The Kwangwoon Chronicle 2008s~

1930s~1960s

1930
  • 05.20

    In the advent of the electronic era, Dr.Hwado Cho Kwang-woon opened Chosun Radio Training Center

1940
  • 05.03

    The school was renamed as the Chosun Radio Engineering Institute

1948
  • 01.27

    Chosun Radio Middle School was established.

1963
  • 12.16

    Official approval of the establishment of the Dong-guk Electronic Engineering College

1964
  • 02.13

    Inauguration of the first dean, Dr, Cho Eung-chun

  • 10.05

    School was renamed as Kwangwoon Electronic Engineering College

1967
  • 05.20

    Kwangwoon Electronic Engineering College Broadcasting Station was open.

1970s~1980s

1971
  • 12.31

    Kwangwoon Computer Center was open.

1974
  • 12.17

    The Department of Electronic Materials Engineering was established.

1976
  • 12.21

    School was renamed as Kwangwoon Engineering College.
    (The Department of Industrial Business Administration was established.)

1979
  • 12.05

    The Department of Business Administration was established.

  • 12.05

    The Graduate School of Engineering was established.

1980
  • 10.13

    The Departments of Public Administration and of International Trade were established.

1981
  • 03.01

    School was renamed into Kwangwoon College.

1984
  • 11.27

    The Graduate School of Engineering and Management Information was established.

1985
  • 11.11

    The Department of Chemical Engineering was established.

1986
  • 11.06

    The Department of Law was established.

1988
  • 07.08

    The 4-year college (university) status was conferred.

  • 02.10

    The First President, Dr. Cho Mu-sung was inaugurated.

  • 07.08

    The Departments of Architectural Engineering and of Environmental Engineering were established.

  • 11.30

    The Graduate School of Business Administration was established.

1989
  • 11.16

    The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Studies was established.

1990s

1990
  • 07.16

    The Institute of Computer Science and Engineering was established.

  • 08.06

    The Advanced Management Program at the Graduate School of Business Administration was established.

  • 11.08

    Gained was an official approval of the establishment of the Graduate School of Computer Science and Engineering

1991
  • 10.22

    Established were the Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Department of Industrial Psychology and Department of Management Information System

1979
  • 12.05

    Dr.Kang Jun-gil was inaugurated as the 4th President of the University.

1994
  • 09.29

    Opening of Moonhwak building (Culture Center)

1995
  • 10.05

    Combination of three Departments at the College of Engineering (the Electronic Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering and Radio Science and Engineering) into the Electronic Engineering Group.
    The Department of Physics was renamed into Electro Physics

1996
  • 09.24

    Establishment of the Department of International Legal Affairs

  • 11.06

    Established were doctorate courses in Korean Language Literature and in English Language Literature;
    Established were master’s courses in Architectural Engineering, Radio Science and Engineering;
    Established were master’s courses in Graduate School of Information Engineering and Management (Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering and rchitectural Engineering), Graduate School of Business Administration (Industrial Psychology), and Computer Science and Engineering New Media).

1997
  • 10.01

    Dr.Park Young-sik was inaugurated as the 5th President of the University.

  • 10.11

    The Institute of New Technology was designated as an “excellent” laboratory facility by Korea Telecom/(KT)

1998
  • 03.10

    A cooperation agreement was signed with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KIST)

  • 06.01

    A sisterly relationship was built with Ural State University in Russia.

  • 06.08

    Opening of the Moonhwa Building and Ice Rink

  • 07.13

    Signed was an academy-industry cooperation agreement with Samsung SDS, Inc.

  • 07.16

    Kwangwoon Business Support Center was designated as an excellent research center by the Ministry of Information and Communication

  • 09.03

    Ministry of Information and Communication designated the Graduate School as an outstanding model in the field of IT

  • 09.22

    Signed was an academy-industry cooperation agreement with Micro Communication, Inc. Ceremony for the RFIC chip donation

  • 10.15

    A sisterly relationship was built with Ulaanbaatar State University in Mongolia.

  • 12.09

    Opening of the Kwangwoon University IT Business Support Center

1999
  • 03.11

    KWU was designated as a partner university in the industry-academy technology development and cooperation project by the Small and Medium Business Administration

  • 04.14

    An agreement of academic and research cooperation was signed between the Ministry of Information and Communication and the Radio Wave Research Laboratory

  • 07.13

    A sisterly relationship was built with Pan Pacific University in the USA.

