5. Basic Educational Facility & University Facilities

Library

The Chonnam National University Library (CNUL) was established in 1953 with the aim of building comprehensive collections in all research areas. Having established the digital library system in 1991, the Library provides support to university members and local residents.

Today, the CNUL comprises the main Yongbong campus library, the annex library, the Yeosu campus library, and three branch libraries (Legal, Dental & medical). The entire combined floor space of the library facilities totals an area of 30,178㎡. It currently holds more than 4,900 seats, 1,900,000 books, and 114,000 journals and periodicals. In addition to its strong domestic and overseas multimedia resources, online databases, e-journals and eBooks, CNUL also provides access to other organizations’ resources for its users.

As a world-class university, CNUL is now making strides towards becoming a global research-oriented university library.

￭ Services

- Book Loan / Return / Renewal / Reservation

- Inquiry Ill-DDS: As a service to users, CNUL will provide upon request materials not currently in possession, from domestic or overseas other university libraries or institutions.

- Book requests

※ Please refer to the library website for further details.

￭ Opening Hours

- Central Yongbong library

Weekdays: 09:00~20:00

Saturdays: 09:00~13:00

- Yeosu campus & branch libraries: 09:00~18:00 on weekdays

￭ Websites:  http://lib.jnu.ac.kr/ (Central Yongbong library)

http://yosulib.jnu.ac.kr/ (Yeosu campus library)

￭ Contact  (062)530–3571～2 (Central library), (061)659-6601 (Yeosu campus library)

Institute for Adaptable Interdisciplinary Education

The Institute for Adaptable Interdisciplinary Education (“IAIE”) supports and nurtures CNU students to acquire the interdisciplinary talents needed for promising jobs. It guides the students to plan their futures, offers job information, and operates job placement programs. The IAIE has three centers to pursue these objectives: the Center for Career Development, the Center for Future Planning, and the Center for Gender Equality.

The Center for Career Development offers job counseling and recommendation, distributes job information, and operates industry convergence programs such as internship and externship programs. The Center for Future Planning performs career counseling, supports future planning, and offers job-related curriculum and competitiveness enhancement programs. The Center for Gender Equality develops and operates job programs based on gender-specific needs.

Center for Research Facilities

The education and research activities for science and technology of the university require well-managed high performance facilities and equipment. To satisfy the needs of the university members, two organizations, the Educational Equipment Service Center (established in 1993) and Public Experiment Center (established in 1997), were merged to form the Chonnam National University Center for Research Facilities (CCRF) in 2001. Currently, the CCRF is located both at Gwangju and Yeosu campuses to provide specialized services to researchers of each campus. More than 80 kinds of the expensive and sophisticated equipment in the CCRF is operated and maintained by highly-trained staff, and the output of the analyses is supplied to the researchers. The CCRF also provides maintenance services for the educational equipment in individual laboratories.

Contact Information

Website: http://jcrf.jnu.ac.kr/ (Gwangju campus, Yeosu campus)

Phone: 82-62-530-1371~2 (Gwangju campus); 82-61-659-6680 (Yeosu campus)

Animal Hospital

The Animal Hospital was established in 1957 and provides medical services for animals in clinical areas such as internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, radiology, and clinical examination. The Hospital has also contributed to the research and training of veterinary students and faculty members.

Contact Information

Phone: +82-62-530-2882, 2883 Fax: +82-62-530-2881 / Opening Hours_Weekdays: 09:30~17:00

E-mail: cnu06806@jnu.ac.kr

URL: http://cnuvmth.jnu.ac.kr/

THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

The University Museum was opened in the Geumho Building (university library) in May 1957 with collections of calligraphy, paintings, and pottery donated by Dr. Choi Sang-chae, the first president of the university. The museum moved to the enlarged space of Yongbong Cultural Center in June 2002 and has been developed as a key museum the Gwangju region.

The University Museum has a collection of more than 6,400 relics and over 20,000 excavated cultural assets, the main antiquities of which are exhibited in the seven permanent exhibition halls (Prehistory, Mahan Dynasty, Ceramics, Buddhist Art, Paintings, Folklore, and Dinosaurs. The University Museum operates a Special Exhibition Hall and Learning Experience Center as well. It also hosts a series of lectures on culture and art for students and the general public.

