The University of Ulsan was founded on February 19, 1969 as the Ulsan Institute of Technology. The University was promoted to a full-fledged University on March 1, 1985. Located in Mu-guh dong (i.e., Mu-gah neighborhood) within Ulsan

Ulsan

Ulsan , officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh largest metropolis with a population of over 1.1 million. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring Busan to the south and facing Gyeongju to the north and the Sea of Japan to the east.Ulsan is the...

, South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

, the University currently enrolls approximately 10,500 students.

The city of Ulsan has been recognized as the Korean city which was built around the corporate base of the multinational Hyundai

Hyundai

Hyundai ) is a global conglomerate company, part of the Korean chaebol, that was founded in South Korea by one of the most famous businessmen in Korean history: Chung Ju-yung...

 conglomerate. Thus, the Hyundai Conglomerate announced its plan to give 40 billion won

South Korean won

The won is the currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and appears only in foreign exchange rates...

 to assist a variety of university-industry cooperation projects.

This corporate relationship has helped turn the University into one of South Korea's top rated institutions for graduate job placement, as well as increasing its reputation more broadly as one of the top private universities outside of Seoul.

Colleges and Graduate Programs

Even though it started as Ulsan Institute of Technology, University of Ulsan today offers programs in broad area through 12 colleges: College of Humanities, College of Social Sciences, College of Business Administration, College of Natural Sciences, College of Human Ecology, College of Engineering, College of Architecture, College of Music, College of Fine Arts, College of Design, College of Medicine

University of Ulsan College of Medicine

The University of Ulsan College of Medicine, since its founding in 1988, has been operated in the unification of clinical and basic medicine and runs programs to raise students' problem-solving ability. Asan Medical Center , Ulsan University Hospital, and Gangneung Asan Hospital are its teaching...

, and College of Industry and Management. There are 6 different graduate schools including the general Graduate School which offers Master's degree

Master's degree

A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...

s in 29 different disciplines and Doctorate degrees in 19 different areas of study. The Graduate School of Business offers a Master's in Business Administration, while the Graduate School of Public Policy provides graduates of the different programs a Master's in either Local Administration, Environmental Administration, Urban Development or Local Finance & Economy. The Graduate School of Industrial Technology offers 11 different Master's degrees including a Master's in specialized disciplines like Mechatronics

Mechatronics

Mechatronics is the combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, computer engineering, software engineering, control engineering, and systems design engineering in order to design, and manufacture useful products. Mechatronics is a multidisciplinary field of engineering, that is...

 or Sports engineering

Sports engineering

Sports engineering is a field of engineering that involves the design, development and testing of sports equipment. The equipment used by athletes has always gone through technological design and development based on current knowledge and understanding. Sports engineering only became official in...

. The Graduate School of Information and Communication Technology offers 3 different Master's Programs and the Graduate School of Education offers a diverse number of Master's in 21 different programs. A new graduate school, Institute of e-vehicle technology, was created in 2004 with the support of city of Ulsan and the Korean government. It has three majors: Design, Manufacturing, and IT/Mechatronics.
In 2007, 12,614 undergraduate students and 1,637 graduate students are enrolled in the university.

Research Institutes

A majority of colleges at the University of Ulsan have individual research institutes. The aim of these institutes is to promote research into various academic fields and to publish relevant findings resulting from these investigations. The research institutes provide a link for cooperation between the university, the industry, and the private and public sectors. The University of Ulsan has 15 research institutes.

Presidents

• Dr. Kwan Lee, March 1, 1985 - March 15, 1988
• Dr. Sang-Ju Lee, March 16, 1988 - N/A
• Dr. Bon-Ho Koo, March 1, 1996 - March 9, 2000
• Dr. Moo-Ki Bai, March 10, 2000 - June 30, 2003
• Dr. Chung-Kil Chung, July 1, 2003 - June 23, 2008
• Dr. Do-Yeon Kim, September 10, 2008 - Present