Kookmin University (hangul:국민대학교, hanja:國民大學校) is a private university located in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Kookmin University currently includes an academic family of 22,000 students, about 800 faculty members and 350 administrative staff. Since its establishment in 1946, approximately 60,000 students have been graduated from Kookmin University. Kookmin University includes the College of Humanities, the College of Engineering and 12 other colleges. The university includes a Graduate school which consists of three Professional Graduate Schools and ten Special Graduate Schools. Kookmin, by number of students, is the 6th largest university in Seoul. Kookmin University is a prominent university in Korea. In the fields of Design, Architecture, Automotive Engineering, Techno-Design, Law and various other academic disciplines, Kookmin University has developed programs that meet or exceed the highest national standards. The College of Design held the first rank in three fields and the second rank in two fields among a total of 5 fields as a result of a nationwide assessment in 2007 in South Korea.