Seoul National University
| Seoul National University | |
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Veritas lux mea The truth is my light |
| founding | 1946 |
| Sponsorship | State |
| place | Seoul |
| country | South Korea |
| president | Sung Nak-in |
| Students | 28,630 (2016) 16,511 non-graduates 12,119 postgraduates |
| Employee | 5,315 (scientific employees only, 2016) |
| including professors | 3,827 (2016) |
| Annual budget | 964 billion won (2016) approx. 776 million euros |
| Website | www.snu.ac.kr |
The main portal of the Seoul National University, also a landmark of the university. It symbolizes the motto Veritas lux mea
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| Seoul National University | |
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| Korean alphabet : | 서울 대학교 |
| Hanja : | 서울 大 學校 |
| Revised Romanization : | Seoul Daehakgyo |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Sul Taehakkyo |
The Seoul National University (abbreviated SNU , also in the German State University Seoul or Seoul National University named) is a public university in Seoul , the capital of South Korea .
The university emerged from academies established by King Gojong in Seoul around 1895 . The establishment of the university in its present form in October 1946 was initiated by an education council with the aim of establishing a leading and comprehensive state university. The Seoul National University emerged from a merger of ten universities in Seoul. These included Gyeongseong University, the successor to the Imperial University of Keijō , whose former facilities made up a significant part of the newly founded university.
Since 1975 the university has been located in Gwanak-gu, Seoul. It also has two other campuses in Yeongeon-dong and in the neighboring city of Suwon . The university currently consists of sixteen colleges and eleven graduate schools , ten of which are professional graduate schools.
In the last twenty years the Seoul National University has developed into a university of international standing. It is one of the most respected universities in Asia and enjoys a high academic reputation in a global comparison.
history
prehistory
As early as the 1880s, ideas about the establishment of a modern university emerged in the government of the Korean King Gojong. These suggestions and suggestions were particularly produced as a result of various visits to training centers and institutions in the Japanese Empire , the USA and the Qing Empire . Returning progressive delegates gave similarly minded court officials and civil servants the impetus to establish such educational institutions in the Korean Empire. As a result, Gojong commissioned the American consul to send inspectors and teachers from America to Korea in 1884, which then happened. After the arrival of the first teachers, the Yugyeong gongwon (육영 공원) English school was founded in 1886 , and was attended by young men from the homes of high state officials and young Confucian scholars. The king and his government sought to develop this school into a university. However, this request was not implemented because the school ran into financial difficulties. However, the ambition to found a university was retained.
Forerunner of the university
Some of the precursors of Seoul National University were established in the 1890s at the behest of King Gojong. These were integrated into various colleges when the Seoul National University was later founded . Thus, today, law , medicine, and education colleges are considered the roots of some of the early training schools of the late Joseon Empire.
In a modernization plan of the empire, King Gojong initiated the establishment of various training centers. Subsequently, for the first time in the history of Korea, Western institutions of higher education emerged.
On April 19, 1895, the first modern legal training center Beopgwan Yangseongso ( kor. 법관 양성소 , 法官 養成 所 ) was founded in Seoul by a royal decree Students, including the future diplomat Yi Jun . This school changed its name several times to Beophakgyo ( 법 학교 ) (1909), Gyeongseong Jeonsuhakgyo ( 경성 전수 학교 ) (1911) and Gyeongseong Beophak Jeonmunhakgyo ( 경성 법학 전문 학교 ; German School of Jurisprudence Gyeongseong) (1922). In 1946, when today's Seoul National University was founded, this school was incorporated into the new university system as the College of Law . In 2007 there was a restructuring of the School of Law, which is based on the system of American law schools .
On May 10, 1895, the Hanseong Sabeomhakgyo ( 한성 사범 학교 ; Pedagogical School) was established as part of a preparatory program for the establishment of elementary schools. In the course of seven graduation years, a total of 195 graduates were awarded their degrees. The institution changed its name to Gwanrib Gyeongseong Botonghakgyo Sabeomgwa ( 관립 경성 보통 학교 사범 과 ) in 1911 . In 1946 it was integrated into the university structure of the emerging Seoul National University as the College of Education .
