Despite of numerous limitations, both internally and externally, CBNU has accomplished an outstanding improvement since its opening in 1947. With its 70th anniversary around the corner in 2017, CBNU has been achieving invaluable results, and consolidating its position as the school with the fastest growth speed in the nation for the past 10 years.
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About
History
Started with 2700 students of 5 colleges with 16 departments by integrating Jeonju Myeongnyun School and Gunsan Hakgwan into Iri provincial Agricultural College in 1946.
Education
Due to decline of academic population and rising of financial pressure, however, many Korean universities are facing a never-before-seen difficulty. It simply is not possible to overcome the hard time with the tactics from the days of growth. But now, it is time to think bigger, and see further through a vision of maturity.
Research
Chonbuk National University will open an era of maturity moving beyond growth. By fostering talented individuals equipped with CBNU’s unique color, and building an ever-growing research ecosystem, we will prepare for a great leap of the new millennium. We will help our students enlarge their thinking, and discover new academic resources, thus they will be our priceless masterpiece proudly representing CBNU.
University Ranking
QS World University Rankings by TopUniversities
2019
571 -70
2018
501
2017
501
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world. They measure university reputation based on the impressions of higher education experts, companies who hire graduates, and teaching quality. QS also considers the ratio of international teachers and students present at universities, as well as the times research papers were mentioned by researchers. After calculating and comparing these criteria, QS ranks the universities accordingly.
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2019
801 -200
2018
601
2017
601
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.
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report
2019
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2018
648 -3
2017
645
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
Services
Student services
Chonbuk National University will open an era of maturity moving beyond growth. By fostering talented individuals equipped with CBNU’s unique color, and building an ever-growing research ecosystem, we will prepare for a great leap of the new millennium. We will help our students enlarge their thinking, and discover new academic resources, thus they will be our priceless masterpiece proudly representing CBNU.
Housing services
To accomplish the globalized campus in this global era, Chonbuk National University makes the best and consistent effort with the project “Vision 2020” to enhance the education and research competitiveness in order to achieve amongst world’s top 100 universities until 2020.
Library services
Chonbuk National University Library is consists of Annex, Reading Room, Law library, medical library, dentistry library including Central library having more than one million books and more than 4 thousand kinds of scientific journals.
Student Life
Campus life
To accomplish the globalized campus in this global era, Chonbuk National University makes the best and consistent effort with the project “Vision 2020” to enhance the education and research competitiveness in order to achieve amongst world’s top 100 universities until 2020.
The Global Study Awards
Together with the ISIC Association and British Council IELTS, Studyportals offers you the chance to receive up to £10000 to expand your horizon and study abroad. We want to ultimately encourage you to study abroad in order to experience and explore new countries, cultures and languages.