Won the “CSV·ESG Porter Award Project” in the Mutual Growth Category

Signed an MOU with the Daegu District Court for professional talent development and advancement of legal culture

Completed remodeling of “Chunma Tunnel Fountain Plaza”

Signed an MOU with the K-Bio CMO Center for cultivating talent in advanced bio-industry

Held “Regional Innovation and Collaborative Growth Forum” in Response to the Era of Local Autonomy

Signed an MOU with the University of Rwanda for sharing Saemaul studies

Held “Trekking Sports Festival” to celebrate YU’s 77th founding anniversary

President CHOI Oe-chool received the “2024 Korea CEO Hall of Fame” Award in the Global Sector

Unveiling Ceremony held for the statue of the university founder, Park Chung-hee

Saemaul Spirit Korean Speech Contest held to celebrate YU’s 77th founding anniversary

Ranked 13th in Korea in the U.S. News World University Rankings

“Global YU Culture Festival” held to celebrate YU’s 77th founding anniversary

The College of Medicine received a “Commendation from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KACA)”

Early admission competition ratio for 2025 Academic Year reached 6.2:1

Signed an MOA with the Samarkand International University of Technology(Uzbekistan) for 2+2 articulation program with Department of Visual Communication Design

Signed an MOU with Bokhtar State University (Tajikistan) for educational cooperation and 2+2 Dual Degree Programs

Signed an MOU with the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan for agricultural education and technology development

Selected for “Next-Generation Semiconductor R&D Infrastructure and Basic Research Innovation Project” by the Ministry of Science and ICT

Musical “Yuk Young-soo, Acacia of That Era” held to celebrate YU’s 77th founding anniversary

YU Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation and Gyeongbuk Regional Rehabilitation Hospital signed an MOU for regional development

Entered the "Top 5 in Korea" for the first time in the 2024 Leiden Ranking

Selected for the "Semiconductor Specialized University Support Project" and the "Advanced Industry Talent Development Bootcamp Project" by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology

Held a Walking Festival to foster "Can do spirit" celebrating the 77th Anniversary of Yeungnam Academy

‘The Debate Forum on Improving People’s Livelihoods’ held at the Yeungnam University Chunma Art Center

Selected for the "Humanities and Social Convergence Talent Cultivation Project" by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea

Ranked 3rd in Korea and 35th globally in leadership, and 3rd in Korea and 37th globally in social responsibility in the 2024 World's Universities with Real Impact (WURI) ranking

Held the Regional Innovation and Co-prosperity Forum in response to the Age of Localization

Held the Global Saemaul Forum celebrating the 77th Anniversary of Yeungnam Academy

Held the Global Festival (Born to be a K-Pop Star) celebrating the 77th Anniversary of Yeungnam Academy

Held the Global Festival (International Student Unity Sports Day) celebrating the 77th Anniversary of Yeungnam Academy

Held the Celebration Ceremony for the 77th Anniversary of Yeungnam Academy

Signed an MOU with Turin Polytechnic University in Uzbekistan for implementing joint educational programs encompassing 2+2 joint degree programs

Signed an MOU with Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia, for educational cooperation

YU Ssireum Team won the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee President National Jangsa Ssireum Championship for the second consecutive year

Signed an MOU with Valeo SA for mutual cooperation

Selected as a preliminary designated university for the "Glocal University 30" project through collaboration with Kumoh National Institute of Technology

13 alumni of Yeungnam University elected to the 22nd National Assembly Member

Signed an multilateral MOU to establish a governance for cooperation between public institutions and universities

Signed an MOU with the Gyeongbuk Office of Education to establish a cooperative system for school field training semester

Signed an MOU with the Kumoh National Institute of Technology for mutual development of both universities

Signed an MOU with 42Gyeongsan for fostering software talent and promoting regional community development

Selected for the Ministry of Employment and Labor’s “Customized Employment Services for Students” project

Transferred the School of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Electrical Engineering to the College of Engineering following the closure of the College of Mechanical and IT Engineering
Renamed the College of Software Convergence to the College of Digital Convergence
Integrated the departments of Computer Engineering, Information and Communication Engineering, and School of Software Convergence into the School of Computer Science and Engineering
Established new majors in Computer Engineering, Information and Communication Engineering, and Software Convergence within the School of Computer Science and Engineering
Integrated AI Software Major and Software and Security Major into the Major of Software Convergence

Signed an MOU with the Daegu Transportation Corporation for regional community development and talent cultivation

Signed an MOU with the Association of North East Asia Regional Governments for international and regional development

Achieved the Satisfied all of the requirements for the University Accreditation in 2023

Signed an MOU with Korea Real Estate Board for collaborative efforts in local community development and social contribution

