University Museum

Established in 1968, The Wonkwang University Museum was reopened in1987 in a 6,054㎡ building(one basement and four floors). The Museum, with the largest scale in the nation, has a wide range of relics including 90 items of the prehistoric age, and a paekche Windbell. The Museum owns 16,000 items in its collection, annual about 30,000 visitors.

Dormitory

The dormitories in this school have been divided into four buildings: Hakrim-gwan, Kaebyuk-gwan, saun-gwan and Chungwoon-gwan. The female student dormitories can house 918 students, the male student dormitories can house 712 students and the student cafeteria has 870 seats. Each dormitory has bedrooms, washroom, shower room, bathroom, etc and has other facilities such as reading room, recreation room, language laboratory, sports center etc, and has a stationary and laundry room for the comfort of the students. The dormitory with the 13th floor only for male students is being newly constructed, which can house 632 students, and is scheduled to complete its construction on January, 2001.

Gymnasium

The original gym can accommodate about 2,000 persons for the small and mediums sports events. The new gym has one basement and three floors which can accommodate about 12,000 persons.

The University Newspaper

The Wonkwang University Newspaper published its first issue on October 20, 1956 and recorded its 899th issue on November 13, 2000 the Newspaper prints 20,000 copies a week.

University Press

The university press, founded to publish valuable books that will foster and contribute to the development of research and culture, obtained authorization from the Ministry of culture and information in 1971. It has published over 249 titles including all the textbooks for required courses for freshmen and faculty publications, as well as supporting various research projects.

Academic Broadcasting Station(ABS)

Academic Broadcasting Station was established on september 1st, 1971. It obeys the Broadcasting Ethic Regulations and the national policy, Fastness, Rightness, Public-spirit and Responsibility. It is making efforts to create a new broadcasting culture such as cooperation with other broadcasting organizations. It is also operating the Internet Broadcasting center since

Job Placement Center

Helping students to get jobs is a major concern not only for the students but also for the university. the university opened the Placement Center on October 22, 1986. The center focuses on drawing up long-term and well-coordinated strategies to get more students better jobs.

Center for Science

The center maintains educational instruments and equipment for academic scientific researches by faculty, as well as for experimental uses and practices by students. The center supports the advancement of general scientific education.

Art Gallery

An art gallery could be a reflection of the moral civilization of it′s era. The University art gallery collects and exhibits fine art works and provides a place for cultural activities to students and community. The Art gallery is a symbol of Wonkwang University about a university of culture.

Center for Continuing Eduction

Center for Continuing Education is established to realize the philosophy of social education for the local people, in accordance with the social changes, by motivating and promoting them an opportunity of learning.

Center for Information Science Education

The Center for Information Science Education obtained authorization in April, 1990. It is designed to train professionals in information processing which will play a significant role in the diversified industrial structure of the future. It opened courses of information processing, office automation, and computer graphics. Students have chances to intern for credit at various companies and organizations. Special lectures about job interviews and exams for national licenses are offered.

University computer center

The university computer center provides the 3A system ?pen university? ?pen information? ?pen service?to allow all university students and faculty to have access to convenient and fast information and hence operates a total university information system (WINS-21) to transform into a 21st century - intellectual campus overcoming the boundaries of time and space. As the result we aggressively support student education and participation and provide volunteer educational programs for web consulting and other field we come in contact with to faculty members and local citizens. Especially we have a educational support information system, research information support system, student/administrative support information system, total services information system, digital campus acquisition information system, local society information system, etc. to satisfy our users with ?ne-step counseling?and ?ne-touch information?in becoming a outgoing university. To digest the advanced information technologies of the cyber era we are operating our university as a leader of the open educational system.

Language Center

The Wonkwang University Language Center is offering various language courses to actively address the trend toward globalization. These courses are intended for students to improve their foreign language ability and for community members to offer them the same opportunities. This will help the international development of the community and at the same time disseminate the founding philosophy of WKU locally and worldwide. By offering these courses the Language Center also hopes to enhance knowledge and understandings of Korea overseas and to contribute to closer ties with colleges and universities worldwide on academic, cultural and personal levels.

University Botanical Gardens

The botanical gardens are intended to be used for studies in botanical science and to provide research materials for those who work in the field. the system was started in 1987, when the garden of medicinal herbs was created. the system covers an area of 20,000 pyong, which is composed of Gardens i through IV, the aquarium, and a nursery. It features various plants of 1,000 species in 190 families and 380 genera.

Student Service Center

The student service center was founded with the modern facilities for a one-stop service system to provide high-quality services by providing information and administrative services on the 7th of September 1998. It is the place to solve all kinds of problems the students face. Treating students as customers and trying to simplify complex paperwork and administrative service, we are striving for the advanced education support system where the students need not worry about anything except studies and research.

Moral Education Center

Moral Education Center's purpose is to train moral nature of professors, staffs, students, and ordinary people in order to get harmonious character and to bring up the leader of a new civilized society who has moral philosophy and scientific knowledge, based on the spirit of founding philosopy.