page_title: Chung-Ang University
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Chung-Ang University / History
caption_attribution_description: English: CAU College of Pharmacy / R&amp;D Center한국어: 중앙대학교 약학대학 / R&amp;D센터
context_page_description: Chung-Ang University is one of the leading private comprehensive research universities in South Korea.
  Starting as a church-run kindergarten in 1918, CAU transformed into a school for female kindergarten teachers in 1922 and was granted university status in 1953. The university held its centennial in 2018. It has 33,600 undergraduates, 5,200 graduates, 700 professors and 500 more part-time teaching staff.
  CAU offers courses in Pharmacy, Business Management, Public Administration, Mass Communication, Advertising & Public Relations, Urban Planning and Real Estate, Energy System Engineering, Sociology, Psychology on the Seoul campus. Urban Planning and Real Estate and Energy System Engineering were newly established majors beginning in 2014. At the second campus, Ansung Campus, there are majors such as Creative Writing, Photography, and Drama & Film Studies, and is active in Pharmacy, Media and the Arts. There is also a major called City and Area Planning at the second campus.
  Established in 1918, CAU has endured through the painful course of Korea's modern history, upholding its ideal of “Truth and Justice”.
  The symbol of Central University is Blue Dragon.
caption: College of Pharmacy and R&D Center
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