  • 08.05

    KWU was designated as a role-model in creating SMEs by the Small and Medium Business Administration

  • 08.31

    Physics and Chemistry Departments were selected for the BK21 project.

  • 10.22

    Signed was a cooperation agreement with the Dobong District Office.

  • 10.28

    Integrated Circuit Design Education Center (IDEC) was recognized as one of the “Excellent” centers.

  • 11.17

    A sisterly relationship was built with Yanbian University of Science & Technology, China

  • 11.19

    Official approval of the establishment of the Graduate School of Education

2000s~2003s

2000
  • 01.09

    Signing of a sisterly relationship with Mongolian National University, Mongolia

  • 02.28

    Kwangwoon University Business Support Center recognized for excellence by the Institute of Information Technology Assessment

  • 03.02

    Opening of the Institute of Comparative Law

  • 03.29

    Selected as a leading training institution for small and medium business by the Office of Small and Medium Business Administration

  • 05.17

    Signing of a research-academy cooperation agreement with DMR, Inc.

  • 05.23

    Singing of a research-academy-industry cooperation agreement with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and the Korean Information Security Agency to establish master's and doctoral courses at the Graduate School

  • 07.18

    Official Approval of the establishment of the Graduate School of Information and Social Welfare

  • 08.01

    Cyber-AMP program offered within the Graduate School of Business Administration.
    RFIC Center was selected as the college IT Research Center by the Ministry of Information and Communication

  • 08.31

    Signing of a sisterly relationship with Beijing University of Education, China

  • 09.07

    Declared the NEW UI (University Identity) and established the university emblem

  • 10.03

    Ground-breaking ceremony of the Kwangwoon Business Incubation Center

  • 12.06

    Signing of an agreement of mutual cooperation with the National Assembly Library

  • 12.16

    Official approval of the establishment of the professional counselor course at the Graduate School of Education

2001
  • 01.11

    Completion of the Chambit Building

  • 01.15

    Publication of the NEW UI manual

  • 02.22

    Selected as an outstanding college in electric, electronic and IT fields by the Korean Council for University Education

  • 02.28

    Separation of the College of Engineering into the College of Electronic and Information Engineering and the College of Engineering.

  • 02.28

    Student Life Institute under the Office of Student Affairs was renamed into 'Student Counseling Center' Signing of a sisterhood relationship with Henan University, China

  • 03.01

    Establishment of the Divisions of Computer Engineering, Architecture & Architectural Engineering, and Media & Communication Arts

  • 06.14

    Signing of a sisterly relationship with Auburn University, USA

  • 06.16

    Signing of an academy-research cooperation agreement with the Korea Basic Science Institute

  • 09.10

    Signing of cooperation agreements with University of Osnabruk, Germany and Shinshu University, Japan

  • 10.08

    Inauguration of the 6th President, Dr.Park Young-sik

  • 11.15

    Signing of a sisterly relationship with Harbin University of Science and Technology, China

  • 12.05

    Opening of the Kwangwoon University Business Incubation Center(KUBIC)

  • 12.20

    Agreement of academic and industrial cooperation signed with WIPS (World Wide Intellectual Property Search).

2002
  • 03.12

    Opening of the Digital Visual Studio

  • 03.19

    Opening of the Yeonchonjae
    (Dormitory facility for students preparing for high-ranking public officials selection examination)

  • 06.01

    Selected as a leading institute for radio wave education by the Ministry of Information and Communications

  • 07.08

    Opening of the Sound Information Telecommunication Research Center

  • 07.26

    OJT Project signed with Daeduck Electronics, Inc.

  • 08.15

    Recognized for excellence in educational reform by the Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development

  • 08.18

    Agreement of academic and industrial cooperation was signed with Daeduck Electronics, Inc.

  • 09.07

    Designated as one of the participants in human resources development program by the Korea Electric Power Institute

  • 09.09

    Opening of the Mobile Library

  • 10.24

    Signing of cooperation agreement with Seoul Women's University

  • 11.06

    Signing of university-industry cooperation with Daeduck Electronics Inc.& Daeduck GDS.
    Opening of the IT System Technology Center

  • 11.07

    Plate-hanging ceremony (Kwangwoon selected as the Radio Science & Engineering Specialization School and Electric Engineering Human Resource Development School)

  • 12.30

    Changed the domain address of the home-page into http://www.kw.ac.kr/

2003
  • 01.16

    Signing of agreement on the multiple degree program with Huree Institute of Information & Communication Technology, Mongolia

  • 02.12

    Renamed the Graduate School Information & Communication Technology into the Graduate School of Information & Communication.