Signed an MOU with Gyeongbuk Development Institute to foster mutual collaboration and local community development

Won the “CSV·ESG Porter Award Project Effectiveness Category”

Signed an MOU with Daegu Public Facilities Corporation for local community development and talent cultivation

Signed an MOU with SK oceanplant and Yeungnam University College for cultivating talents in offshore wind power and future energy

Ranked 1st in the 2024 new prosecutor appointment passing rate (based on the number of law school graduates who passed the exam compared to the admission quota)

Signed an MOU with Gyeongbuk Credit Guarantee Foundation to improve mutual collaboration and local talent cultivation

Earned 4 gold, 6 silver, and 9 bronze medals at the 104th National Sports Festival

Established the “Lifelog Multimodal Untact Sensing Research Center”

Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science (JYMS) by the College of Medicine covered in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)

The competition ratio increased to 6.18:1 in the 2024 admissions compared to the previous year

President Choi Oe-chool attained an honorary doctorate degree in Education from Western University, accredited by the Cambodian government

Judo Team won the group tournament and earned individual medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) at the 2023 Korea University Judo Federation Summer Championship

Signed an MOU for Implementation of 2+2 Double Degree Program between Yeungnam University and Tashkent University of Information Technologies named after Muhammad al-Khwarizmi, Uzbekistan

Achieved the Highest Grade “Excellent (A)“ in the Annual Evaluation of Regional Innovation Strategy (RIS) Project

Conferred an Honorary Doctorate to the Dr. Jim Kim Yong, the former President of World Bank Group

Signed an MOU with the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology in Vietnam for the operation of the 2+2 Joint Undergraduate Program

2023 Leiden Ranking

• Overall: 8th in Korea;- Mathematics & Computer Science: 1st in Korea for the 9th consecutive year;
• Life & Earth Science: 9th in Korea;
• Natural Science & Engineering: 17th in Korea

Athletics Team won the overall championship in the women's division at the ‘77th National University Athletics Championships.’

Ssireum Team won the ‘University Team Championship’ at the ‘15th National University Ssireum Championship.’

Selected for the ‘2023 SW-centered university support project’ by the Ministry of Science and ICT.

Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Korea Aerospace Industries Co. Ltd. for industry-academic cooperation and talent development in the aerospace industry.

3 new courses were selected for the ‘2023 Korean Massive Open Online Course (K-MOOC)’ by the Ministry of Education (A total of 13 K-MOOC courses were offered as general education subjects in the 1st semester of 2023).

Judo Team won the ‘Team Championship’ at the 14th ‘Cheongpunggi National Judo Championship.’

Ssireum Team won the ‘Team Championship’ and 1 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze medal in individual competitions at the 1st ‘Korean Sports & Olympic Committee President’s Ssireum Championships.’

Hosted the ‘Chunma Family’s Alma mater Trekking Event’

Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Archives of Hungary to promote international academic exchange

Research Cooperation Foundation, Daegu-si Seo-gu Office, and DYETEC Research Institute signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of the First Step Science and Technology Incubating Center and the promotion of talent development projects.

Built ‘Chunma Honors Park’ in honor of donors

Opened the 'Samsung C-Lab Outside Gyeongbuk’ and the Gyeongsan Branch of ‘Gyeongbuk Center for Creative Economy & Innovation’

College of Medicine's international academic journal, 'JYMS (Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science),' became the Scopus Indexed Journal.

Changed the name of the College of Liberal Arts to the College of Humanities
Abolished and merged the School of Architecture (independent) into the College of Engineering
Established the College of Software Convergence and Department of Software Convergence
Merged the Departments of Psychology, Sociology, Media and Communication in the College of Liberal Arts, and departments in the College of Political Science and Public Administration into the College of Social Science
Merged the College of Business and Economics and the School of Business into the College of Business, and established the Department of Industrial Management Merged the College of Design and Art and the College of Music into the College of Arts
Changed the name of the College of Basic Studies to the Chunma College of General Studies and established the School of Liberal Studies, integrating the School of Free Major of Human Sciences
Established the College of Global Leaders, including the School of Global Education, the School of Global Interpretation and Translation, and the Department of Global Business; Changed the affiliation of the Department of Chinese Language and Culture in the College of Liberal Arts and the Department of Saemaul Studies and International Development in the College of Political Science and Public Administration to the College of Global Leaders

Held the 2023 matriculation ceremony

Signed an MOU with the Suseong Future Education Foundation for the development of future education in local areas

Selected for the “Venture Startup Academy” program by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups

Signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Fiscal Information Service to foster local talent and promote community development in Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do