In addition, on June 27th, 2012, the Museum of University History was opened to mark the university’s 60th anniversary. More than 450 items from the historical relics of university were selected from a collection of 4,500 to be displayed. The Special Collection Hall, Democratic Movement Hall, and Multimedia rooms are also open to visitors.

As an attached and affiliated organization, the Dinosaur Research Center was established in 2001.

Health Service Center

The Health Center has actively provided health & medical services to faculty members, staff, and students since its establishment in 1957. The services include yearly physical check-ups for students, as well as non-credit courses on preventive medicine, health management, and campus environment management. It also offers mandatory insurance to students. (T. 062-530-3603)

Lifelong Education Center

1. Establishment

The center was established in 1997.

2. Purpose

The main aim of the center is to contribute to the improvement of the quality of  life and to the national development by providing open education to residents of the regional and local community.

3. Educational goals

• Providing specialized education that meets the demands of the era characterized  by information and communication technology and specialization

• Nurturing civilized citizens who can inherit and further develop the reputation of this region as the home of arts

• Offering human-oriented and community-centered education that contributes to bringing together all human beings with the spirit of love for humankind

• Providing open education that guarantees equal educational opportunities for everyone regardless of age, gender, race, educational background, social status, and culture

• Offering civic education that strengthens the democratic capabilities of the regional community

• Providing learner-centered education that helps materialize the lifelong learning society

4. 2019 first semester courses (current)

- Gwangju Campus : 52 courses

- Yeosu Campus : 44 courses

- Jindo commissioned education : 10 courses

- Wando commissioned education : 34 courses

- Academic Credit Bank System : 1 course

5. Future Plans

• Offering programs in partnership with local governments and expansion of lifelong education networks

• Pursuit of relevance and excellence in the partnership programs and enhancement of participation by local residents

• Enhancement of student satisfaction through quality control improvement

• Development of new specialized programs

• Provision of community-based lifelong learning opportunities and social participation activities

5. Contact Us

Tel : (062) 530-3873~6 (Gwangju Campus)

(061) 659-6551~3 (Yeosu Campus)

Website : http://sle.jnu.ac.kr (Gwangju Campus)

http://yosu.chonnam.ac.kr (Yeosu Campus)

Institute for Agricultural Pratice Education

❙Plant Resources Section

The agricultural farm encompasses 45,199㎡ of rice and dry fields, four greenhouses measuring 1,538㎡ respectively on the Yongbong campus, as well as a farm measuring 187,506㎡ in Naju. Together with its agricultural machinery, the farm provides experimental opportunities for both students and faculty members.

❙Forest Resources Section

The Experimental Forest station consists of the Arboretum on the Yongbong campus (1,704㎡), the Jangseong (9,175,461㎡), and Bogildo (11,047,384㎡) Forest Experimental stations, each providing students and faculty with natural resources for experimentation and their related research.

❙Animal Resources Section

The Animal Farm located on the Yongbong campus (7,307㎡) and Naju (81,854㎡) have contributed not only to research, experiments, and student training but also to the development of the local livestock industry.

Website: http://agric.jnu.ac.kr/user/indexMain.action?siteId=agrobio

Language Education Center

The Language Education Center (the LEC) of Chonnam National University is one of the leading institutions in the field of language education and research in Korea. For over fifty years, the LEC has worked towards developing the foreign language abilities of university students, as well as the general public, by providing a broad range of language courses and conducting comprehensive research in the field of second language acquisition.

The LEC provides practical English and Korean language courses and programs, offers English and Korean language teacher training programs, and administers a variety of language proficiency examinations for a number of major languages. Among its broad range of facilities for students are multimedia rooms,  a recording studio, two student lounges, and an auditorium.