  • 03.11

    Opening of the Moonlight Bridge(overpass)

  • 03.13

    Selected as a recipient of financial support by the IT Curriculum Reorganization Project

  • 03.18

    Signing of curriculum co-operation agreement with Huree Institute of Information and Communication Technology and with the Ministry of Education and Culture, Mongolia

  • 03.20

    Opening of the Imbedded LINUX Lab(College of Electronic & Information Engineering) and the Instrumental Analysis Center(Department of Chemical Engineering)

  • 03.21

    Launching of the 'Kwangwoon 70th Anniversary' Commemoration Business Operation

  • 04.14~17

    RFIC Center celebrated the development and commercialization of the satellite "planar antenna" for the first time in the nation

  • 04.18

    Selected as one of the 2003 BK 21 project partners.

  • 04.18

    Language Education Center commissioned as a training center for elementary school English teachers

  • 04.29

    Signing of an agreement of academic exchange and mutual cooperation with the Republic of Korea Air Force

  • 05.14

    Signing of an agreement of exchanges with Qingdao Institute of Architecture and Engineering, China

  • 05.22

    Designated as a leading member university in the Small-and-Medium Company Informatization Consortium

  • 06.09

    Selected as a superintending university in the e-Business University Support Project

  • 07.10

    Contribution of the ERP system server workstation by Sun Microsystems Korea

  • 07.14

    Signing of a sisterly relation with FEST University, Russia

  • 07.28

    Ground-breaking ceremony of the Hanwoolkwan

  • 08.01

    Next-generation 3D Display Center designated as one of the new growth-engine university IT research centers by the Ministry of Information and Communication

  • 08.05

    Signing of an agreement with North China Electric Power University, China

  • 08.07

    Signing of an agreement with Jilin University, China

  • 10.10

    Signing of an academy-army cooperation with the Republic of Korea Army

  • 10.22

    EIT donated 2 billion-won worth Microwave office to university

  • 11.19

    Opening of the Kwangwoon University 3D Display Center

  • 12.17

    Donating ceremony of the SAP R/3 Enterprise by SAP Korea, Inc

2004s~2007s

2004
  • 01.14

    President Park Young-sik selected as the 12th president of the Korean Council for University Education

  • 01.19

    Operation ceremony of the university administration system (Sunfire 15K System)

  • 02.07

    Mr.Kang Mun-kyu was inaugurated as the Kwangwoon Education Foundation Executive Director,

  • 02.27

    Inauguration of the Kwangwoon University Academy-Industry Cooperation Center

  • 05.17

    Signing of academic exchange agreement with Liaoning University, China

  • 05.18

    Opening of the mobile library service

  • 05.20

    2004 UbIT International Symposium was held.

  • 05.21

    Events commemorating the 70th anniversary of Kwangwoon Education Foundation, Announcement of the Kwangwoon Vision 2014 Kwangwoon 1040 project

  • 05.26

    Opening of the PDP Summer School at the PDP research center

  • 09.01

    Opening of the Division of General Education

  • 09.10

    Signing of sisterly ties with Hansung University

  • 09.23

    Signing of industry-university cooperation agreement with Dasan E&E

  • 11.02~04

    2004 Entered into the 2nd circle of the Comprehensive University Evaluation

  • 11.22

    MBA, Signing cooperation agreement with the MBA Lincoln University

  • 11.24

    Opening of the International Zone

  • 12.17

    Singing of industry-university cooperation agreement with LG Electronics

2005
  • 01.03

    College of Electronic & Information Engineering evaluated as outstanding role model in the Engineering Education Certification program

  • 01.06

    Signing of agreement with the National Institute of Environmental Research

  • 02.14

    Ground-breaking ceremony of the Hanchonjae building

  • 02.17

    Undergraduate and graduate programs were evaluated as outstanding by the Comprehensive University Evaluation

  • 03.14

    Signing of cooperation agreement with Qingdao Technological University on the establishment of the co-curriculum

  • 03.28

    Signing of agreement with Pochon Cha University College of Medicine on academic exchange and industry-university cooperation

  • 04.15

    Evaluated as the best university in the 2004 Technology Training University Project

  • 05.18

    Signing of government-university cooperation with the Gang-buk District office

  • 05.31

    Singing of sisterly ties with Jangsu county in the province of Chungbuk

  • 06.07

    Signing of agreement with Dalian University of Foreign Languages(China) on student exchange and cooperation; signing a student exchange agreement with Eastern Liaoning University.China

  • 06.13

    Signing of exchange and cooperation agreement with the Korea Testing Laboratory

  • 07.21

    Signing of agreement on the operation with the IT Track (designed to produce IT specialists) with Samsang Electronics

  • 08.22

    Completion ceremony of Seungrikwan building.