After the proclamation of the Korean Empire in 1897, Gojong, who had risen to become emperor, prompted the establishment of more advanced training centers. In 1899 a medical school was founded, which after several restructuring in Daehan Uiwon Gyoyukbu ( 대한 의원 교육부 ) and Gyeongseong Uihak Jeonmunhakgyo ( 경성 의학 전문 학교 ; Gyeongseong Medical School) finally became the College of Medicine . In 1901, a nursing education department was created within the medical school - the predecessor of what would later become the College of Nursing at Seoul National University.
The most important forerunner is the Imperial University of Keijō ( Japanese 京城 帝国 大学 , Keijō Teikoku Daigaku ; 경성 제국 대학 , 京城 帝國 大學 , Gyeongseong Jeguk Daehak ). It was founded in Keijō in 1924 when Korea was under Japanese rule . It was one of the nine imperial universities in Japan . After the end of World War II , Korea gained independence from Japan. This was accompanied by a renaming to Gyeongseong Daehak ( 경성 대학 , 京城 大學 , Gyeongseong University). With independence it was the first university to be founded in the emerging state of South Korea.
All of these training centers have already been established in what is now Seoul . This can be seen in part from the names of the educational institutions. These (Hanseong, Keijō and Gyeongseong) each reflect the current name of the city due to several renaming.
founding
Seoul State University in its current form was founded on August 22, 1946.
After independence from Japan in 1945, a hundred-member education council was formed in November of that year. This initiated the establishment of a state comprehensive university, which should make extensive use of the buildings of the former Imperial University of Keijō. The educational administration of the US military government agreed and issued an ordinance in July 1946 that a modern and extensive Seoul State University would be founded on the basis of the existing educational facilities . At the same time, Gyeongseong University should be closed. The new full university was to arise from the merger of three faculties from Gyeongseong University and nine other public schools, which were located in Seoul.
The ten public educational institutions that merged into Seoul National University were the following schools:
- Gyeongseong University ( Gyeongseong Daehak , 경성 대학 )
- Gyeongseong Law School ( Gyeongseong Beophak Jeonmunhakgyo , 경성 법학 전문 학교 )
- Gyeongseong Industrial College ( Gyeongseong Gongeop Jeonmunhakgyo , 경성 공업 전문 학교 )
- Gyeongseong Mining School ( Gyeongseong Gwangsan Jeonmunhakgyo , 경성 광산 전문 학교 )
- Gyeongseong Medical School ( Gyeongseong Euihak Jeonmunhakgyo , 경성 의학 전문 학교 )
- Suwon School of Agriculture and Forestry ( Suwon Nongnim Jeonmunhakgyo , 수원 농림 전문 학교 )
- Gyeongseong Business School ( Gyeongseong Gyeongje Jeonmunhakgyo , 경성 경제 전문 학교 )
- Gyeongseong Dental School ( Gyeongseong Chigwa Euihak Jeonmunhakgyo , 경성 치과 의학 전문 학교 )
- Gyeongseong Pedagogical School ( Gyeongseong Sabeomhakgyo , 경성 사범 학교 )
- Gyeongseong Educational School for Women ( Gyeongseong Yeoja Sabeomhakgyo , 경성 여자 사범 학교 )
On August 22, 1946, Seoul National University was founded by merging ten public schools into a structure of nine Daehak s ( colleges ) and one Daehagwon ( graduate school ). The buildings and main campus of the former Gyeongseong University were taken over by the new university. The individual colleges were scattered around downtown Seoul, such as in Dongsung-dong, Yongon-dong, Gongreung-dong, Eulji-ro, Sogong-dong, Namsang-dong, etc. The main location was the Dongsung-dong campus.
The Korean name at that time was Gungnip Seoul Daehakgyo ( 국립 서울 대학교 , Seoul State University). The current symbol of the university still refers to this name. With the establishment of the Republic of Korea in 1948, the attribute “state” was omitted from the designation. The addition "National" has remained in the international name to this day.
Korean War
After the outbreak of the Korean War , the university was temporarily relocated to Busan . Together with other private universities that had also fled, the SNU formed the "United War University" in 1951. After this union was dissolved the following year, the SNU established its campus in Busan. Even during the war, the university grew. The College of Pharmacy was created , the College of Arts was divided into the College of Fine Arts and the College of Music. To this end, the Department of Veterinary Medicine , which was part of the College of Agriculture , became the College of Veterinary Medicine. Thus, during the war, the university expanded to include twelve colleges and one graduate school.
