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vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Korea National Open University</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Knou_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Knou_logo.png/120px-Knou_logo.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Knou_logo.png/180px-Knou_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/Knou_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="215" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_university" title="National university">National</a> (<a href="/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">Public</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1972<span class="noprint">; 52 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1972</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/University_president" class="mw-redirect" title="University president">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Soo-no Ryu, Ph.D.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">150<small> (2011)</small><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">173,758<small> (2011)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a 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title="South Korea">South Korea</a></div><br /><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Korea_National_Open_University&params=37.579_N_127.0028_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°34′44″N</span> <span class="longitude">127°00′10″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.5790°N 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Korea National Open University"><img alt="Logotype of Korea National Open University" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Knou_logotype.png/220px-Knou_logotype.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Knou_logotype.png/330px-Knou_logotype.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Knou_logotype.png/440px-Knou_logotype.png 2x" data-file-width="552" data-file-height="88" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="infobox" style="width: 22em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size: 125%; color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Korea National Open University</td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline; font-size: 1rem;"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">한국방송통신대학교</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline; font-size: 1rem;"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">韓國放送通信大學校</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">Revised Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Revised Romanization of Korean transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">Hanguk Bangsong Tongsin Daehakgyo</i></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer" title="McCune–Reischauer">McCune–Reischauer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="McCune–Reischauer transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">Han'guk Pangsong T'ongsin Taehakkyo</i></span></td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tbody></table> <p><b>Korea National Open University</b> (<b>KNOU</b>, <a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span lang="ko">한국방송통신대학교</span>) is a <a href="/wiki/National_university" title="National university">national university</a> of <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>. The school provides higher education including undergraduate, graduate and non-degree programs as well as distance-learning courses in <a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a> for more than 180,000 students. It was established in 1972<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a branch faculty of <a href="/wiki/Seoul_National_University" title="Seoul National University">Seoul National University</a>, with 2-year <a href="/wiki/Junior_college" title="Junior college">junior college</a> courses. In 1982, KNOU was separated from SNU and established as a national university, launching programs for 4-year <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">undergraduate degrees</a>. As of 2009, the university has 46 offices and regional learning centres nationwide, and domestic <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable television</a> channel (OUN) for broadcasting lectures.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It provides accredited <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">bachelor's</a> and <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">master's degree</a> for various fields, as well as non-degree qualifications such as <a href="/wiki/Diplomas" class="mw-redirect" title="Diplomas">diplomas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Academic_certificate" title="Academic certificate">certificates</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Life-long_learning" class="mw-redirect" title="Life-long learning">life-long learning</a> units. The school's main campus is located in Daehak-ro, Jongro-gu, Seoul. </p><p>With more than 180,000 students enrolled,<sup id="cite_ref-st_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including 700 postgraduate students, KNOU is the first distance and <a href="/wiki/Lifelong_learning" title="Lifelong learning">lifelong</a> educational institution of South Korea, and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_universities_by_enrollment" class="mw-redirect" title="List of largest universities by enrollment">largest educational institution in the country by enrollment</a>. Since its foundation, more than 500,000 students have been enrolled, and 350,000 students graduated<sup id="cite_ref-st_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from the university. