Global Environment Institute of Korean Medicine East-West Nursing Research Institute The Contemporary Art Research Institute Kohwang Medical Research Institute Research Institute of Science for Human Life Center for the Study of Languages East-West Pharmaceutical Research Institute Research Institute of Clinical Nutrition Tourism Industry Information Research Center Testing and Development Center for Dental Material Advanced Display Research Center Center for Arts and Cultural Management International Center of Speech and Debate Healthcare Industry Research Institute Age-Related and Brain Diseases Research Center Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center Impedance Imaging Research Center (IIRC) Global campus Institute of Global Affairs Center for Cross Culture Studies Institute of Social Science and Policy Design Research Institute Plant Metabolism Research Center Impedance Imaging Research Center Hye-Jung Cultural Research Institute Skin Bio-Technology Center Industrial Liaison Research Institute Institute of Natural Science Institute of Life Science and Resources Research Institute of Sports Science Institute of Multimedia Technology Materials Research Center for Information Display Regional Innovation Center-Components and Materials for Information Display Rankings For 2020, Kyung Hee University was ranked 6th in South Korea, 40th in Asia, and 247th in the world, according to the QS World University Rankings. The university's Hospitality and Leisure Management program was ranked 50th in the world in 2018, the highest of all of the school's program areas. Notable alumni Politics, government and public service Moon Jae-in – 12th President of South Korea Kim Jung-sook – First Lady of South Korea Literature and arts Han Su-san – author Cho Hae-il – author Jeong Ho-seung – poet Kim Jong-ok – author Won Tae-yeon – poet Kwak Jae-yong – film director, screenwriter Sports Yeo Hong-chul – gymnast, Olympic silver medalist Yun Mi-jin – archer, Olympic gold medalist Lee Ho-Suk – short track speedskater, Olympic gold medalist Kong Young-il – one of the twelve original masters of taekwondo Dai-won Moon – Mexican martial artist, known as the "Father of Mexican Taekwondo" Park Jong-hwan – former manager of the South Korean national football team Kim Jong-kyu – basketball player Lee Woon-jae – football goalkeeper, former member of the South Korean national football team Park Kun-ha – former football player, coach of the South Korean national under-23 football team Lee Jung-soo – football player Lee Ho – football player Yoon Kyung-shin – handball player Entertainment Bang Yong-guk (B.A.P) Byun Baek-hyun (EXO) Cha Hun (N.Flying) Cho Hye-ri (Wax) Cho Kyu-hyun (Super Junior) Cho Yi-hyun Choi Whee-sung Do Kyung-soo (D.O. of EXO)