  • 08.23

    Completion ceremony of Hanwolkwan building.

  • 10.08

    Dr.Lee Sang-chul was inaugurated as the 7th president of the University.

  • 12.01

    Opening ceremony of the Construction Legal Affairs Research Center

  • 12.14

    Signing ceremony for cooperation agreement with Korea Infrastructure Safety and Technology Cooperation

  • 12.15

    Opening ceremony of the next-generation PDP Joint Research Center

  • 12.29

    Won championship at the 1st Robo-1 University League

2006
  • 02.20

    Departments of Electricity, Radio Wave and Electronic Communications Engineering were designated for receiving governmental financial support in the IT education area sponsored by the Ministry of Information and Communication

  • 04.14

    Designated as a key education center for training ITSoC designers by Korea Software Promotion Agency

  • 04.25

    Established a Defense IT Research Center

  • 04.25

    Selected for receiving financial support under the 2nd BK21 project by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources

  • 04.28

    Held an international symposium for IT 3DID

  • 04.29

    Opened a “Chambit Child Care Center,” an auxiliary facility of the Graduate School of Education

  • 05.19

    Opened a dormitory for international students, International house

  • 05.23

    Launched a Nano IP/SoC Innovation Project Group sponsored by Seoul Metropolitan City

  • 05.25

    Selected as a University for 2006 OJT Project by SMEs

  • 05.30

    Selected for the BcN Pilot Project sponsored by the MIC

  • 06.01

    Established an Institute for Specialized Expertise Programs

  • 06.29

    Signed an industry-academic cooperation agreement with “WITHUS.”

  • 07.10

    College of Law signed an MOU with the Construction Daily Newspaper.

  • 07.22

    Selected and supported for specialization in University education by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources

  • 08.28

    Signed an MOU on IT technology with Defense Research Center

  • 08.30

    Signed an MOU with Security Management Iinstitute

  • 10.18

    Organized the University committee and held the first meeting

  • 11.01

    Held a ceremony for launching a Kwangwoon robot game team, “Robit”

  • 11.02

    Signed an MOU with Kyonggi local government and Uijeongbu City government to attract universities

2007
  • 01.29

    Signed a government-academic agreement with Kwangju city of Kyonggi province.

  • 02.12

    Electronic Engineering department was selected for the NEXT project of the MIC

  • 02.21

    Signed an MOU with KMI for joint consultation on UProject

  • 03.07

    Signed a government-academic agreement with Sungnam City government

  • 03.13

    Signed with Ministry of Labor an agreement to strengthen University capability to help students build their careers

  • 04.04

    KWU IACF was awarded “The Best Korea Award” by the Herald Economic Tribune

  • 04.24

    Electronic and information Engineering College and KESCO signed an MOU on joint and commissioned research.

  • 05.01

    Held a ceremony of S/W donation by CREDU

  • 05.31

    “Robit” won the championship of the Super Robot Grand Prix (SRGP) sponsored KT

  • 06.02

    “Robit” won the championship of the 3rd Asia Robo-1.

  • 07.05

    Signed an industry-academic collaboration agreement with LG-Nortel

  • 08.20

    Signed an industry-academic collaboration agreement with Environmental Impact Assessment Association (EIAA)

  • 08.23

    Signed an industry-academic collaboration agreement with Eduwill.

  • 08.27

    Signed an industry-academic collaboration agreement with Korea EMC

  • 09.10

    Held the 1st Job Creation Contest hosted by KWU IACF.

  • 10.18~21

    “Robit” finished second in Humanoid, 1st through 4th in Battle Robots, and 2nd in URC in the 2007 International Robot Contest”

  • 10.29

    Signed an academic exchange agreement with New York State University

  • 11.02

    Signed an academic exchange agreement on defense industry with DAPA

  • 11.08

    Established a Remote Life-long Education Center

  • 11.16

    KWU soccer team won the championship of the 2007 Fall Season of KBSN University Soccer Match”

  • 11.22

    Signed an academic exchange agreement with Korean Military Academy

  • 11.26~27

    Held “3D Fair 2007” co-hosted by 3DRC and the 3D Consortium of Japan

  • 12.08

    Held the 1st KWU SoC Design Contest among regional SoC Centers.”

