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{{Short description|University in Seoul, South Korea}}
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|motto = ''지(知), 영(靈), 체(體)''<br />"Wisdom" "Sprit" "Athlete"

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|motto = ''prudentia, animus, corpus corporis'' ([[Latin language|Latin]]) <br /> 지(知), 영(靈), 체(體)
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|chancellor = Chun Gwang Hwang
|president = Sung Ik Kim
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'''Sahmyook University''' ([[Korean language|Korean]]: 삼육대학교, [[Hanja]]: 三育大學校) is a [[Private university|private]], [[Christianity|Christian]], [[coeducational]] university located in [[Nowon District|Nowon-gu]], [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]. Sahmyook University is part of a worldwide network of [[Seventh-day Adventist]] institutions of [[higher education]].


The school was founded in 1906 as Euimyung College in [[Sunan-guyŏk|Sunahn]], [[P'yŏngan-namdo|Pyeongan-namdo]] in what would become today's [[North Korea]]. It is today the largest university owned by the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]].<ref name="Adventist World"/>
Sahmyook University is a [[Private university|private]], [[Christian]], [[coeducational]], [[health sciences]] and [[social sciences]] university located in Metropolitan [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]. Sahmyook University is part of the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]]'s system of [[higher education]]. As such, it provides an environment for learning that emphasises individual commitment to [[Christ]], personal integrity, intellectual development, and community service. The school was founded in 1906 as Euimyung College in Sunahn, Pyungan-namdo, [[North Korea]]. It was the first higher education facility started in Korea, and is today one of the flagship universities of the Seventh-day Adventist school system.

As of 2016, the university had 6 colleges, including the College of Theology, Humanities & Social Science and Health Science & Social Welfare in addition to 4 graduate schools.


In 2009, the university had 6 colleges, including the College of Theology, Humanities & Social Science and Health Science & Social Welfare in addition to 4 graduate schools. There are 216 full-time faculty teaching 5,566 undergraduate students and 189 graduate students.
==History==
==History==
[[Image:Sinhackhall2007.jpg|thumbnail|left|Sinhackhall(신학관): One of the landmark buildings of syu]]


===Establishment of a mission college===
Sahmyook University was founded in 1906 as a small, Seventh-day Adventist school called "Euimyung College" by American [[Seventh-day Adventist]] missionaries, with the objective to improve the education of church workers in Korea.<ref name="History">[http://with.syu.ac.kr/01_guid/uit_his.asp Sahmyook University Introduction] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204170327/http://with.syu.ac.kr/01_guid/uit_his.asp|date=4 February 2008}}. Sahmyook University. Retrieved 2009-06-19</ref>


However, while under the rule of [[Japanese imperialism]], the missionaries stopped managing the whole school system due to [[State Shinto|Shinto worship]] being enforced by the [[Japan]]ese rulers.<ref name="History"/> Thus, the school remained closed until the end of the [[Second World War]]. After [[Korea]] gained its independence from [[Japan]] in 1945, the school moved from [[Sunan District|Sunan]] and joined with the church headquarters [[Hoegi-dong|Hoegi]], [[Seoul]]; The move was completed in 1949.<ref name="History"/>


Sahmyook University was founded as a small, [[Seventh-day Adventist school]] called Euimyung College in 1906. In 1949, the school moved from Suahn Pyungan-namdo and joined with the head church in Hoegi, [[Seoul]]. Because of the [[Korean War]], the school was temporarily closed in 1950. After Seoul was won back in November 1951, the school was relocated to the current location, Gongdeok, yangjoo, [[Gyeonggi]] (later, it was changed to [[Seoul]] Metropolitan). The school was also renamed Sahmyook College, and the minister Jemyung Lee was inaugurated as the first president.
On June 25, 1950, the [[Korean War]] forced the school to close again. After Seoul was won back in November 1951, the school was relocated to its current location at [[Gongdeok-dong|Gongdeok]], Yangjoo, [[Gyeonggi]] (later renamed [[Seoul]]) and reopened. The school was also renamed Sahmyook College, and the minister, James Lee, was inaugurated as the first president.


