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title: "Chonnam National University: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Chonnam National University is a national university located in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province, Republic of Korea. The University was founded in 1952, under the motto “Truth, Creativity and Service”, by merging five provincial colleges in South Jeolla Province and is now widely recognized as one of the Korea’s ten Flagship Korean National Universities."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-chonnam-national-university
type: Organization
wikidata: Q494681
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chonnam_National_University
website: http://www.jnu.ac.kr/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Chonnam National University

> Chonnam National University is a national university located in Gwangju and South Jeolla Province, Republic of Korea. The University was founded in 1952, under the motto “Truth, Creativity and Service”, by merging five provincial colleges in South Jeolla Province and is now widely recognized as one of the Korea’s ten Flagship Korean National Universities.

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## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: South Korea
- Founded: 1952-01-01
- Status: private
- Website: http://www.jnu.ac.kr/
- Employees: 2,160

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/yesCNU
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChonnamUniv

## Key people

- Nam Sung-yong (Korean long-distance runner, Olympic bronze medalist)

## Ownership

Subsidiaries: Chonnam National University Hospital

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Chonnam National University, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-chonnam-national-university#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494681, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chonnam_National_University

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