2008s~

2008
  • 01.25

    Established a Remote Life-long Education Center, an auxiliary organization of KWU

  • 01.28

    Signed an agreement with NIPD for mutual cooperation in disaster management research, technological development and experts training.

  • 01.30~02.01

    “Robit” held the 1st KWU Robot Camp for the Youth.”

  • 03.01

    Newly established a Northeast Asia College and realigned Korean Language and Literature department

  • 06.13~15

    “Robit” finished second in the 2008 ROBOGAMES Contest.”

  • 06.16

    Signed an agreement for exchanges with the University of Nebraska, United States.

  • 07.01

    Established a U-campus system and initiated a test running

  • 07.15

    Signed an agreement with Guangxi University of Technology in China

  • 08.11

    Signed an agreement for the academic and arts exchanges with Korea National University of Arts.

  • 08.25

    Selected as one of the best universities producing best talents and developing best curricula.

  • 09.30

    Signed an agreement for dual diploma programs with Boston University in the United States.

  • 10.07

    Signed an MOU with Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Mongolia.

  • 10.18

    Organized the 2nd Council of the KWU.

  • 10.16~19

    “Robit” won the championship in humanoid of the 2008 International Robot Contest

2009
  • 01.08

    The “Certificate of Engineering Education” was awarded to the total 11 departments in Electronic and Information Engineering College and Engineering College.

  • 01.22

    A Certificate of Business Administration and Management Education” was awarded to the Business Administration College.

  • 02.03

    “Kwangwoon Media Contents Center” was established.

  • 02.09

    Certified as qualified university in Physics in the university evaluation by the KCUE.

  • 02.23

    ISO9001 quality management system certification was awarded.

  • 04.22

    Selected as one of the best universities producing best talents and developing best curricula in 2009.

  • 04.26

    KWU soccer team finished second in the 2009 Fall Season of the National University Soccer Games

  • 05.04

    “Robit” won the championship in the 15th Robo-1 in Japan.

  • 05.20

    Completion ceremony of Nuri Building

  • 07.10

    Singed an MOU on “Open R&D Center” with ETRI

  • 07.20~23

    “Robit” held the 2nd KWU Robot Camp for the Youth.”

  • 10.09

    Dr. Kee Young Kim was inaugurated as the 8th president of the University.

2010
  • 01.29

    Established overseas Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation at Huree University of Information and Communication Technology in Mogolia.

  • 03.10

    Selected as "PEUEC(Project Enhancing the Universities's Educational Competency)" participant univerisy by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.

  • 03.24

    Announced new developmental plan "K-Vision 2015"(President Keeyoung Kim)

  • 04.22

    Established "Private Capital Project".

  • 05.09

    Established overseas Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation at Tribhuvan University in Nepal.

  • 05.18

    Signed an MOU with St. Mary's University in United States.

  • 06.28

    Signed an MOU with FESTU(Far Eastern State Transportation University) in Russia.

  • 06.30

    Signed an MOU with FESTU for student/faculty exchange, joint research, short-term cultural exchange program.

  • 07.07

    Signed an MOU with GRBS(GIDC Rofel Business School) in India for dual MBA program, summer internship program, faculty exchange, joint research, seminar,workshop and short-term cultural exchange program.

  • 07.14

    Opened "Mobile Kwangwoon" Hompage.

  • 07.26

    Signed an MOU with Thammasat University in Thailand for faculty/student exchange, publication/paper exchange and joint research.

  • 08.10

    Selected Plasma Bioscience Research Center as "SRC(Scientific Research Center)" by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.

  • 09.16

    Established overseas Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation at College of Information Science Technology, Qingdao University of Science Technology in China.

  • 09.22

    Signed an MOU with Covinus University of Budapest and Budapest University of Technology & Economics in Hungary.

  • 09.24

    Signed an MOU with Czech Technical Universit in Prague.

  • 09.26

    Signed an MOU with Fraunhofer Institute in Germany for establishment of a research center.

  • 09.28

    Signed an MOU with Fraunhofer Institute Fur Angewandle in Germany for establishment of an international joint research center.

  • 10.18

    Signed an MOU with Dalian Nationalities University in China for faculty visit, faculty/student exchange, joint research etc.

