Founded in 1972, Korea National Open University (KNOU) has played a seminal role in bringing higher education to the masses when it became the first distance education university in the nation.
Master's Programmes
About
History
Date of birth: September 2, 1956
Career
Job and Career Counseling provides KNOU students with information on how to find jobs or develop career paths, lists of accessible licenses per department, job listings, vocational training programs, career development lectures, career development workshops and career counseling.
Global Student Satisfaction Awards 2021
GSSA 2021
The Global Student Satisfaction Awards empower students across the globe to determine the best universities of 2021. Universities with a score above 4.0 (out of 5) in any of the 8 award categories, receive Badges of Excellence. Congratulations!
Learn more about the Global Student Satisfaction AwardsUniversity Ranking
Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2016
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2015
201
2014
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ARWU World University rankings is the first world university ranking. It ranks the world's top 1000 colleges and universities based on objective indicator. They look at the number of award-winning (Fields Medals and Nobel Prize) scientists who are located there, how much of their research is cited and referenced around the world, and how much they've contributed to different academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, ARWU ranks the universities accordingly.
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2017
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2016
201
2015
201
World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
Services
Student services
The Student Service Center provides quality academic services for KNOU students, graduates and prospective students by offering prompt counseling to answer to questions concerning campus life and giving information on academic inquiries.
ICT services
Web-Based Instruction (WBI) encourages active participation of learners by overcoming the limitations of media in distance education as there are two-way active teaching and learning activities such as team projects and online discussions which involve various multimedia, including videos, audio and animations.
Medical services
Information and counseling on health-related issues and basic medical check-ups to KNOU students.
Student Life
Student clubs
The KNOU National Student Union is a self-governing student body that consists of the president, an executive branch, 13 regional student unions andstudent unions from each department. The leadership is elected every December by KNOU students.
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