Contact Information

Phone: +82-62-530-3631, 3633

Fax: +82-62-530-3629

E-mail: language@jnu.ac.kr

URL: http://lec.jnu.ac.kr

The Institute of Liberal Education

The Institute of Liberal Education (ILE) aims to contribute to the local, national, and world community with the vision of fulfilling the essence of teaching and learning. The ILE has three centers: The Center for General Education, The Center for Teaching & Learning, The Center for e-Learning. The ILE will do its best to enable all the members of the university to discover and maximize their personal and organizational potential. In recent years, the ILE has worked on researching and developing various educational programs, focusing on the primary goals given to each center as follows:

CENTER for GENERAL EDUCATION		CENTER for TEACHING & LEARNING		CENTER for e-LEARNING
• Operating general education curriculum and supporting academic affairs • Developing and operating program related to general education • Researching general education		• Enhancing professors’ competence in class delivery • Developing the learning abilities of students		• Developing K-MOOC and e-learning contents for high quality education • Credit exchange with Falgship National Universities • Running CNU’s highly regarded e-learning lectures(CELL)
http://cge.jnu.ac.kr +82–62–530–0916		http://ctl.jnu.ac.kr +82–62–530–0929		http://eclass.jnu.ac.kr +82–62–530–0355

University Computing Center

The University Computing Center provides the following services to its members:

Communication Services

￭ E-mail, Web mail, messenger

￭ Web Portals

￭ Internet Access

￭ Telephone service

￭ Group communication

Computing Resources Providing Services

￭ Web storage / cloud-based storage

￭ Storage for a group or organization homepage

￭ PC repair center

￭ PC rooms

Education Services

￭ Help with how to use campus information services such as the portal, E-mail, Internet and Web storage.

￭ Help with how to use office automation tools such as word processors, PowerPoint and spreadsheets program.

￭ Help with how to carry out administrative work using information services such as course registration and viewing course results.

Software Provisioning Services

￭ Academic software

￭ Research software

￭ Administrative software

￭ Security software

The University Computing Center operates a help desk for users. Any user can ask about usage of the computing services by calling, e-mailing or using the portal interface.

Contact Information

Phone: 82-62-530-3681~3682 (Help Desk),
PC Repair Center (82-62-530-3673, 82-61-659-6703 for Yeo-su Campus)

E-mail: help@jnu.ac.kr; sangdam@jnu.ac.kr

Homepage: http://ucc.jnu.ac.kr   |   Portal Service Desk: http://portal.jnu.ac.kr

Student Residence Halls

￭ Gwang-ju Campus

Seven student residence halls can accommodate up to 4,043 people with single and double rooms.

Housing is assigned at the beginning of each academic semester (also including the summer and winter

sessions).

Each unit of the student residence halls is equipped with a shower room with access to laundry rooms, reading rooms, lounges, and a central heating system. Rooms are also furnished with desks, chairs, bookshelves, beds and wardrobes. International students can also reside in the halls along with domestic students. International

students will be given priority over Korean students in the CNU Gwang-ju campus dormitories.

￭ Yeosu Campus

Three student residence halls (Pureun, Yeolin, and Mirae hall) at CNU Yeosu campus can accommodate up to 966

persons with single and double occupancy cells (534 males and 432 females).

Housing is assigned at the start of each semester (including summer and winter school).

Meals are served inexpensively for residence halls students.

Housing rooms in the dormitory are equipped with desks, chairs, bookshelves, beds, wardrobes and shower rooms.

The halls have communal facilities such as laundry rooms with washing and drying machines, reading rooms, convenience  stores, lounges

with cable TVs, vending machines, hot & cold water purifiers, PCs and printing rooms, refrigerators, heating systems,

meeting rooms, kitchens, halal food kitchens, and fitness rooms/gyms.

International students and freshmen will be given priority of housing over other students in the CNU Yeosu campus

dormitories.

￭ Hwa-sun Campus

The student residence hall located at Hwa-sun is for medical students of CNU.

The residence hall can accommodate up to 350 people with either single or double rooms.

Housing is assigned at the beginning of the medical school’s academic semester for a period of

1 year including summer and winter vacations.

Housing units in the dormitory are equipped with desks, chairs, bookshelves, beds, wardrobes, shower

rooms, and  refrigerators.

The hall also has amenities such as laundry rooms, study rooms, communal kitchens, lounges (with

cable TVs and hot-cold water purifiers), stores, and gyms.