==Applications==
The school continued to grow slowly through the late 20th century. In the 1971s, Eliya Hall, the current location of the 100th Anniversary Hall, was built as the administration building.
Each January, over 10,000 students apply at Sahmyook University. Only about 10 percent, or 1,242, of them (mostly non-Adventists) are accepted as new students. Non-Adventists have a higher ratio of successful applications compared with Adventist students. The number of Adventist students annually accepted is around 200, or about 1 in 6.<ref name="Adventist World">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721213043/http://www.adventistworld.org/article.php?id=502 "Fishing for Souls"]. ''Adventist World''. Retrieved 19 July 2009</ref>


==Institutes and Research Centres==
From 1977 to 1988, the undergraduate school was steadily reorganized into the school of Nursing, Business, Pharmacy, Nutrition, Chemistry, and Music.

Sahmyook was the first co-educational university and the first to establish dormitories. It was also the first university to have fibre optic cables laid to its campus.





==Campus==
[[Image:Cpofsyu.jpg|left|thumb|View of Syu Campus & The Centenial Momorial Hall]]
Sahmyook University is located in Gong-neung, [[Seoul]], a 20 minutes drive from [[Seoul Station]]. It is near Hwarang-ro with views of hundreds of [[ginkgo]] trees. Teanung, Gong-neung, and the [[Korea Military Academy]] serve as a green-belt between the campus and the city. These natural surroundings allow the university to be ranked as one of the top 10 most beautiful universities each year.

The campus maintains a variety of indigenous trees, especially around the quad in the center of the campus. The campus is composed of 16 faculty buildings, the university church, the centennial hall, three faculty residence halls and four apartment complexes.

The four dormitories on campus are the men's hall, the women's hall, Sinhack Hall, and the graduate student's hall, primarily for men who are either graduate or seminary students. The residence halls restrict access depending on a student's age, as well as a visitation policy which does not permit students of the opposite gender in dormitory rooms at any time.

The campus is between [[Seoul]] and [[Gyeonggi]]. The School of Pharmacy and Nursing, and the residential community of the university is not within the city limits, however remains officially within the Seoul district.

==Features==
====Hwarangro and Taegangneung====
[[Image:Hwarangro.jpg|thumb|Hwarangro linking to syu]]
[[Image:Taegangnueng.jpg|thumb|left|Taegangneung near syu]]

* Taegangneung: The Taereung (泰陵) is the [[royal]] [[tomb]] of [[Queen]] Munjeong (文定王后, 1501-1565) from the Yun family. She was the second lawful wife of the 11th [[King]] Jungjong of the [[Joseon Dynasty]]. [[King]] Jungjong and [[Queen]] Munjeong had one son and four daughters, including [[King]] Myeongjong. When [[King]] Myeongjong ascended the [[throne]] at the age of 12, [[Queen]] Munjeong ruled as regent for eight years. Making her younger brother, Yun Wonhyeong, stand in the forefront, she stirred up the Eulsasahwa (乙巳士禍, a massacre of scholars) and the Jeongmisahwa (丁未士禍, a massacre of scholars caused by a rebellious writing on the wall of the Yangjae station), and executed many scholars. She also made an effort to rehabilitate [[Buddhism]] with the high priest Bou (普雨) taking the lead.



* Hwarangro: Hwarangro is a scenic [[road]] in Nowon, [[Seoul]]. It travels through [[Korea Military Academy]] and Taegangneung, linking Hwarangdae station and [[Sahmyook University]]. The road, 8.55㎞(5.29 mile) in length, was completed in 1984. It's been considered the top 10 sceneries having thousands of trees of [[Seoul]]. Especially, [[fall]] [[season]], the trees turn beautiful yellow and red. [[Bicycle]] [[tour]] operators also commonly use the sidewalk along the street.

====Jaemyung Lake====
[[Image:Jaemyungho.jpg|thumb|left|Jaemyung Lake located at syu]]

* Jaemyung Lake:


====Sports Complex====
[[Image:Gymsyu.jpg|left|thumb|Gym of Syu]]
[[Image:Syufield3.jpg|thumb|right|Syu's soccer field]]
* Gym:
* Main Field:

====Library====
[[Image:Librarysyu.jpg|thumb|left|The main library of syu]]
* Choi Taehyun memorial library:

