Editing Cheongju University

{{Short description|Private university in South Korea}}
{{Infobox university
|name            = Cheongju University
|established     = 1947
|type            = Private
|president       = Chung Sung Bong
|city            = [[Cheongju]]
|state           = [[North Chungcheong]]
|country         = [[South Korea]]
|coor            = {{coord|36.65265|N|127.49539|E|display=inline,title|type:edu_region:KR}}
|website         = {{URL|http://www.cju.ac.kr/}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
|title = Korean name
|hangul = 청주대학교
|hanja  = {{linktext|淸|州|大|學|校}}
|rr = Cheongju Daehakgyo
|mr = Ch'ŏngju Taehakkyo
}}
'''Cheongju University''' ({{Korean|hangul=청주대학교}}) is a private university located in [[Cheongju]] City, the capital of [[North Chungcheong]] province, South Korea.

==Academics==
Undergraduate studies at the university are divided among eight colleges:  Economics & Business Administration, Law, Humanities, Science & Engineering, Education, Arts, Social Sciences, and the Evening College (which offers part-time evening instruction in diverse subject areas).  Graduate programs are provided through five graduate schools:  Higher Education, Industrial Engineering, Public Administration, Business Administration, and Education.  In addition, several research institutes operate on the campus.  These include the Research Institute of Industrial Management, the Industrial Science Research Institute, the Information and Communication Research Center, and two [[business incubator]]s:  the Technology & Business Incubator and the Internet Business Incubating Center.

==History==
The school opened its doors as Cheongju Commercial College (청주상과대학) on June 6, 1947.  It became simply Cheongju College in 1951.  It gained university status in 1981.  A second campus was constructed near the first one in 1989.

==Notable people==
*[[Jung Jin-young (singer)|Jung Jin-young]], singer and actor ([[B1A4]])
*[[Kang Suk-jung]], actor
*[[Kim Young-ho (actor)|Kim Young-ho]], actor
*[[Lee Jin-wook]], actor
*[[Park Seong-ho (comedian)|Park Seong-ho]], comedian
*[[Song Il-gook]], actor
*[[Kim Ji-eun]], actress
*[[Kwangchul Youn]] (born 1966), operatic bass and academic voice teacher
*[[Yi Jeong-gyu]]

==See also==
*[[Cheongju National University of Education]] (another nearby university)
*[[List of colleges and universities in South Korea]]
*[[Education in South Korea]]

==External links==
*[http://www.cju.ac.kr/eng/index.do Official school website, in English, Korean, and Chinese]

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[[Category:Universities and colleges in North Chungcheong Province]]
[[Category:Cheongju]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1947]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in South Korea]]