2011
  • 01.07

    Dr.Mu-sung Cho was inaugurated as the 17th chairman of Kwangwoon Foundation.

  • 02.07

    Established Global Education Management Center at Institute of Information Technology.

  • 02.10

    Opened the Office of Interntional Affairs.

  • 03.09

    Signed agreement for STP(Samsung Talent Program) with Samsung electronics.

  • 05.11

    Selected as "PEUEC(Project Enhancing the Universities's Educational Competency)" participant univerisy in 2011 by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.

  • 08.24

    Established Kwangwoon Consortium for HRD Ability Magnified Program.

  • 09.30

    Opened "University Media Portal".

  • 12.07

    Signed agreement for employment contractual program with LG electronics.

  • 12.29

    Signed an MOU with University of Wisconsin(Oshkosh) in United States.

2012
  • 02.22

    Signed an MOU with Beihua University in China.

  • 02.28

    Signed agreement for employment contractual program with Ubivelox and Thinkware.

  • 03.05

    Signed an MOU with California State University, Northridge in United States.

  • 04.18

    Selected as "PEUEC(Project Enhancing the Universities's Educational Competency)" participant univerisy in 2012 by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.

  • 06.08

    Signed an MOU with Capital University of Economics and Business in China.

  • 06.08

    Signed an MOU with Freescale.

  • 07.03

    Signed an MOU with highschools in Mongolia.

  • 08.09

    Signed an MOU with Koc University in Turkey.

  • 10.08

    Signed an MOU with Niigata University of International and Information Studies in Japan.

  • 10.11

    Signed an MOU with University of Shiga Prefecture in Japan.

  • 10.17

    Signed an MOU with Mongolia International University in Mongolia.

2013
  • 02.25

    Seongbuk Station changed to "Kwangwoon University Station".

  • 04.22

    Signed MOU with Korea Radio Promotion Association.

  • 05.15

    Signed agreement for industry-academic collaboration with Dongbu Robot.

  • 05.21

    Selected as the best university from "Youth Dream Univerisity Evaluation" by Dong-A Ilbo.

  • 05.24

    Department of Architectural Engineering earned highest grade from university evaluation in industry perspective.

  • 05.28

    Signed an MOU with The University of Texas at San Antonio in United States.

  • 06.13

    Selected as "Capability Enhancement Project for College Admission Officer System" in 2013 by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.

  • 06.25

    Signed agreement for green campus joint development with Seoul Metropolitan City.

2014
  • 01.02

    Signed an MOU with Akdeniz University in Turkey.

  • 01.10

    Dr. Jangho Chun was inaugurated as the 9th president of the University.

  • 03.11

    Signed an MOU with University of Skovde in Sweden.

  • 04.22

    Signed an MOU with Nanjing University of the Arts in China.

  • 04.22

    Signed an MOU with Shanxi University in China.

  • 05.01

    Signed an MOU with Tampere University of Technology in Finland.

  • 05.26

    Signed an MOU with EAC Group(Groupe des ecoles d'arts et de Culture) in France.

  • 06.02

    Signed an MOU with Qindao Binhai University in China.

  • 06.30

    Selected as "ACE(Advancement of College Education)" participant univerisy by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.

  • 07.14

    Signed an MOU with Qindao Henxing University of Science and Technology in China.

  • 07.24

    Signed an MOU with Zhengzhou University of Light Industry in China.

  • 09.17

    Signed an MOU with Maejo University in Thailand.

  • 11.

    Signed an MOU with Lyceum University of the Philippines in Philippines.

  • 12.

    Signed an MOU with BINUS University in Indonesia.

2015s~

2015
  • 01.08

    Signed an MOU with Hongkong University of Education for exchange of professors and students in the environmental field

  • 01.15

    Signed an MOU with Tribhuwan University, Nepal for exchange of professors and students

  • 01.15

    Signed an MOU with Shijiazhuang Information Technology Institute, China for exchange of professors and students

  • 01.27

    Signed an MOU with Taffilla Institute of Technology, Jordan for exchange of professors and students

  • 01.30

    Signed an agreement to exchange human resources for construction-related education and research with the Korean Engineers Association

  • 04.23

    Signed an MOU with Binus University, Indonesia for exchange of professors and students

  • 05.11

    Signed an MOU with Stevens Institute of Technology, USA for exchange of professors and students

  • 05.29

    Signed an MOU with PSB University Singapore for exchange of professors and students