== Academics ==
Each January over 10,000 students apply at Sahmyook University. Only about 10 percent, or 1,242, of them (mostly non-Adventists) are accepted as new students. Non-Adventists have a higher ratio of successful applications compared with Adventist students. The actual number of Adventist students annually accepted is around 200, or about 1 in 6. <ref name="Adventist World">[http://www.adventistworld.org/article.php?id=502 Fishing for Souls - Adventist World]</ref>

== Academic Structure ==
Sahmyook University is comprised of 6 colleges divided into 6 divisions and 17 departments, and 4 graduate schools. <ref>[http://www.adventistyearbook.org/default.aspx?page=ViewEntity&EntityID=10432 Adventist Yearbook]</ref>


'''College of Theology'''
* Department of Theology


'''College of Humanities & Social Science'''
* Division of English Studies
* Department of East Asian Languages
* Division of Business Administration
* Department of Early Child Education


'''College of Health Science & Social Welfare'''
* Division of Social Welfare
* Department of Nursing
* Department of Physical Therapy
* Department of Food and Nutrition
* Department of Counseling
* Department of Leisure and Sports


'''College of Science & Technology'''
* Department of Chemistry
* Department of Life Sciences
* Department of Computer Science
* Department of Horticulture Science
* Department of Environmental Horticulture Design
* Division of Animal Science
* Department of Car Mechatronics


'''College of Culture & Arts'''
* Department of Architecture
* Division of Music
* Division of Art and Design


'''College of Pharmacy'''
* Department of Pharmacy
* Department of Pre-med Pharmacy


'''School of Graduate Studies'''
* Department of Chemistry
* Department of Counseling Education
* Department of Early Childhood Education
* Department of Environmental Horticulture
* Department of Life Industry
* Department of Life Science
* Department of Music
* Department of Nursing
* Department of Pharmacy
* Department of Physical Therapy
* Department of Social Welfare
* Department of Theology


'''Graduate School of Theology'''


'''Graduate School of Business Administration'''


'''Graduate School of Health Science and Social Welfare'''
* Department of Health Science
* Department of Nursing
* Department of Social Welfare

==Book Publishing==
Sahmyook University Press, which was founded in 1972, deals with theology, social studies, and science textbook.

==Institutes==
The university has the following research institutes:
The university has the following research institutes:
*[[Geoscience Research Institute]]
*[[Geoscience Research Institute]]

*Korean Institute for HIV/AIDS Prevention
*Korean Institute for HIV/AIDS Prevention

*Life Science Research Institute
*Life Science Research Institute

*Mission and Society Research Institute
*Mission and Society Research Institute

*The Korean Institute of Alcohol Problems
*The Korean Institute of Alcohol Problems

*Theological Research Institute
*Theological Research Institute

*Uimyung Research Institute for Neuroscience
*Uimyung Research Institute for Neuroscience


==Study Abroad Opportunites==
==Study abroad opportunities==
[[File:'100th Anniversary Memorial Hall' of Sahmyook University.jpg|280px|thumbnail|100th Anniversary Memorial Hall]]
Sahmyook University co-sponsors Adventist Colleges Abroad, a program in which qualified students study overseas while completing requirements for graduation at Sahmyook University. Undergraduate students may also study abroad. Affiliation and Extension Programs are offered in Puerto Rico, South Africa, Mexico, England, Jamaica, Canada, Romania, India, Russia, Thailand, Italy, Ukraine, Bolivia and the United States. [For the full list of sister universities, go to ▶http://www.syu.ac.kr/04_life/sab_gco.asp]
Sahmyook University co-sponsors Adventist Colleges Abroad, a program in which qualified students study overseas while completing requirements for graduation at Sahmyook University. Undergraduate students may also study abroad. Affiliation and Extension Programs are offered in Puerto Rico, South Africa, Mexico, England, Jamaica, Canada, Romania, India, Russia, Thailand, Italy, Ukraine, Bolivia and the United States. (For the full list of sister universities, go to ▶[https://www.syu.ac.kr/web/kor/life_b_01])


==Notable Alumnus==
==Notable people==
===Notable alumni===
* Lee-Han : Tenor, Professor at Sangji University
* Lee Han, tenor and professor at [[Sangji University]]
* Lee Dong-Hoon : Korea Men's Figure skater
* Lee Dong-hoon, men's figure skater
* [[BoA]] : World Star, [[SM Entertainment]]
* [[Jin Goo]], actor
* Lee Eun-Woo : Movie Actor (Noa Entertainment), Latest Movie - "귀신이야기"
* [[Lee Seung-Ryul|Lee Seung-ryul]], soccer player
* Jin Ku : Movie Actor, Latest Movie - "마더"


