Chonnam National University (CNU), under the leadership of President Keunbae Lee, has been selected for the 2025 Lab-Based Startup Leading University Program, a prestigious initiative jointly supported by Korea’s Ministry of Education and Ministry of Science and ICT. This national program, overseen by the National Research Foundation of Korea and the Korea Technology Commercializati...

On March 26, Chonnam National University (CNU) held an inauguration ceremony for its 22nd president, Dr. Keunbae Lee, at Minjumaru Hall on the Gwangju campus. Over 300 guests attended the event, including former CNU presidents, local government leaders, alumni association representatives, and media and industry figures. The ceremony featured a presidential biography, symbolic handover of...

Professor In-Kyu Park’s research team at Chonnam National University College of Medicine, in collaboration with GIST and the CNU Osteoporosis Total Solution Leading Research Center, has developed a novel prodrug-based nanomodulator (Pro@FLNC) for the treatment of refractory breast cancer. This platform targets the tumor microenvironment by disrupting redox balance, leading to two ty...

Chonnam National University (CNU) has been selected as the only lead institution in Korea for the 2025 Collaborative Makerspace Program, a national initiative led by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. The program supports the expansion of maker culture and manufacturing-based entrepreneurship, and this year’s selection process was especially competitive due to stricter application crit...

The appointment of Lee Keun-bae as the president of CNU was approved at a cabinet meeting on February 25, and he officially started his duties on February 26.  CNU announced that President Lee commenced his official duties with the “73rd CNU Spring Graduation Ceremony,” which was held at 10 AM on February 26. President Lee's term runs for four years, from February ...

CNU successfully hosted the “2025 Spring Semester International Exchange Student Orientation,” reinforcing its position as a globalized campus. CNU’s External and Global Engagement, led by Cho Jin-hyung hosted the event on February 28 at Cosmos Hall in the College of Engineering, with 137 exchange students from 65 universities in 26 countries in attendance. The orientati...

CNU's Yeosu campus has invested approximately 300 million KRW to establish a “Student Employment & Start-up Career Hub” to strengthen students' capabilities in employment and start-ups. The newly established Career Hub is located on the first floor of the Industry-Academic Research Building, covering an area of about 180㎡ and includes spaces for employment and st...

CNU held its entrance ceremony for the 2025 academic year at 2 PM on February 28 at Minjumaru, officially welcoming the new students. The new students for the 2025 academic year include 5,196 undergraduates, 1,166 master’s students, and 294 doctoral students, totaling 6,656. The entrance ceremony included the declaration of admission by the Dean of Academic Affairs, a speech by P...

CNU has been selected for the 2025 Start-up Center University project governed by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. As a result, CNU will identify and support more than 375 promising start-up companies over the next five years with a total of 35 billion KRW in government support, aiming to become a start-up innovation hub for the Honam and Jeju regions. The Start-up Center University pro...

CNU's Graduate School successfully held the "2024 Graduate Student Awards Ceremony" on February 25 at Yongbong Hall on the second floor of the University Headquarters Building, with approximately 500 graduate students in attendance. This event aimed to highlight the research achievements of graduate students and present academic role models to enhance the quality of research...