Lee Dong Nyoung was inaugurated as the first chairperson of the board of trustees. In the same year Yeungnam University approved as starting with six colleges by the Ministry of Education: College of Liberal Arts, College of Engineering, College of Law and Political Science, College of Commerce and Economics, College of Pharmacy, and Evening Programs, with 35 undergraduate departments and 12 graduate departments. In 1968 January 1, Shin Ki Suck was inaugurated as the first president of the university and in 1969 it has started the construction of the main campus in Gyeongsan.