The five national universities in Gwangju and Jeonnam, which agreed to establish a collaborative university system, held a sports event for their staff members. The event was held at Jangseong Camp on Oct. 24th. Including CNU, Mokpo National University, Mokpo National Maritime University, Sunchon National University, and Yosu National University have cooperated to establish a university consor...

The new building for Language Education Center will be opened on Oct. 30th. The 5-story building, with one underground floor, is located right behind the Information Computing Institute and cost about 3.4 billion won (approximately US$ 2.9 million) to construct. Construction began in May 2002. The new building is a state-of-the-art language education center accommodating seminar rooms, fifteen...

Biotechnology Research Institute (Director: Prof. Chung Ki-chul, Division of Applied Bioscience & Biotechnology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences) held its 7th International Academic Symposium in commemoration of its 18th Anniversary. The symposium was held at Agriculture-Industry Cooperation Center on Oct. 28. For the symposium, entitled \"The Trend of Recent Studies on Biotechnology,\"...

At the 2003 national university self-development program assessment, performed by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources, CNU was ranked first among nine national universities in nation. In accordance with the assessment results, CNU will receive 3.13 billion won from the Ministry for the enhancement of the university self-development program. The second-ranking universities, Kyungpook ...

The successful candidates of the 47th administrative civil service examination and the 9th local administrative civil service examination were recently announced. Five CNU students including two current students were in the list. CNU has been maintaining high rankings in terms of the state law exam passers, with it being ranked the 9th. Till 1999, CNU had produced seven or eight candidates eve...

The CNU Museum provides a field trip to ancient palaces from Oct. 25. The field trip will give the participants an opportunity to enjoy the autumnal mood of ancient palaces and see the exhibitions, showcased at each palace. On October 25, the excursion team will visit Deoksugung Palace to see the exhibition titled \"The Age of Rembrandt: 17th Century Dutch Painting\" and look around Changdeokg...

\"Sign Up for Courses with Cell Phones from Anywhere on Campus\" CNU entered into an agreement for the establishment of e-campus system with KT Corp. On Oct. 13, CNU President Chung Seok-jong and Director Seon Myong-kyu of KTs Chonnam Business Group attended an agreement signing ceremony, held at the reception room on the 5th floor of CNU Administration Bldg. The aim of the agreement is to est...

  At the irregular selection of freshmen for the 2004 academic year, the average competition rate stood at 4.3:1. The applications were received for four days from October 6 through 9. The number of applicants reached 5,301, which is over four times of the 1,228 total intake quotas for the next year. The figure increased about ten percent over the year 2003, whose applicants reached 4,776. Ap...