The Konkuk Foundation celebrated its 91st anniversary on May 12, 2022. It has continued this tradition for a long-time in numerous fileds including education since Dr. Yoo Seok-chang founded a public hospital in 1931. It is an educational foundation that currently incorporates with Konkuk University
On May 13, the ceremony for the 76th anniversary of the foundation of Konkuk University was held in Prime Hall inside the Student Union Building. President Jeon Young-jae said in the commemorative address, “Along with the development strategy “PIONEER KONKUK 2025”, KU will make an effort to fulfill
After two years of online class, Konkuk University finally decided to abrogate the current COVID-19 prevention measures and operate most classes face-to-face starting this semester. Accordingly, many changes have been made to KU’s existing COVID-19 prevention policy. Among these changes, this articl
As 2022 freshmen enrolling progress is almost close to an end, many events for freshmen were opened by each college. Freshmen welcoming event is originally one of the traditional schedules in universities. However, due to the spread of COVID-19, most offline events could not be held in 2020 and 2021
On March 21, Konkuk University Media held a public hearing for two Genreal Student Association (GSA) candidates, REBOOT and Dashi. Due to COVID-19 situation, the public hearing was held online on YouTube channel of school’s Academic Broadcasting System (ABS). The public hearing for the 54th GSA was
The General Student Association (GSA) GONG:GAN opened the 2022 calendar contest as a theme event in November. Students would select one or more seasons from spring, summer, fall and winter and then submit illustrations of character KU that go well with the season. Pictures were accepted from Novembe
Regulations related to Internship system were revised in 2018. This new system has been applied to students entering KU since 2017. Completing internship had been compulsory. However, each department still has its own defined rules. As a result, in February, 2021, school law was reformed again to un
From October 26 to 29, 2021, KU held the Fall Art Festival, an annual festival held in the fall semester. The festival was held under the name of “Time: Space 1986-2021”. “Time: Space 1986” included a total of four events. First was the music festival “Re:playlist”. The festival consists of a playli
An official application of Konkuk University has been newly released. The General Student Association (GSA) has continued to request a reorganization of the KU mobile application. As a result, this new application has been revised with the problems being resolved. The biggest changes are improvement
On August 18, 2021, the General Student Association, GONG:GAN held a meeting with Jeon Youngjae, the 21st president of Konkuk University. The meeting was conducted by asking the president questions composed of questions collected in advance. Related to KU’s branding, the president said that the rea
KONKUK UNIVERSE is a metaverse program that opened during the “Kon- Tact art festival” from May 17 to 19, 2021. After four months, the General Student Association, GONG: GAN made another metaverse program “KONKUK UNIVERSE: Water Campus”. However, due to the server error, Water Campus was not availab
The Idea contest “KICK(Key Idea Challenge for Konkuk): Breaking the paradigm of thinking” is being held by the 53th General Student Association, GONG:GAN. The first theme, “Advancing Konkuk”, is related to the areas of education, culture and art. The second theme “Developing Konkuk”, includes the ar
Konkuk University held a Merchandise Design Idea Contest to increase its brand value in celebration of Konkuk University Foundation’s 90th anniversary and the 75th anniversary of the school’s opening. The contest ran from July 13 to August 12, and among the numerous entries four teams were selected
Konkuk University offers counseling programs through WE:IN. The MBTI group counseling is one of the programs that KU students can use. This program was running from August 23 to September 1 and was available to 90 students who submitted an application. They were placed into nine groups. 10 students
Konkuk University has offered programs for high school students who want to enter KU. KU major experience is a program where high school students visit the college campus and meet enrolled students in person. However, it became difficult to carry on the program face-to-face due to COVID-19. Therefor
One and a half years have passed since classes moved online. However, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to get worse, with daily confirmed cases spiking over 2,000. Taking this into account, Konkuk University has announced its final guidelines, continuing with its current measure of limiting offline c