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  Registered Shinheung Junior College Establishment in Seoul
     
  President Choue Undertook the Foundation
     
  Promoted to 4 year College
     
  Elevated to University
     
  Dr. YoungSik Choue Ph. D. inaugurated as the first President
     
  The junior college evolved into Kyung Hee University, Seoul Campus, a 245-acre facility currently accommodating 16,000 plus undergraduates
     
  Established sisterhood school with Miami University
     
  Undertook College of Oriental Medicine
     
  Opened University Museums
     
  Completed University Central Library
     
  Hosted the Second IAUP meeting
     
  Opened Kyung Hee Medical Center
     
  Established East-West Medical Research Center
     
  First university to induct type AGN 201 atomic reactor
     
  Opened the first Museum of Natural History in Asia
     
  Obtained terrain estate for the Kwangnung Campus and established Graduate Institute of Peace study
     
  Published the world¡¯s first Encyclopedia of the World Peace
     
  The first educational institute to receive the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education Award
     
  Selected as the overall best University and Graduate School in Seoul by the Korean Ministry of Education
     
  Sanction to establish Asia-Pacific International Graduate School
     
  The Kyung Hee Astronomical Observatory, the first in the nation to discover a variable star (later named as Kyung Hee Star)
     
  Received Superior evaluation in Innovative Education from the Korean Ministry of Education
     
  Global campus received the Superior Overall evaluation from the Korean Ministry of Education
     
  Kyung Hee Medical Center succeeded the world¡¯s first human somatic cell cloning
     
  Asia-Pacific International Graduate School completed
     
  Published the Encyclopedia of Oriental Medicine (all 12 volumes)
     
  Global campus opened the Institute of Multimedia Technology
     
  Co-hosted 1999 Seoul International Conference of NGOs and hosted the International Conference for University Presidents
     
  The Grand Peace Palace opened, hosted Asia Cultural Art Festival
     
  Sanctioned to establish special graduate schools of evening curriculums for professional students
     
  The College of Law received Superior evaluation in law studies from the Korean Ministry of Education
     
  Selected as a Superior Academic University by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development
     
  The Compound Lecture Hall opened
     
  Sanctioned to establish Kyung Hee Cyber University
     
  Selected the third in the university financial support evaluation 2000 by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development
     
  The New Millennium Peace Tower completed
     
  The Neo-Renaissance Gate, a new millennium monument completed
     
  Medical Facility Administrative designated Vice President system newly established
     
  Incorporated Junior College of Nursing to College of Nursing
     
  Selected as a Superior Academic University by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development
     
  Impedance Imaging Research Center Opened

 

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