Ranked 10th among universities for producing CEOs of listed major corporations

Reached a regular acceptance rate of 5.96 to 1 in 2023, the highest in the university’s history

Yeungnam University and Daegu Metropolitan City Public Agency for Social Service signed a business agreement to spread the culture of social contribution

Conferred an honorary doctorate degree of international development to Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia Yim Chhay Ly

Ranked 2nd in nationwide in terms of thesis citations in international academic journals in the 2023 Joongang Ilbo University Ranking

Launched the “YU Social Contribution Team”

Held an event of Chunma Trekking & Plogging to commemorate the 75th Anniversary

Held an exhibition of “College of Design and Art Professor’s Exhibition” to commemorate the 75th Anniversary

Ranked 16th in “2023 THE World University Rankings” in Korea

Won “4 Gold medals, 8 Silver medals, and 5 Bronze medals” at the 103rd National Sports Festival

Hosted an Exhibition of Ancient Literature to commemorate the 75th anniversary

Staged an opera “La Boheme” to commemorate the 75th anniversary

Signed a MOU with LS e-Mobility Solutions to foster human resources

Won the Excellence Award at the “13th Best of Champ Day Best Case Presentation Contest” by the Ministry of Employment and Labor

Signed an academic exchange agreement between YU and Kyungpook National University

Signed a MOU between Yeungnam University and the Ministry of Agriculture of Malawi to promote agricultural development and cooperation projects in Malawi through the Saemaul Movement

Selected 4 books from Yeungnam University Media and Press Center for “2022 Excellent Academic Books” by the National Academy of Sciences

Awarded Honorary Doctorate Degree to UN WFP(World Food Programme) Secretary-General David Beasley

No. 1 private university in noncapital region, and 7th nationwide in the list of universities that produced the top 100 CEOs in Korea in 2022

Established Saemaul Economic Development Department at Werabe University and signed an agreement to open the Saemaul Movement Research Center in Ethiopia

Yeungnam University Wrestling Team won the first overall at the 47th KBS Cup National Wrestling Competition with a total of 10 medals including 1 gold medal, 4 silver medals, and 5 bronze medals

Placed 6th in Korea on 2022 Leiden Ranking, 1st place in Korea for 8 consecutive years in the field of mathematics and computer, 7th in life/earth science field, 16th in natural science/engineering field

Selected for “High School Education Contribution University Support Project” by the Ministry of Education Selected for “2022 Basic Research Lab Support Project” by the Ministry of Science and ICT Completed Dokdo Natural Ecology Greenhouse(for growing and cultivating seeds of Dokdo native plants for the first time in the country)

Held a Chunma Family’s Alma mater Trekking Event to commemorate the 75th Anniversary

Signed a MOU between Yeungnam University and Posco Plantec to promote Industry-academic cooperation

Yeungnam University Track and Field Team won 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal, and 1 bronze medal at the 77th National University Athletics Championships Held a Blood Donation Campaign of Love to commemorate the 75th Anniversary

Held a Global Korean Speech Contest to commemorate the 75th Anniversary

Held a Global Festival(International Student Sports Festival) to commemorate the 75th Anniversary

Held the National E-Sport competition to commemorate the 75th Anniversary

Held the 75th Anniversary Ceremony and a commemorative concert with local residents. Held a photo exhibition and opened History Museum to commemorate the 75th Anniversary

Held a global forum to commemorate the 75th Anniversary(Cultivation of talents to contribute to human society)

Selected for the core university of the “Regional Innovation System (RIS)” by the Ministry of Education

Selected for the “Leaders in Industry-university Cooperation 3.0 (LINC 3.0)” by the Ministry of Education

Held the New Vision Declaration Ceremony

Yeungnam University and Gyeongbuk Women's Policy Development Institute signed an agreement for mutual exchange to foster female professionals and spread a culture of gender equality.

Selected for the "2022 High Value–Added Food Development Project" organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

The Department of Automotive Engineering in the College of Mechanical and IT Engineering changed its name to the Department of Future Automotive Engineering and the Department of Robotics and Mechanical Engineering, to the Department of Robotics Engineering.
The Department of Family and Housing Studies in the College of Human Ecology and Kinesiology changed its name to the Department of Housing and Interior Design, and the Department of Human Service was established.
The Graduate School of Business Administration and the Graduate School of Public Administration consolidated into the Graduate School of Business Administration & Public Administration.
The Department of Sports Science was established in the Graduate School of Environment & Public Health Studies (the Graduate School of Sports Science closed on Feb. 28, 2022).

