About Kangwon National University (Chuncheon Campus)

Founded as Kangwon Provincial Chuncheon Agricultural College in 1947, KNU extended to comprehensive university in 1978 Kangwon National University is as a core national university representing Gangwon-do, nurturing global talents contributing to the advancement of the nation and region.

Prospective foreign students of Kangwon National University!

Kangwon National University is opening its doors wide for foreign students as well. As one of the 10 core Korean national universities in Korea, we maintain a high level of quality in education and research, while offering almost all of the various majors desired by the students a comprehensive university. Our dormitory capacity is among the highest in Korea, and KNU is located at the beautiful lakeside city Chuncheon, which is only 1 hour away from the capital city of Seoul, the center of politics, economy, and culture in Korea, meaning that you can enjoy a wide variety of cultural activities. Furthermore, our safe and clean living environments and inexpensive living cost will surely help foreign students studying abroad to live in comfortably.

Please come to Kangwon National University and realize your dreams. I, as well as the faculties and staffs of Kangwon National University, will give best support so that the foreign students could realize their dreams.

KNU Educational Goals and Motto

Based on our founding spirit of Sil-Sa-Gu-Si (Inquirere Veritatem Ex Praxe), a proverb meaning “seek for the truth from reality,“ we have established the goal of undergraduate education as developing individuals who possess Sil-Sa-Gu-Si style creative and cooperative minds, and will realize individual self-realization as well as progress in their communities.