Press and Broadcasting Center

Established in 1995, the Press and Broadcasting Center (PBC) has continued to work towards promoting communication and generate public opinion on campus issues through the consolidation of three existing forms of campus media: The Chondae Shinmun, Chonnam Tribune, and Chonnam National University Broadcasting. The PBC also operates its website under the name “CNU Media” (www.cnumedia.com) to better communicate and respond to its audiences.

The Chondae Shinmun, a Korean newspaper, has been in circulation since 1954 and has held a literary contest every year since 1970. The Chonnam Tribune, an English magazine, has been published since 1968 and has hosted an annual English Essay Contest to enhance students’ English proficiency. Chonnam National University Broadcasting has produced a variety of programs such as campus news and music since 1967 and has held the Yongbong Song Festival annually since 1972. The Yeosu Campus Branch was founded as a result of the integration of CNU and Yeosu National University on March 1, 2006.

As of 2019, the PBC contributes to the University and local communities and plays an essential role in providing accurate, reliable news and useful information, initiating common agendas, and promoting open dialogue within the communities.

Contact Information

Phone: +82-62-530-0520～0529 (Gwangju) /+82-61-659-6655 (Yeosu)

Fax: +82-62-530-0522

URL: http://www.cnumedia.com

SPORTS CENTER

❙OPEN DATE

2006. 08. 23.

❙courses

FITNESS, BADMINTON, BAND STRETCHING, BALLET STRETCHING, YOGA, JAZZ DANCE, PILATES, TENNIS, SPINNING CYCLE, PHYSICAL STRENGTH MEASUREMENT, CIRCLE TRAINING, ZUMBA DANCE, INFANT BALLET.

❙CONTACT IMFORMATION

TEL: (062) 530-2581-4

FAX: (062) 530-2585

URL: www.sports.jnu.ac.kr

❙Foundation Purpose

Chonnam University Sports Center is located in Yong bong-dong, Buk-Ku in a densely populated residential area and commercial buildings.

This center aims at meeting the needs of local citizens by offering regular exercise programs to improve their health and fitness.

This center will provide high-end service to customers and is expected to contribute to elevating the image of Chonnam University.

❙Goals

- to build a space which can contribute to expand the population who participate in daily exercise

- to provide systematic and various programs

- to satisfy customers with quality service and facilities

- to stabilize independent management through normalizing the center organization

Laboratory Safety Management Center

The Laboratory Safety Management Center at Chonnam National University works to prevent accidents and ensure the safety of laboratories on campus according to the Act on Establishment of Safe Laboratory Environments

The main business responsibilities are as follows:

1. Establish plans for creating a safe laboratory environment

2. Offer safety management training and health screening for researchers

3. Provide accident prevention and handling measures in case of accidents

4. Ensure laboratory safety checks and precise safety inspection

5. Manage wastewater and related facilities as well as pollution control facilities

6. Safety management service such as monitoring radiation levels, health & safety education, and health check-ups.

Contact Information

• Tel. 82-62-530-3884~7, 3908, 3768

• Location: Building #D15, Yongbong

Global Education Center

The Global Education Center (GEC) is located on the Yeosu campus of Chonnam National University (CNU).  The center aims to educate university students as well as the general public and to support international students from various countries.  The center has three departments: Language Education, International Affairs, and Liberal Education. The Language Education department provides English, Japanese and Chinese language courses for CNU students to improve their foreign language proficiency. From 2018, it also started the Korean language intensive program as a credit course for international students. The department of International Affairs is in charge of international students’ successful study abroad and settlement support. The  Liberal Education department offers various curricula to cultivate talent with humanistic imagination and science and engineering creativity.

To help students learn better, the GEC is equipped with modern classrooms, multimedia classrooms, and a Global Zone for international students. Many kinds of convenient facilities for students to enjoy their daily lives at the Yeosu campus are affered.

Contact Information

Language Education Department: +82-62-659-7022, 7021

International Affairs Department: +82-62-659-7023, 7024

Liberal Education Department: +82-62-659-7026

Fax: +82-62-659-7029

E-mail: language@jnu.ac.kr

URL: http://lec.jnu.ac.kr/yeosu/