After the armistice agreement in July 1953, Seoul National University was relocated to Seoul in September of the same year. Many students and professors were either killed or kidnapped during the war, and the university buildings were devastated as they were used as military facilities. Valuable historical documents were also lost.
With the rebuilding of the university, the aim was to build a "university of the people". The SNU should be conceived as a competent institution that represents the education of the people and takes a leading role in the education of the young state.
In 1955, two graduate schools for public administration and public health were established. From 1955, more stringent entrance exams took place, so that from 1958 the university had a competent and self-confident student body.
Time of the democracy movement
During the April Revolution in 1960, demonstrations spread across the university. A clash between the students protesting against the corrupt and autocratic government of President Rhee Syng-man and the police force left many students injured, seven of whom were killed. After the revolution, politically oriented student student councils were organized and were put under pressure by the establishment of the military government following the Park Chung-hee- led coup in 1961 and the Third Republic that followed.
The military regime suppressed the university, which was striving for democracy and autonomy. Instead, the SNU should functionally serve as a training facility for highly skilled workers for government-driven economic development. The government could not do without the competent students, although the university was anti-government oriented.
The regime interfered in the university administration, for example the right of the professors' council to approve the election of rectors was discontinued. The self-determination of the SNU was also restricted at other levels. Only the expansion of the university was approved. Four Graduate Schools were added: the Graduate Schools for Law, Education , Mass Communication and Environmental Studies .
Until the mid-1970s, the various colleges were still scattered in different parts of the city of Seoul. According to a new master plan, the majority of the colleges were relocated to the joint Gwanak campus in 1975. For the university, this combination meant the beginning of a universal and uniformly integrated university development. The academic structure was also reclassified into 15 colleges, one graduate school and three special graduate schools. The College of Art and Literature and the College of Commerce were divided into the College of Humanities , College of Social Sciences , College of Natural Sciences and College of Business Administration .
The time after moving to the Gwanak campus was marked by demonstrations against the military government. The government also implemented an educational reform that doubled the number of students enrolled. In order to cover the lack of facilities, new buildings had to be built constantly, so that the campus looked like a construction site.
Since 1990
With the entry of a democratic government in the 1990s, the turbulent times of the democracy movement in universities came to an end. Seoul National University has now been able to focus more on education and research. Above all, the university was able to begin actively implementing its long-awaited goal of developing into a “university with a focus on graduate schools”. Various research institutes were made available to the graduate schools .
From the end of the nineties , various national and international institutes were set up with the help of extensive government funds, including the Brain Korea 21 Plus project .
In the new millennium, the SNU set itself the goal of implementing the transformation to a “research-based university” more comprehensively. In 2007, the SNU created a three-stage long-term development plan, according to which the quality of teaching will be improved to an international level by 2010, interdisciplinary research will be intensively promoted by 2015 and research performance should have a high international standard by 2025.
In 2011, the SNU registered as a separate body with the designation "State University Corporation Seoul National University ( 국립 대학 법인 서울 대학교 )".
Locations
The university facilities of the Seoul National University are divided into three campus locations: the Gwanak campus, the main location, the Yongon medical campus and the new Suwon campus.
Current campus locations
As the main location of the SNU, the Gwanak campus is home to the majority of all university facilities. There are 219 buildings on an area of around 4.1 km². With the Gwanak campus, the SNU is the largest university institution in Seoul. The ring road running around the campus, on which public bus lines run, is around 5 km in length. The campus is located in Gwanak-gu, a southern district of Seoul, at the foot of Gwanak Mountain , after which the district is named. The Gwanak campus also houses an art history museum , a museum for modern art and the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies and an archive for historically significant documents.
The Yongon campus has been the medical campus since the SNU was founded and is home to the medical institutes and the university clinic . Before that, the medical institute of the Imperial University of Keijō was located on this property. The campus is located in the city center area in Yeongon-dong, Jongno-gu , in the immediate vicinity of Daehangno , the lively theater and cultural district. The campus covers an area of 91,000 m² and 27 buildings.
