History
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04. 1960 |
Establishment of the Department of Educational Psychology in the School of Literature in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Appointment of Professor Hak-soo Wang (Appointed in 1948, retired in July 1970) |
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03. 1961 |
Appointment of Prof. Young Jun Yong (Retirement 1970. 12) |
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09. 1962 |
Division of the Department of Educational Psychology into the Department of Education and Department of Psychology |
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1964 |
Appointment of Prof. Lee Jung (Retirement 1987. 02) |
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02. 1965 |
Conferment of the first Master’s degree in the Department of Education |
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02. 1967 |
Appointment of Prof. Hwang Jung-kyu (Retirement 1984. 01) |
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03. 1968 |
Founding of the Graduate School of Education |
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08. 1970 |
Appointment of Profs. Jung Whan Kim (Retirement 1995. 02) and Injong Yu (Retirement 1996. 08) |
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04. 1971 |
Appointment of Prof. Woohyun Jung (Retirement 1998. 02) |
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1972 |
Appointment of Profs. Suk Ki Cha (Retirement 1994. 09), Kihwang Wang (Retirement 1999. 02), and Gyu-huk Lim (Retirement 2001. 12) |
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11. 1972 |
Founding of the Institute of Educational Research |
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12. 1972 |
Establishment of the College of Education |
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03. 1973 |
Admission of the first class of the Department of Education in the College of Education |
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03. 1979 |
Appointment of Prof. Gi Song Ahn (Retirement 2000. 08) |
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03. 1982 |
Appointment of Prof. Jun Song Hyun (Retirement 2007. 02) |
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08. 1982 |
Conferment of the first doctoral degree in the Department of Education |
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09. 1984 |
Appointment of Prof. Dosun Park (Retirement 2007. 02) |
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03. 1987 |
Appointment of Prof. Hyongkwan Kim (Retirement 2006. 08) |
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01. 1988 |
Founding of the Alumni Association of the Department of Education at Korea University |
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02. 1988 |
Publication of the first issue of The Journal of Research in Education, journal of the Institute of Educational Research |
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03. 1990 |
Curriculum for “Social Education Professionals ” established (after 2000 becoming “Lifelong Educators”) |
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10. 1994 |
Publication of the first issue of the Korea Educational Review, Journal of the Anam Society for the Study of Education |
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12. 2000 |
The 40th Anniversary of the Department of Education |
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03. 2001 |
Appointment of Profs. Hun Suk Shin and Inwoo Park
Curriculum for teachers of morality, ethics, and counseling established (for students newly admitted in 2000) |
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03. 2002 |
Appointment of Prof. Sung-Il Kim |
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03. 2003 |
Appointment of Prof. Hoo-Jo Hong |
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03. 2005 |
Founding of the Center for Brain-based Learning Science (CBLS) |
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12. 2005 |
45th Anniversary of the Department of Education |
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02. 2006 |
Selected for a 2nd level BrainKorea21 project (in the field of education) |
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08. 2006 |
Founding of the Higher Education Policy Research Center |
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09. 2006 |
Appointment of Prof. Sang Min Lee |
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10. 2006 |
Selected for a research project for policy-focused research institutes (in the field of higher education) |
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03. 2007 |
Appointment of Prof. Seung Hyun Son |
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09. 2007 |
Appointment of Profs. Mimi Bong and Richard Lynch (Retirement 2010. 08) |
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03. 2008 |
Appointment of Prof. Sehee Hong |
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08. 2008 |
Founding of the Higher Education Policy Research Institute (formerly the Higher Education Policy Research Center) |
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09. 2008 |
Appointment of Profs. Ki Young Byun and Chang Ho Shin |
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01. 2009 |
Founding of the Brain & Motivation Research Institute (formerly the Center for Brain-based Learning Science (CBLS)) |
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03. 2009 |
Appointment of Prof. Daeyeon Cho |
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04. 2009 |
Selected for a promotion project of the World Class University (WCU) (in the field of educational psychology) |
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09. 2009 |
Appiontment of Prof. Johnmarshall Reeve |
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10. 2010 |
50th Anniversary of the Department of Education |
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09. 2012 |
Selected for and received commendation for the best project group of 2nd level BrainKorea21 projects for 6 consecutive years |
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08. 2013 |
Selected for a BrainKorea21 Plus project (in the field of education) |
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09. 2013 |
Selected as the top-ranked department in the JoongAng Ilbo National Assessment of departments of education, and as a Social Science Korea (SSK) project (in the field of sociology of education) |
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11. 2013 |
Founding of the Center for Social Cohesion Education |
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11. 2014 |
Selected for a research project for college-focused research institutes (Brain & Motivation Research Institute) |
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09. 2015 |
Appointment of Prof. Bora Lee |
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10. 2015 |
Selected for a research project for policy-focused research institutes (in the field of human resource development) |
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06. 2016 |
Selected for and received commendation for the best project group of the BK21 Plus project |
| 10. 2016 | Selected for and received commendation of the Brain & Motivation Research Institute as the best research institute within KU (in the field of social sciences) |
| 10.2017 |
Founding of the Human Resources Development (HRD) Policy Research Center |
| 09.2019 | Appiontment of Prof. Junhee Kim |
| 2019 | Ranked 51st to 100th in education research of QS and US News world university rankings (1st in Korea) |
| 2020 | Ranked 59th in education research of THE world university ranking |
| 03.2020 | Appiontment of Prof. Pey-Yan Liou |
| 09.2020 | Selected for the 4th stage BK21 project education resarch group (Humanities and social sciences - education research) |
| 06.2021 | Reselected for HRD Policy Research Center |
| 2022 | Ranked 59th in education research of THE world university ranking (1st in Korea) |
| 03.2023 | Appiontment of Prof. Insook Han |
| 2023 | Ranked 53rd in education resarch of THE world university ranking (1st in Korea) |