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A comfortable campus at the center of Jinju!
Welcome to Jinju National University which is full of hopes and dreams.


The University, which was founded on the 30th of April, 1910 is one of the oldest universities in Korea with approximately 40,000 alumni and boasts brilliant achievements and a long history. JNU is doing its best to foster human resources who are the most intelligent and ambitious and who fit into these global and knowledge-information times.

Our university, well known as a national industrious college, is in pursuit of a practical and open-minded education, based on the strong ties between JNU and excellent industries in our community. Also Jinju National University is cultivating the minds of people needed for companies through specialized and professional teaching.

We have recently made remarkable progress and received the following awards and recognition from the Korean Board of Education: an excellent industrial university for 6 consecutive years, an inter-renovative university for 2 years, the most excellent university hosted by Korean Council for University Education, Regional Cooperation Research Center, Programs for nurturing Local university, university hosting information system for university administration, university managing the special course of starting venture business, an excellent university in comprehensive assessment of universities, engineering education innovation center, etc. These above achievements are evidence of our university's commitment to the development for the future.

The excellent faculty members concentrating on education and research, good students with practical affairs and staff of high ability in their field all make a full concerted effort to enhance the brand value of Jinju National University.

I ask you to give us your continuous support and love for Junju National University which is planning the next 100 years of the future based on development from the last 100 years in the past.

With best wishes

Jo-won Kim
President, Jinju National University
Leading a life worthy of man
Contributing to democratic country development
Realizing idea of human mutual prosperity
Nurturing industrial professional manpower
Studying and practising professional knowledge and technique
Offering chance of higher education
Contributing to country and society development
Self-Knowledge
Inquiry
Practice
Creativity - developing latent faculties
Continuity - offering chance of continuing education
Practicality - nurturing field Practical ability
Speciality - training Professional technician