The new Suwon campus was opened in 2008. It is located in the new Yeongtong-gu district of Suwon , near Technovalleys , a research and industrial area for IT companies. Among other things, a new complex is located here , in which the Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology are located. The Graduate School of Convergence Science & Technology is housed there. The building has a total of 18 floors, is divided into 38 parts and has a room area of almost 60,000 m². The entire campus around the complex covers an area of 117,000 m². The cost of construction was around 95 million euros and was provided by Gyeonggi-do Province . In addition to the university facilities, the complex also houses scientific research institutes for applied areas such as Nano Convergence , Bio Convergence , Smart System and Transdisciplinary Studies .
Historic campus locations
From its founding in 1946 until it moved to the Gwanak campus in 1975, Seoul National University used the facilities taken over from its predecessor institutions. They were mostly in the city center. The de facto main campus, the Dongsung-dong campus, in which the College of Humanities and Sciences ( 문리과 대학 , 文 理科 大學 , Mulligwa daehak ) was located, was in Dongsung-dong, near the present-day Yongon Medical Campus.
The College of Commerce was located in Jongam-dong, Seongbuk-gu. The Korea University campus was in the vicinity . The Economics College was housed in an early 20th-century business school building. The building comprised 16 reading rooms and 35 duty rooms.
The College of Education was located in Yongdu-dong, Dongdaemun-gu. Originally a pedagogical college for women was built on the site in 1920.
The College of Engineering was in Gongreung-dong, Nowon-gu. When the college was founded, it took over the Institute of Natural and Engineering Sciences at the Imperial University of Keijō.
There were other locations in Eulji-ro, Sogong-dong and Namsan-dong.
With the move to the Gwanak campus in 1975, most of the former locations were given up. Until 1980, the College of Engineering was located at the former location in Gongreung-dong. And until 2003 there was a third campus in Suwon (not to be confused with the new Suwon campus) with the institutes for agricultural science and veterinary medicine , until these also moved into the Gwanak campus. In 2003 the locations were reduced to the two campuses, Gwanak and Yongon.
Recent additions
Seoul National University is currently expanding. Of 198 buildings that were on the Gwanak campus in 2006, 95 were built after 1990. 43 buildings alone were erected after 2000.
Facilities of the SNU are also being expanded outside of the Gwanak campus. The Suwon campus, which houses a new complex for Convergence Technology , was built in 2008. This is referred to as a multicampus with other agricultural science institutions, which are mainly located around Suwon, but also in the provinces Gangwon-do and Jeollanam-do .
The new Pyeongchang Greenbio Research Complex was built in Pyeongchang in 2009 . This was expanded to become the Pyeongchang campus. The Institutes of Greenbio Science and Technology are housed there. The Graduate School of International Agricultural Studies , which is also established there, began its courses in the 2014 winter semester.
In addition, the establishment of a new research complex for biotechnology and IT areas within the free economic zone in Incheon is being planned in cooperation with the state-owned KAIST .
A relocation of the main campus to Siheung is planned for 2010 . The property has already been made available to the university by the Siheung city administration . If the relocation is to take place, the entire area covered by the SNU will increase by almost 58% from the current 140 ha to 220 ha.
Academic institution
As in all South Korean universities, the course at Seoul National University is based on the Anglo-Saxon three-cycle system and thus offers Bachelor , Master and PhD degrees .
The academic institution is divided into two levels - undergraduate and postgraduate studies. The undergraduate degree (bachelor's degree) belongs to the colleges. The Graduate Schools are responsible for the higher academic degrees or postgraduate studies (master's and doctoral programs).
Undergraduate studies
The SNU consists of 16 colleges.
The college in the South Korean higher education system roughly corresponds to the German faculty . As a rule, a university is set up in several colleges (there are colleges as independent universities, which consist of a "college"). However, unlike in the German faculties, which are responsible for all academic degrees , the South Korean colleges only organize the undergraduate courses (Bachelor courses) for which there is the general term Hakbu - roughly "university level" as an opposite of Daehagwon (Graduate School ) significant.
The departments organizing the Bachelor's degree programs are located within the colleges. There are a total of 83 departments in the SNU. Departments can be understood both as courses of study and as the smallest administrative units (departments), since each department forms and organizes a course of study. Conversely, each course has its own department.