===Notable Faculty===
===Notable faculty members===
* Kim, Ki-Kon : Current President of Sahmyook University
* Kim, Il Mok, current president of Sahmyook University
* Ko, Won-Bae : Current Professor at Chemistry at Sahmyook University
* Ko, Wonbae, current professor of Chemistry at Sahmyook University
* Seo, Kwang-Soo : Former President of Sahmyook University
* SEO, Kwangsoo, former president of Sahmyook University
* Han, Sangkyung, manager of "[[Garden of morning calm|The Garden of Morning Calm]]" (아침고요수목원); current professor of Horticulture.
* Lee, Jong-Woo : Environmentalist, Current Professor of Animal Science.
* Lee, Gangseong, secretary of the president, the Division of Employment-Industrial Relations at [[the Blue House]]
* Lee, Hyungsuk : Social Scientist, Current Professor of Business Administration.
* Yim, Dongsul, current professor of Pharmacy at Sahmyook University

* Kim, Kyungje, current professor of Pharmacy at Sahmyook University
==Criticism==
* Cheong, Jayhoon, current professor of Pharmacy at Sahmyook University
{{main|Criticism of the Seventh-day Adventist Church}}

The university and its church has received criticism along several lines, including its allegedly [[heterodox]] doctrines, in relation to [[Ellen G. White]] and her status within the church, and in relation to alleged exclusivist attitudes and behaviour. Many high profile critics of the church are former Adventists, such as [[D. M. Canright]], [[Walter Rea]] and [[Dale Ratzlaff]].

By the mid 1970s, two distinct factions were manifest within Seventh day Adventism. Defending many pre-1950 Adventist positions was Traditional Adventism, while Evangelical Adventism emphasized the Reformation understanding of justification by faith, and sought greater fellowship with Evangelical Christianity. This controversy soon led to a full-blown internal crisis and fragmentation. By the early 1980s, severe denominational discipline was enacted against certain evangelical Adventist leaders, and which left many Adventists disillusioned "From Controversy to Crisis: An Updated Assessment of Seventh-day Adventism] by by Kenneth R. Samples, Christian Research Institute Journal.

=== Doctrines ===
Several distinctive Adventist doctrines have been identified as [[heterodoxy|heterodox]] by critics. Teachings which have come under repeated scrutiny are the [[annihilationism|annihilationist]] view of [[hell]], the [[investigative judgment]] (and a related view of the [[atonement]]), and certain [[Eschatology (Adventist)|eschatological views]]. Adventists have often been accused of [[legalism (theology)|legalism]], because of their emphasis on law-keeping and strict Sabbath-observance.


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Christianity|South Korea}}
*[[List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities]]
* [[List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities]]
* [[Seventh-day Adventist education]]
*[[Sahmyook Foods]]
*[[Sahmyook Foods]]
*[[SDA Sahmyook Language School]]
*[[Sahmyook Language School]]
*[[Sahmyook Medical Center]]
*[[Sahmyook Medical Center]]
*[[Education in South Korea]]
*[[List of universities in Seoul]]
*[[List of colleges and universities in South Korea]]
*[[List of colleges and universities in South Korea]]
*[[Education in South Korea]]
*[[Index of Korea-related articles]]


==References==
==References==
<references/>
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
[[ko:삼육대학교]]
* [http://syu.ac.kr/ Sahmyook University website]


{{Universities and colleges in Seoul}}
[[Category:Seventh-day Adventist Church]]
{{Adventist Colleges and Universities}}
[[Category:Seventh-day Adventist education]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges]]


{{authority control}}
==External links==

* [http://http://syu.ac.kr/ Sahnyook University]
[[Category:Universities and colleges affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church]]
* [http://http://jikimi.cha.go.kr/english/new/index.action/ Cultural Heritage Administration]
[[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1906]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church/ Criticism of SDA]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Seoul]]
[[Category:1906 establishments in Korea]]
[[Category:Nowon District]]