  • 06.10

    Chosun Ilbo QS University Ranking 56th in Asia for Specialization

  • 06.03

    Signed a business agreement with Seoul Metropolitan Government for university student internship

  • 06.03

    Signed an MOU with Macromedia University, Germany for exchange of professors and students

  • 07.14

    Signed an MOU with Chitkara Universuty, India for exchange of professors and students

  • 09.25

    Signed an MOU with Taipei National University of Economics, Taiwan for exchange of professors and students

  • 09.02

    Best College of Youth Dream University in 2015 hosted by Dong-A Ilbo

2016
  • 01.07

    Shin Chul-shik inaugurated as the 12th president of Kwangwoon Academy

  • 01.22

    Establishment of a mutual cooperation system with the Information and Communication Technology Promotion Center to nurture talents who will lead ICT and SW projects

  • 02.11

    Signed an MOU with Zwickau University of Applied Sciences, Germany for exchange of professors and students

  • 08.30

    Intelligent Defense ICT Center Opening Ceremony

  • 09.05

    Selected as an excellent project group for the 2016 Ministry of Education, University Specialization Project (CK)

  • 09.25

    Completion of Kwangwoon Square and the 80th Anniversary Memorial Building

  • 10.19

    Signed an MOU with Bulancan State University, Philippines

  • 10.31

    Signed a recruitment agreement with Seoul Aspirin Center operation consignment agency

  • 12.20

    Selected for Seoul Creative Economy Campus Town Project

2017
  • 02.06

    Opened ‘Plasma Medical Science Center’ at Korea-Germany Joint International Research Center

  • 03.02

    New central library opening ceremony

  • 03.03

    Software Convergence department launched

  • 03.15

    Signed an MOU with Seongnam Urban Development Corporation

  • 03.28

    Selected as a software (SW) centric university project

  • 04.19

    The Department of Architectural Engineering acquired the ‘Best Grade’ in the industry-perspective university evaluation

  • 04.27

    Signed agreement to establish a cooperative system between 10 universities in the northeastern part of Seoul

  • 09.14

    Kwangwoon University public dormitory (Bitsoljae) opening ceremony

  • 12.15

    Seoul Campus Town Comprehensive Project Selection

2018
  • 01.10

    Yoo Ji-sang, Ph.D. in Engineering, inaugurated as the 10th President of Kwangwoon University

  • 04.02

    Cho Sun-young inaugurated as the 13th Chair of Kwangwoon University Foundation

  • 04.18

    The Department of Electronic and Communication Engineering acquired the ‘Best Grade’ in the industry-perspective university evaluation

  • 05.18

    Selected as a high school education contribution university support project by the Ministry of Education for 6 consecutive years

  • 05.18

    Signed an MOU with Rajamangala Institute of Technology, Thailand for exchange of professors and students

  • 06.14

    'History of Mathematics' and 'Urban Humanities (Korean Studies) in the World City of Seoul' were selected for the Korean online open lecture (K-MOOC)

  • 08.27

    Started construction of SNK-VITAMIN Startup Center

  • 09.03

    Selected as 'University of Self-improvement in the 2018 University Basic Competency Assessment'

  • 11.02

    Signed an MOU with University of Illinois, USA for exchange of professors and students

  • 11.21

    Ranked 2nd in the maintenance employment rate in the Korean economy’s employment and start-up competency evaluation

2019
  • 01.04

    Signed an MOU with Korea-China Cultural Association

  • 02.07

    Smart Convergence Research Institute and Ianna Co., Ltd. signed an MOU related to AI for infants and toddlers

  • 03.21

    SNK-Vitamin Center opened

  • 04.23

    Acquired the ‘Best Class’ in Environmental Engineering from the industrial perspective university evaluation

  • 05.08

    Selected by the Ministry of Education to support universities contributing to high school education for 7 consecutive years

  • 05.08

    Kwangwoon University Psychological Health Promotion Center affiliated with Graduate School of Education, Selected as 「2019 Suicide Survivors Treatment Expense Support Project」

  • 05.15

    The biography of the founder of Kwangwoon Foundation, Hwado Kwangwoon Jo, “The Road Always Walked with You” (History Critic) published

  • 06.12

    『Digital Video Editing Room』 supported by Lotte Home Shopping opened

  • 06.13

    Graduate School of Counseling Welfare Policy, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Best Partner Certification Award

  • 07.02

    ‘Roːbit’ wins 3 categories at ‘RoboCup 2019’ at the World Robot Competition

  • 07.19

    Kwangwoon University-SK Telecom signed MOU on AI education cooperation and curriculum operation