The current 16 colleges of Seoul National University are as follows:
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The following two colleges were discontinued in favor of a restructuring, which was accompanied by the establishment of special graduate schools: In 2002 the College of Dentistry was incorporated into the Graduate School of Dentistry and the College of Law stopped accepting new students in 2009.
Postgraduate studies
The graduate schools are of particular importance in the formation of the SNU.
In the development strategy of the SNU since the 1990s, efforts have been made to shift the focus of education and research, which up until then had been the colleges, to the graduate schools, thus increasing the quality of teaching and research and making it international. This orientation is based on the educational philosophy of the SNU of placing postgraduate studies at the center of the academic nature and consequently shaping the academic profile of the university.
Recently, existing courses of study have been expanded, linked to one another and new graduate schools have been set up to cover scientific needs.
Graduate school
The Graduate School, or General Graduate School, is the traditional institution responsible for general Masters and PhD programs.
In a total of 99 courses, almost all Bachelor courses are continued. The master’s courses in the Graduate School are consecutive and accordingly largely correspond to the bachelor’s courses organized by the colleges. The master’s courses are designed as their scientifically in-depth programs.
The Graduate School is divided into 70 departments. Since the Graduate School is administratively equal to the College, there is no intermediate level between the Graduate School and the Department: The Graduate School administers 70 departments, which is comparable to the number of departments in the entire colleges (83 departments). But in order to be able to oversee this multitude of departments, they are unofficially divided into five scientific areas (analogous to the colleges).
In practice, the study-related organization of the 70 departments is carried out by the corresponding departments of the colleges, as the administration of the Graduate School only takes care of central tasks such as entrance exams, permits and degrees. Consecutive master’s courses are accordingly administered by the departments of the colleges. For example, day-to-day administration for the Department of German Language & Literature of the Graduate School is handled by the Department of German Language & Literature at the College of Humanities, although both departments are administratively separate bodies.
In addition to the 70 standardized courses, there are 29 interdisciplinary courses that usually do not form a separate department, but are coordinated through scientific collaboration between two or more departments.
The five academic areas subdivided into the Graduate School are as follows:
- Graduate school
- Humanities & Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences
- Engineering
- Medicine
- Arts
- (Interdisciplinary courses)
The Graduate School is also responsible for doctoral studies . The courses for doctoral students are also offered in five areas, 72 departments and 29 interdisciplinary courses.
Special graduate schools
In addition to the conventional Graduate School, there are ten special Professional Graduate Schools that have been set up for special purposes. The special graduate schools offer non-consecutive Master’s courses. Recently, job-oriented, professional courses based on the North American model have been set up, such as at law schools, medical schools or business schools .
Some new graduate schools represent innovative scientific directions, such as Convergence Science and Technology , which were not represented in the traditional scientific structure. These special graduate schools in particular are the result of the university's focus on graduate schools and research.
The ten special graduate schools are:
- Graduate School of Business
- Graduate School of Convergence Science & Technology
- Graduate School of Dentistry
- Graduate School of Environmental Studies
- Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology
- Graduate School of International Studies
- Graduate School of Public Administration
- Graduate School of Public Health
- School of Law
- School of Medicine
The Graduate School of International Agricultural Studies was set up in the new PyeongChang Greenbio Research Complex and began its courses in the 2014/15 winter semester.
Other facilities
Library
The university library consists of the central library on the Gwanak campus and seven other departmental libraries. The inventory includes 3 million individual volumes, 10,000 scientific journals, 33,000 electronic journals and 88,000 other materials. The library has a total of 43,894 m² of usable space with 6,000 workplaces.
Due to a lack of space, the SNU planned to build a second building for the main library in 2012 and organized an architecture competition . A donation of 100 billion won (approximately € 67 million) was initiated for the construction financing . With a one-time donation of around € 40 million, the target amount was soon met. The future library should bear the name of this donor. Also, the alumnus Ban Ki-moon , former UN Secretary-General , donated a contribution; a workspace should therefore be named after him. Construction began in the summer of 2013.
