History
2025
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The Lifelong Education Center was designated as a private security education institution by the Korean National Police Agency.
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The Department of Nursing won the Grand Prize and Excellence Award in the “Supporters Free from Infectious Diseases” program hosted by the Gwangsan-gu Public Health Center.
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The Department of Food and Nutrition received the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Award at the 5th Honeybee Cooking Competition, organized by the Rural Development Administration and the Korea Beekeeping Association.
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Kwangju Women’s University was selected for the “Outstanding Contribution Award for Korea Open CourseWare (KOCW)” hosted by the Korea Education and Research Information Service.
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The RISE Project Group held “Global Kimchi Day 2025” in the United States as part of Korea–U.S. university cooperation.
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The Department of Interior Architecture and Design won the Best Student Work Award and the Excellence Award at the 22nd Gwangju Architecture/Urban Culture Festival, hosted by Gwangju Metropolitan City.
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Archery Team athlete Oh Ye-jin achieved the outstanding feat of winning three gold medals at the 106th National Sports Festival.
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The Department of Korean Language Education won the Grand Prize at the 2025 Dokdo Speech Contest for International Students, hosted by the Dokdo Foundation.
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The Department of Food and Nutrition won the Gold Prize in the Powdered Rice Confectionery and Baking Recipe SNS Contest, hosted by the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation.
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The Division of Beauty Science, Department of Beauty Science, received a Prime Minister’s Commendation on “2025 Skilled Workers’ Day.”
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The Division of Beauty Science and the Department of Beauty Industry received awards at the 2025 International Health & Beauty EXPO, hosted by the International Health and Beauty Association.
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The “2025 Global Overseas Exploration Program” fostered global female talent.
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Kwangju Women’s University was designated as a regional learning center for the university-linked course of the Korea Immigration and Integration Program operated by the Ministry of Justice.
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Kwangju Women’s University received an “A Grade” for educational innovation achievements in the University Innovation Support Project.
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The Volleyball Team won the 2025 Hyundai Capital Cup National University Volleyball Goseong Tournament.
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Athlete Oh Ye-jin achieved the outstanding feat of winning first place in the individual event and second place in the team event at the 43rd Presidential Archery Tournament.
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The 2025 CAMPUS GLOBAL FESTA was successfully completed.
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Kwangju Women’s University signed a mutual memorandum of understanding with the Organizing Committee of the Gwangju 2025 World Archery Championships and World Para Archery Championships for the successful hosting of the championships.
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All participating students from the Division of Beauty Science won awards at the 2025 Beauty Competition for the Gwangju Metropolitan Mayor’s Cup.
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The Department of Dental Hygiene won multiple awards, including the Grand Prize, at the 2025 Spring Academic Conference of the Korean Society of Dental Hygiene.
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The 2025 Gwangju Regional Innovation System & Education (RISE) Project was launched.
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The Department of Elementary Special Education achieved success as graduate and teacher Na Sun-hee received a commendation from the Superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education and also swept an international academic stage.
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The Department of Food and Nutrition and the Department of Nutrition and Food Science received the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award and the Chairperson’s Award from the Korean Food Promotion Institute.
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The Library was selected for two programs under the “Humanities on the Road” project.
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Kwangju Women’s University signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korean Association Against Drug Abuse to promote education for the prevention of drug misuse, abuse, and addiction.
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The Career and Startup Support Center was selected for the 2025 Future Women Entrepreneurs Development Project by the Korea Women Entrepreneurs Association.
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The University Job Plus Center was selected for the National Work-Study Scholarship Career-Linked Intensive University Project for the 10th consecutive year by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
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The Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation was selected as a 2025 training and continuing education institution for child caregivers.
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Kwangju Women’s University signed a memorandum of understanding with the Gwangju Regional Headquarters of NongHyup for university student rural volunteer activities.
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Kwangju Women’s University signed a memorandum of understanding with the Jeollanamdo Jindo Office of Education to promote MAUM Education.
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The Office of International Affairs was selected as an accredited university under the 2024 International Education Quality Assurance System.
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Kwangju Women’s University was selected for the 2025 Overseas Employment Training Program, K-Move, hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
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The University Job Plus Center was selected as a preferred negotiating university for the Graduate Specialized Program hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.
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The Department of AI Convergence and the Department of AI Media Contents won the Excellence Award in the 2024 Honam Region Future Tomorrow Work Experience Best Practice Contest.
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The 4th MAUM Education International Conference, “Mindfulness and Social and Emotional Learning,” was held.
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The Department of Interior Architecture and Design won the Grand Prize at the 38th Jeollabuk-do Industrial Design Exhibition National Competition.