Latest revision as of 07:25, 30 March 2024

Sahmyook University
삼육대학교
Servants of Truth and Love
Former names
Euimyung College (1906-1951)
Mottoprudentia, animus, corpus corporis (Latin)
지(知), 영(靈), 체(體)
Motto in English
Mind, Spirit, Body
TypePrivate
Established1906; 118 years ago (1906)
Religious affiliation
Seventh-day Adventist Church
ChancellorChun Gwang Hwang
PresidentSung Ik Kim
Location,
37°38′36″N 127°06′21″E / 37.6434°N 127.1058°E / 37.6434; 127.1058
CampusUrban, 302 ha (3 km2)
ColorsRoyal Blue  
Websitewww.syu.ac.kr or www.syu.ac.kr/web/eng/ (English)
Korean name
Hangul
삼육대학교
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSamyuk Daehakgyo
McCune–ReischauerSamyuk Taehakkyo

Sahmyook University (Korean: 삼육대학교, Hanja: 三育大學校) is a private, Christian, coeducational university located in Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Sahmyook University is part of a worldwide network of Seventh-day Adventist institutions of higher education.

The school was founded in 1906 as Euimyung College in Sunahn, Pyeongan-namdo in what would become today's North Korea. It is today the largest university owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.[1]

As of 2016, the university had 6 colleges, including the College of Theology, Humanities & Social Science and Health Science & Social Welfare in addition to 4 graduate schools.

History[edit]

Establishment of a mission college[edit]

Sahmyook University was founded in 1906 as a small, Seventh-day Adventist school called "Euimyung College" by American Seventh-day Adventist missionaries, with the objective to improve the education of church workers in Korea.[2]

However, while under the rule of Japanese imperialism, the missionaries stopped managing the whole school system due to Shinto worship being enforced by the Japanese rulers.[2] Thus, the school remained closed until the end of the Second World War. After Korea gained its independence from Japan in 1945, the school moved from Sunan and joined with the church headquarters Hoegi, Seoul; The move was completed in 1949.[2]

On June 25, 1950, the Korean War forced the school to close again. After Seoul was won back in November 1951, the school was relocated to its current location at Gongdeok, Yangjoo, Gyeonggi (later renamed Seoul) and reopened. The school was also renamed Sahmyook College, and the minister, James Lee, was inaugurated as the first president.

Applications[edit]

Each January, over 10,000 students apply at Sahmyook University. Only about 10 percent, or 1,242, of them (mostly non-Adventists) are accepted as new students. Non-Adventists have a higher ratio of successful applications compared with Adventist students. The number of Adventist students annually accepted is around 200, or about 1 in 6.[1]

Institutes and Research Centres[edit]

The university has the following research institutes:

  • Geoscience Research Institute
  • Korean Institute for HIV/AIDS Prevention
  • Life Science Research Institute
  • Mission and Society Research Institute
  • The Korean Institute of Alcohol Problems
  • Theological Research Institute
  • Uimyung Research Institute for Neuroscience

Study abroad opportunities[edit]

100th Anniversary Memorial Hall

Sahmyook University co-sponsors Adventist Colleges Abroad, a program in which qualified students study overseas while completing requirements for graduation at Sahmyook University. Undergraduate students may also study abroad. Affiliation and Extension Programs are offered in Puerto Rico, South Africa, Mexico, England, Jamaica, Canada, Romania, India, Russia, Thailand, Italy, Ukraine, Bolivia and the United States. (For the full list of sister universities, go to ▶[1])

Notable people[edit]

Notable alumni[edit]

Notable faculty members[edit]

  • Kim, Il Mok, current president of Sahmyook University
  • Ko, Wonbae, current professor of Chemistry at Sahmyook University
  • SEO, Kwangsoo, former president of Sahmyook University
  • Han, Sangkyung, manager of "The Garden of Morning Calm" (아침고요수목원); current professor of Horticulture.
  • Lee, Gangseong, secretary of the president, the Division of Employment-Industrial Relations at the Blue House
  • Yim, Dongsul, current professor of Pharmacy at Sahmyook University
  • Kim, Kyungje, current professor of Pharmacy at Sahmyook University
  • Cheong, Jayhoon, current professor of Pharmacy at Sahmyook University

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Fishing for Souls". Adventist World. Retrieved 19 July 2009
  2. ^ a b c Sahmyook University Introduction Archived 4 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Sahmyook University. Retrieved 2009-06-19

External links[edit]