Ansan College of Technology (also called Ansan Technical College) is a private technical college in Ansan

Ansan

Ansan is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It lies south of Seoul, and is part of the Seoul National Capital Area. It is connected to Seoul by rail via Seoul Subway Line 4....

 City, which lies south of Seoul

Seoul

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 in Gyeonggi province. It offers degree programs in social science (including English

English language

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), tourism

Tourism

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, physical education

Physical education

Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....

, industrial design

Industrial design

Industrial design is the use of a combination of applied art and applied science to improve the aesthetics, ergonomics, and usability of a product, but it may also be used to improve the product's marketability and production...

, engineering

Engineering

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, and computer

Computer

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s. All programs place a strong emphasis on vocational outcomes. The campus stands in Danwon-gu

Danwon-gu

-Administrative divisions:Danwon-gu is divided into the following "dong"s.*Wa-dong*Hosu-dong*Gojan 1 and 2 Dong*Wongok 1 and 2 Dong*Seonbu 1 to 3 Dong...

, not far from the massive industrial complex in Sihwa, which facilitates partnerships with local industry. The college enrolls about 3,000 students, and employs about 55 instructors.

History

As is often the case with private institutions of higher education in South Korea, the foundation to establish the school had begun its activities a long time before the actual establishment: the Ansan College Foundation was begun in 1979. The school was finally opened in April 1994 as Ansan Industrial Technical College, and changed to its current name in 1998. The first president after the founding of the college was Young Yup Cho.

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of colleges and universities in South Korea
• Education in South Korea
  Education in South Korea
  Education in South Korea is viewed as being crucial for success and competition is consequently very heated and fierce. A centralized administration oversees the process for the education of children from kindergarten to the third and final year of high school. Mathematics, science, Korean, social...