Kyungpook National University (경북대학교, abbreviated as KNU or Kyungdae, 경대) is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities representing Daegu Metropolitan City and Gyeongbuk Province in South Korea. It is located in the Daegu Metropolitan City, which used to be the capital city of the Gyeongbuk Province, South Korea before being separated from the mother province. Establishment Kyungpook National University was founded on September, 1946 by upgrading the Colleges of Education, Medicine and Agriculture in Daegu to the National College. In October, 1951, Colleges of Education, Medicine, Agriculture, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Law and Political Sciences combined into Kyungpook National University. Other departments including Engineering and Dentistry were established sequentially to create what is now known as Kyungpook National University. Administration As of November 20, 2021, Won-hwa Hong is the university's President. He graduated from KNU Department of Architecture, and acquired masters and doctoral degree at Waseda University, Japan. President Hong served as KNU Dean of College of Engineering and Dean of Research & Industry Collaboration. There are two vice presidents in this university, Executive Vice President for academic affairs (Shi-Chul Lee) and Vice President for External Affairs (Sioh KIM). VP Lee is a two-time Fulbright Fellow and former KNU Dean of Academic Affairs, Shi-Chul Lee and VP Kim is former CEO of KNU Chilgok Hospital. Under the command of the president and the vice presidents, there are about 10 Deans in the administration: Deans of Academic Affairs; Student Affairs; Strategy & Finance; Research & Industry Collaboration; International Affairs; Admissions; External Cooperation; Information & Technology; Education Reform; Graduate School Policy, etc. Additionally, the Office of General Administration is in charge of personnel, budget, and facilities management. Academics Undergraduate colleges College of Humanities College of Social Sciences College of Natural Sciences College of Economics and Business Administration College of Engineering College of Agriculture and Life Sciences College of Music and Visual Arts Teachers‘ College College of Veterinary Medicine College of Human Ecology College of Nursing College of IT Engineering College of Pharmacy Global Leaders School School of Public Administration Undeclared Major College of Ecology and Environmental Science College of Science and Engineering School of Health and Welfare Graduate colleges The Graduate School Graduate School of Education Graduate School of Public Administration Graduate School of Business Administration Graduate School of Public Health Graduate School of Industry Graduate School of Agricultural Development Graduate School of International Studies Graduate School of Policy and Information