Korea Nazarene University

About Korea Nazarene University

Korea Nazarene University (나사렛대학교 / KNU) is a private Christian comprehensive university located in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. Founded in 1954 in Seoul as the Nazarene Bible College by missionary Donald Owens and the Church of the Nazarene, the institution relocated to Cheonan in 1981 and attained comprehensive four-year university status in 1996. KNU is part of a global consortium of over 50 Nazarene colleges and universities worldwide (spanning North America, Europe, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific). In South Korea, Korea Nazarene University is celebrated as the nation’s foremost pioneer in smart rehabilitation welfare, special education, and universal inclusive learning. It was among the first universities in Asia to engineer a fully barrier-free campus adhering to universal design standards (braille walkways, sensory guidance systems, barrier-free elevators, and tactile maps) and operates top-ranked national programs in speech-language pathology, sign language interpretation, assistive technology, early childhood, elementary and secondary special education, physical therapy, and nursing. The university is directly connected to Seoul Subway Line 1 at Ssangyong (Korea Nazarene University) Station and is located just minutes from the Cheonan-Asan KTX high-speed railway station.