other alumni association in South Korea might have.
Notable alumni • Kim Kwang-yong,
North Gyeongsang governor •
Lee Hee-joon, actor •
Lee Chan-won, singer •
Park So-jin, singer (
Girl's Day) •
Song Myung-soon,
Republic of Korea Army general •
Yang Joon-hyuk, professional baseball player •
Shin Tae-yong, football coach and manager •
Kim Kiseo, creator of Roiworld and Digipoem •
Dr. Joon-Jin Song, Prominent Professor of Statistical Science, Baylor University. == See also ==