  • 08.20

    SNK-VITAMIN Center selects education donation career experience certification institution and grants permission to use certification mark

  • 09.20

    Acquired 「Certification」 in the Engineering Education Certification Evaluation for College of Electronic Information Engineering, College of Software Convergence, and College of Engineering in 2019

  • 10.12

    Ro:bit, a robot game team, won two awards at the 2019 International Robot Contest (IRC 2019)

  • 10.06

    Ro:bit, a robot game team, won the first place in the defense robot category (Army Chief of Staff Award) at the 21st Korea Intelligent Robot Contest

  • 11.27

    Signed an industry-academic cooperation business agreement with Korea Digital CCTV Research Association to support the development of the intelligent CCTV industry

  • 12.27

    Second Cycle University Evaluation Certification

2020
  • 02.03

    Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business signs MOU for industry-academic cooperation

  • 02.19

    AI Translation Industry Research Center-Korean translator signed a business alliance and exchange cooperation

  • 03.09

    Kwangwoon University-Technology Guarantee Fund signed a business agreement to establish a 'University Technology Commercialization Support Platform (U-TECH Valley)'

  • 05.06

    Kwangwoon University Selected as '2020 Makerspace Construction/Operation Project Supervising Agency' by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups

  • 05.19

    Remodeling of 'Haedong Academic Information Room' in Bima Building and opening ceremony of 'Singularity Hall'

  • 05.27

    Selected as '2020 Makerspace Construction/Operation Project Supervising Agency' by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups

  • 05.28

    Selected by the Ministry of Education to support universities contributing to high school education for 8 consecutive years

  • 06.09

    Selected as a new K-MOOC course for 2020 by the Ministry of Education

  • 07.09

    Ranked 4th overall in Leiden Ranking 'Quality Evaluation of Top 1% Papers'

  • 07.15

    AI Translation Industry Research Center signed a quality management contract with Flitto Co., Ltd.

  • 07.21

    Selected as a specialized graduate school for integrated environmental management by the Ministry of Environment

  • 07.28

    Signed an MOU with Artificial Intelligence Focused Research Center and Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.

  • 08.12

    Signed an MOU for industry-university cooperation with Cisco Systems (installation of 5G B2B innovation center)

  • 08.20

    Held the opening ceremony of 'Kwangwoon Workshop', a hybrid maker space

  • 09.03

    Signed an MOU with JLK Co., Ltd. related to artificial intelligence and big data

  • 09.18

    Kwangwoon Foundation signed an agreement with Osan City and iMBC to nurture AI convergence talents in earnest

  • 10.28

    Robit won 7 categories including the Presidential Award at major robot competitions in 2020

  • 11.04

    Kwangwoon University Consigned Operation 'Seongbuk Municipal Youth Center' Signboard Ceremony

  • 11.09

    The Department of Electronic Engineering 'Convergence Education Research Team' selected as the BK21 project by the Ministry of Education

  • 11.09

    The Department of Electronic Convergence Engineering 'Convergence Technology Education Research Team' selected as the BK21 project by the Ministry of Education

  • 11.33

    Campus Town Project Group opens SNK-Clinic Center I and II for youth entrepreneurship

  • 11.16

    Selected as a commissioned institution by the Industry-University Cooperation Foundation, Guri City Youth Startup Support Center

  • 11.23

    Innovative Talent Nurturing Project Group Collaborative Robot Expert Course, 4 Prizes in Robot Competition

  • 11.27

    Selected as the academic journal of the Defense Research Institute and the candidate for registration by the National Research Foundation of Korea

2021s~Now

2021
  • 2021.05

    Acquired the ‘Digital New Technology Talent Training Revolution Sharing College’ project.

  • 2021.06

    Plasma Bio Science Institute acquired the ‘2021 support project for university-centered research institutes.’

  • 2021.11

    Kwangwoon University and JTBC signed Meta Human creating talent growing business agreement.

  • 2022.01

    Jong Heon Kim (Doctor of Engineering) inaugurated as the 11th president of Kwangwoon University.

  • 2022.06

    Selected as the 『College contributing to high school education』 for 10 years consecutively.

  • 2022.08

    Second consecutive selection in ‘Campus Town Integration Project.’

  • 2022.11

    ‘Engineering Education Accreditation Assessment Certification’ verified.

  • 2022.12

    Acquired the ‘3rd College Assessment Accreditation’