Gyeongsang National University

About Gyeongsang National University

Gyeongsang National University (GNU) (경상국립대학교, 慶尙國立大學校) is a flagship public research university headquartered in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province (Gyeongsangnam-do), South Korea. Tracing its historical roots back to the founding of the Public Jinju Vocational School in 1910 and formally chartered as Jinju Agricultural College in 1948, the institution achieved full comprehensive university status in 1980. In March 2021, GNU made institutional history through a landmark consolidation with Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology (GNTech), unifying two century-old academic traditions into South Korea's largest integrated provincial flagship national university. As one of the Ten Flagship Korean National Universities (거점국립대학교), GNU serves as the premier higher education and technological engine of the Gyeongnam industrial belt. It is celebrated internationally for aerospace and mechanical engineering (anchoring South Korea's "Aerospace City"), agricultural and plant biotechnology, veterinary medicine, marine sciences, and regional tertiary healthcare through Gyeongsang National University Hospital.