Kyungnam University has paved the way for its growth since its foundation of Kookmin College(formerly known as Kookmin Daehakkwan in Seoul) in 1946 and its relocation to Masan in 1956. Currently, KU’six colleges comprise eighteen undergraduate divisions and twenty-three departments offering degrees at the bachelor's level, whereas six graduate schools confer a variety of degrees at both the master's and doctoral levels. The university's faculty and staff of more than 900 and its over 15,000 students have been exerting their utmost to make the institution a 21 century's model regional university with specialization in the globalization and localization under the university's motto of truth, freedom, and creation.