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_National_Open_University&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>KNOU was founded in 1972 as a branch of Seoul National University. It began by offering a two-year junior college program to 12,000 students and now has over 200,000 full-time, degree-seeking students for four-year university programs and some part-time students for non-degree, lifelong education programs. It also offers online graduate programs for several major areas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_National_Open_University&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The university includes four colleges: </p> <ul><li>College of Liberal Arts</li> <li>College of Social Science</li> <li>College of <a href="/wiki/Natural_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural Science">Natural Science</a></li> <li>College of Education</li></ul> <p>It also includes <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://grad.knou.ac.kr/eng/home/HGEHMainDetail.htm">seventeen graduate schools:</a> </p> <ul><li>Department of Practical English</li> <li>Department of Practical Chinese</li> <li>Department of Japanese Language & Culture</li> <li>Department of French Language & Culture</li> <li>Department of Law</li> <li>Department of <a href="/wiki/Public_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Administration">Public Administration</a></li> <li>Department of Management</li> <li>Department of <a href="/wiki/New_media_art" title="New media art">Media Arts</a> & Culture Contents</li> <li>Department of <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">Agriculture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Biology" title="Biology">Life Science</a></li> <li>Department of Economics</li> <li>Department of <a href="/wiki/Computer_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer Science">Computer Science</a></li> <li>Department of <a href="/wiki/E-learning" class="mw-redirect" title="E-learning">e-Learning</a></li> <li>Department of <a href="/wiki/Bioinformatics" title="Bioinformatics">Bioinformatics</a></li> <li>Department of Envitonmental Health Systems</li> <li>Department of <a href="/wiki/Nursing" title="Nursing">Nursing</a></li> <li>Department of <a href="/wiki/Lifelong_learning" title="Lifelong learning">Lifelong Education</a></li> <li>Department of Youth Education</li> <li>Department of <a href="/wiki/Early_childhood_education" title="Early childhood education">Early Childhood Education</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campus">Campus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_National_Open_University&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The university has campuses in every major city of <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>. Cities which have KNOU campuses include: <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daejeon" title="Daejeon">Daejeon</a>-<a href="/wiki/Chungnam" class="mw-redirect" title="Chungnam">Chungnam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daegu" title="Daegu">Daegu</a>-<a href="/wiki/Gyeongbuk" class="mw-redirect" title="Gyeongbuk">Gyeongbuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gwangju" title="Gwangju">Gwangju</a>-<a href="/wiki/Jeonnam" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeonnam">Jeonnam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gyeonggi" class="mw-redirect" title="Gyeonggi">Gyeonggi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gangwon_(South_Korea)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gangwon (South Korea)">Gangwon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeonbuk" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeonbuk">Jeonbuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chungbuk" class="mw-redirect" title="Chungbuk">Chungbuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gyeongnam" class="mw-redirect" title="Gyeongnam">Gyeongnam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ulsan" title="Ulsan">Ulsan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeju_City" title="Jeju City">Jeju</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_National_Open_University&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim,_Hyo-joon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim, Hyo-joon (page does not exist)">Kim, Hyo-joon</a>, CEO of BMW Korea</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee,_Kyung-jun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lee, Kyung-jun (page does not exist)">Lee, Kyung-jun</a>, Former CEO of KT Corporation</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kwon,_Young-soo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kwon, Young-soo (page does not exist)">Kwon, Young-soo</a>, Vice Chairman of LG Group, Former CEO of LG Display</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee,_Chul&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lee, Chul (page does not exist)">Lee, Chul</a>, Former CEO of Korail</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim,_Il-joong&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim, Il-joong (page does not exist)">Kim, Il-joong</a>, CEO of Pantech Korea</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim,_Jun-il&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim, Jun-il (page does not exist)">Kim, Jun-il</a>, CEO of Lock & Lock</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Choi,_Yoon-cheol&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Choi, Yoon-cheol (page does not exist)">Choi, Yoon-cheol</a>, CEO of Dong Il Architects & Engineers</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee,_Pan-jung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lee, Pan-jung (page does not exist)">Lee, Pan-jung</a>, CEO of NetPia</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Park,_In-ju&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Park, In-ju (page does not exist)">Park, In-ju</a>, CEO of Zeniel</li> 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href="/w/index.php?title=Chung,_Doo-eon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chung, Doo-eon (page does not exist)">Chung, Doo-eon</a>, Member of National Assembly(Senator)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim,_Choon-jin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim, Choon-jin (page does not exist)">Kim, Choon-jin</a>, Member of National Assembly(Senator)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oh,_Jong-nam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oh, Jong-nam (page does not exist)">Oh, Jong-nam</a>, Professor at Seoul National University</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kang_In-soo" title="Kang In-soo">Kang In-soo</a>, singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Kwang-kyu_(actor)" title="Kim Kwang-kyu (actor)">Kim Kwang-kyu</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Mi-sook" title="Kim Mi-sook">Kim Mi-sook</a>, actress</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_National_Open_University&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_universities_in_South_Korea" title="List of national universities in South Korea">List of national universities in South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_and_colleges_in_South_Korea" title="List of universities and colleges in South Korea">List of universities and colleges in South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_South_Korea" title="Education in South Korea">Education in Korea</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korea_National_Open_University&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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