Held the 2022 entrance ceremony

The 1st ranked private university in the noncapital region and the 9th ranked nationwide, respectively, in the number of graduates who later became CEOs of affiliates of the country's top 30 groups

Yeungnam University and Daegu City held 2021 HuStar Water Industry Innovation University Participating Companies Fair

Ranked the 1st among Non-metropolitan area private universities and the 12th nationwide producing the most to 1000 companies CEOs

Yeungnam University Industry-Academic Cooperation opened an online shopping mall, ‘Yeungnam Store (http://yumall.com)’

Held online live broadcast, “A Policy Briefing Session to share Pending Issues at the Universities”

Yeungnam University Ssireum Team earned ‘1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals’ at the 35th National Cities and Provinces Intermural Ssireum Competition each

Selected as ‘General Financial Support University’ in University Basic Competence Assessment by the Ministry of Education in 2021

Ranked 18th in Korea in the 2021 THE (Times Higher Education) World University Ranking

Held a completion ceremony for ‘Jong-woo Lee Science Library‘

Yeungnam University-Korea National University of Transportation-Halla University-Hongik University Engineering Education Innovation Center, held digital twin based ‘2021 Joint Converge

7 books published by Yeungnam University Press Team/Faculty selected as the ‘2021 Excellent Academic Books’ by the National Academy of Sciences

Yeungnam University Ssireum Team won the ‘Team Championship’ and earned ‘1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals in Individual Competition’ at the 58th Presidential Cup National Ssireum Competition and the 50th National Youth Sports Competition

School of Architecture: Selected as ‘2021 Architectural Design Talent Development Project’ hosted by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Win the largest project cost for University in Korea)

Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation: Opens Gyeongsangbuk-do Urban Regeneration Support Center

Signs a Business Agreement with Dokdo Volunteer Forces Commemoration Foundation for education to strengthen Dokdo's territorial sovereignty and activation of international public relations

Selected as ‘University-Focused Research Institute in the Field of Science and Engineering in 2021’ by the Ministry of Education: Information and Communication Research Institute and Life Science Research Institute(As of 2021, Secures 7 University-Focused Research Institutes)

2021 Leiden Ranking: 14th in Korea, Mathematics & Computer science field: 1st in Korea for seven consecutive years, Life & Earth Science field: 8th in Korea, and Natural Science and Engineering field: 23rd in Korea

Signs an International Agreement with Ministry of Industry and New Technology of Tajikistan to train global talent

Signs a Mutual Business Agreement with Daegu Foundation for Culture and TBC Cultural Foundation for the development of local culture and arts and activation of multicultural communities

Selected as ‘2021 University Sports Department Evaluation and Support Project’ hosted by the Korea University Sport Federation (Baseball, Soccer, Judo, Korean Wrestling, Wrestling, Track and Field)

Selected 3 new courses for ‘2021 Korean Massive Open Online Course (K-MOOC)’ by the Ministry of Education (Operates 11 K-MOOC Liberal Arts Courses in the second semester of 2021)

Holds the Appointment Ceremony for Mentoring Faculty for new and transfer international students in 2021 Yeungnam University Law School: Ranked No.2 nationwide for the 10th Bar Examination Pass Rate (Based on the number of students admitted to the 10th Law School)

Signs a Business Agreement with Gyeongsangbuk-do and Saemaul Globalization Foundation to share a Saemaul movement experience

Holds the “Joint Cooperation Ceremony” with Student Council, Faculty Assembly, Labor Union and Alumni Association for overcoming the university's exist crisis and sustainable development

Signs a Business Agreement with the Daegu Gyeongbuk Environment Headquarters of the Korea Environment Corporation to prevent chemical safety accidents in university labs

Major of Chemistry and the Major of Biochemistry in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences: Integrated into the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department of Forest Resources and Landscape Architecture, College of Life and Applied Sciences: Divided into the Department of Landscape Architecture and the Department of Forest Resources
Major of Painting and the Major of Trans Art in the School of Fine Arts, College of Design and Art: Divided into the Department of Painting and the Department of Trans Art Evening Programs: Closed
Major of Policy Science in the Chunma Honors School, College of Basic Studies: Closed
Department of Aeronautical Science and Flight Operation in the Free Major of Human Sciences, College of Basic Studies: Closed
Public Policy Leadership Major: Established(30 students)

School of Architecture: Selected as the “Best Department” in the “Industry University Accreditation 2020” by the Ministry of Education and the Korean Council for University Education (selected in 2012, 2016, and 2020)

Inauguration of the 16th University President, CHOI Oe-chool, Ph.D.

Yeungnam University Medical Center: Holds the “Opening Ceremony” for remodeling of intensive care unit and operating room

Holds an Awards Ceremony for the 2021 Yeungnam University Departments Introduction Video Contest: 64 Departments, 219 Teams and 657 students participated Posts submitted works on the official YouTube Channel