Kwangwoon University

Overview

Kwangwoon University

Kwangwoon University (KWU) is a private research university situated in Seoul, South Korea. It was established in 1934 as a comprehensive and coeducational academic institution. KWU has been a recognized and highly regarded academic institution in the fields of Engineering and Information Technology. It is one of the top 20 universities in Seoul in the field of Science and Engineering and belongs to the top 50 universities in Korea.

Kwangwoon University Key Statistics

KWU has eight colleges with 29 departments. It offers around 91 programs across its undergraduate, master’s, and doctorate programs. These academic units include the College of Electronics and Information Engineering, College of Software and Convergence, College of Engineering, College of Natural Sciences, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Public Policy and Law, College of Business, and Ingenium College.

It also has one general graduate school with six specialized graduate schools, namely, the School of Environmental Studies, School of Business Administration, School of Smart Convergence, School of Education, School of Legal Affairs in Construction, and the School of Counselling, Welfare, and Policy.

The university has more than 9,600 students, with 8,180 undergraduates and around 1,420 postgraduates. About 7% of the student population are international students. It houses more than 221 administrative staff and around 827 faculty staff with a student-faculty ratio of 1:11.

The other Kwangwoon University key statistics are the academic and non-academic facilities and amenities it provides to the students and staff like the library, housing, sports facilities, and financial aids and/or scholarships.

Kwangwoon University Research

The university’s top three research fields are materials science, chemistry, and computer science. Its researchers have published in publications like Scientific Reports, Number Theory, and the Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics. Researchers of Kwangwoon University had been invited to attend/present papers at prestigious conferences like the International Microwave Symposium, International Conference on Information Networking, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The most cited research publication of Kwangwoon University is Biggs and Tang’s (1999) book. The book is entitled Teaching for Quality Learning at University: What the Student Does. This scholarly output received a total of 21,425 citations.

The second most cited scholarly output is another book by Biggs and Tang (1999). This scholarly output is on Teaching for Quality Learning at University. A total of 10,989 articles, books, and other publications cited this scholarly output.

The third most cited publication from Kwangwoon University is Etzkowitz and Leydesdorff’s (2000) “The dynamics of innovation: from national systems and "Mode" 2 to a triple helix of university-industry-government relations,” published in Research Policy. It has generated a total of 10,733 citations.

KWU’s other most cited publications include Kent et al.’s (2002) “The Human Genome Browser at UCSC” (Genome Research, 8,960 citations) and Laurillard’s (1993) book on Rethinking University Teaching: A Conversational Framework for the Effective Use of Learning Technologies (8,787 citations).

KWU has 10 major research areas like defense business, nanodevice, and electronics. It also has five research centers and facilities namely the Applied Plasma Medicine Center, Information Technology Research Center, University Research Center (Humanities and Social Sciences Field), University Research Center (Science Field), and Micro UAV Tactical Signal Processing Laboratory.