With a great influx of radical changes in the twenty-first century, we need more challenges and a brighter vision of our young people. Located at the heart of the Daedeok Research Complex, a center of science and technology in Korea, CNU has been designated as one of nations strategic universities by the government. In addition, as a national university in the Daejeon and Chungcheong area, where the new capital city will be located, CNU plays an important role in regional innovation. At the same time, with the largest number of specialized fields of study in the central region of Korea, the university is practically becoming the center of cooperation with research institutes and industry, perfectly carrying out its role as the center of the academic information network. With one out of two students being awarded a scholarship, CNU will create a brighter future by educating young intellectuals, helping them master a foreign language and computer skills, and making them serious and creative leaders of the 21st. Selected as one of the top 50 universities in Asia in Asiaweek Selected as an excellent university in 2003 by the results from the self development project of the national universities Selected as an excellent university in the internal renovation evaluation by the Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development Selected as an excellent university in the educational reform Selected as a host school for the national projects of Brain Korea 21 2+2 joint degree system with Bloomfield College in the USA Software Research Center designated as a Regional Cooperative Research Institute (Korea Science Engineering Foundation RRC) Electromagnetic Waves Environment Research Center designated as IT Research Center (University IT Research Center in Korea Software Development Institute) Invasion Confrontation Technology Research Center (University IT Research Center in Korea Software Development Institute) Electric Waves Education Newly established School of Bioscience & Biotechnology by Administration Bio-Medical Resource Local Renovation Research Center (Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy, TIC) Transformation Clone Pig Laboratory (Korea Science Engineering Foundation, Excellent Research Center, ERC) Oral Vaccine Laboratory (Ministry of Science & Technology, National Research Laboratory Program) Endocrine Cell Biology Laboratory (Ministry of Science & Technology, National Research Laboratory Program) Biotechnology Research Institute (Korea Research Foundation, Research Support Institute) Study & Research Interchange with Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology Areas of NT Research Center for Advanced Magnetic Materials (Korea Science Engineering Foundation, Excellent Research Center, ERC) Rapid Solidification Processing and New Materials Research Center (Korea Science Engineering Foundation, Excellent Research Center, ERC) New Materials Research Institute (Korea Research Foundation, Research Support Institute) College of Engineering designated as a nation?s strategic school in the field of new materials (Ministry of Education & Human Resource Department) High ranking in the field of engineering education and Technology Education (80% of teachers in the field of engineering in the nation) Female Student Career Development Center (Ministry of Gender Equality) Science Education Institute for the Gifted (Korea Science Engineering Foundation) Selected as the best university in Mathematics Management & Economics Research Institute (Korea Research Foundation, Research Support Institute) Selected as a specialized school in the Baekje cultural study Selected as a specialized university in basic science