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1978 Founded as "Gimcheon Business Junior College" by the Shincheon Board of Directors.
1998 Name changed to "Gimcheon College"
2000 Selected as "The Best College of Health Science(A+)" by the MOE&HRD and Korean Council for College Education.
2001 Designed as a "Business Incubation Supporting Institution" by the Small & Medium Business Administration
2002 Selected as an "Excellent Technology Supporting Institution" at the Inno-Tech Show by the Small & Medium Business Administration.
2003 Kang, Sung Ae took office as the third president.
2004 Selected as "The Best Group in Percentage of Employment"
2005 Selected for consortium of "Industry-College Cooperation" by the Small & Medium Business Administration.
2006 Designated an "Excellent College" at the National Local Innovation Show.
2007 Recognized by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to change its charter from college to university. Established the "International Language Education Center".
2008 Selected as "The Best Group (Group A) in percentage of employment" by the Korean Educational Development Institute.
2009 Received its charter as a university from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
2010 Held first matriculation ceremony as Gimcheon University
International relationships[]
Curtin University of Technology (AU) 1999
The University of Newcastle (AU) 1999
Hawaii Pacific University (US) 2000
Yamano College of Aesthetics (JP) 2001
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (NZ) 2002
The College of Marjon (UK) 2003
Southwestern University (PH) 2005
Cambridge College of Heilongjjang University (CN) 2005
Biola University (US) 2005
Qingdao Binhai University (CN) 2005
Tashkent state Pedagogical University named after Nizami (UZ) 2007
Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies (UZ) 2007
Buryat State University (RU) 2007
Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service (RU) 2007
Taiyuan Tourism College (CN) 2008
Kake Educational Institution (JP) 2008
Liaoning University (CN) 2008
Yeditepe University (TR) 2008
Nanguo Business College (CN) 2008
Chengdu University (CN) 2008
Shandong College of Tourism & Hospitality (CN) 2008