Scientific institutions
The scientific institutions of the SNU can be divided into three categories. The first are the institutes belonging to the colleges or departments. There are also central scientific institutions of the SNU. Some are financed by government funding projects such as Brain Korea 21 Plus or Humanities Korea . Finally, there are research centers run by state-funded external organizations located on the SNU campus.
University-owned facilities
The SNU comprises 74 scientific (institute or central) facilities. The most important central scientific institutions in their English names:
- Institute for Peace and Unification Studies (IPUS)
- Bio-MAX / N-Bio Institute (New Innovation Entrepreneur Convergence)
- Asian Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (AIEES)
- Greenbio Research Complex
- SNU Institute for Research in Finance and Economics (SIRFE)
- Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies (KIKS)
External institutions
A total of 60 state-initiated or funded institutions are located on the Gwanak campus and are part of the scientific environment of the Seoul National University.
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University Hospital
The university clinic, the Seoul National University Hospital, currently operates four independent clinics: the main clinic in Seoul and three branch clinics, Boramae (since 1991), Bundang Hospital (since 2003) and Gangnam Center (since 2003). Although the hospital staff largely overlaps with those of the School of Medicine, the clinics are not run by the university but by a separate body.
The main clinic is located together with the university's medical faculty on the Yongon campus. The campus is named after the Yeongeon-dong district in the Jongno-gu district where the campus is located. The student, theater and cultural district of Daehangno is in the immediate vicinity.
Academic reputation
Due to its position as the leading university in South Korea, the SNU has a special reputation. This is reflected in ranking placements as well as in statistics of entrance examination results or social positions of the graduates.
Evaluation in university rankings
The Seoul National University is currently rated as one of the top fifty universities internationally.
Worldwide
The recent rise in the rankings is due to a reform since the 1990s - the emphasis on graduate schools and academic research. The SNU has achieved corresponding international recognition for developments in research and teaching: in 2005 it was included in the top 100 of the world's best universities for the first time and in 2008 in the top 50 (50th place in the ranking of Times Higher Education ).
The placement in the well-known international rankings of recent years is shown as follows:
| year | QS | THE | Shanghai |
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| 2011 | 42. | 109. | 102-150. |
| 2012 | 37. | 124. | 101-150. |
| 2013 | 35. | 59. | 101-150. |
| 2014 | 31. | 44. | 101-150. |
| 2015 | 36. | 50. | 101-150. |
| 2016 | 35. | 85. | 101-150. |
| 2017 | 35. | 72. | 101-150. |
| 2018 | 36. | 74. | 101-150. |
| 2019 | 36. | 63. | 101-150. |
| 2020 | 37. | 64. | - |
- In 2013, the SNU was ranked 41st worldwide in the rankings for international reputation published by the Times Higher Education . In 2014 it rose to 26th. According to THE, the 2014 list was based on a survey of 10,536 academics from 133 countries.
- In the Times Higher Education Alma Mater Index , the SNU was rated eleventh university in 2013. This index shows how many business leaders from the most successful global 500 companies have studied at the respective university.
- The Center for World University Rankings 2013 ranked her 40th.
- The SNU was aiming for entry into the top 30 in 2015. Until then, interdisciplinary research in particular should be intensively promoted. In the long term, the university should develop into a research-oriented university with a high international standard by 2025.
Asia
In Asia, it is one of the most prestigious universities, together with the University of Tokyo , National University of Singapore , University of Hong Kong and Peking University . The SNU received the following ranking among the Asian universities:
| year | QS | THE |
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| 2011 | 6th | 14th |
| 2012 | 4th | 8th. |
| 2013 | 4th | 4th |
| 2014 | 4th | 6th |
| 2015 | 8th. | 9. |
| 2016 | 10. | 9. |
National
Among the South Korean universities, the SNU is rated as follows:
| year | QS | THE | Shanghai |
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| 2011 | 3. | 1. | |
| 2012 | 1. | 2. | 1. |
| 2013 | 1. | 1. | 1. |
| 2014 | 2. | 1. | 1. |
| 2015 | 2. | 2. | 1. |
| 2016 | 2. | 2. | 1. |
Although the SNU is the undisputed leading university in South Korea, technical universities such as KAIST or POSTECH occasionally do better in rankings. These research-oriented universities, which were founded in the 1970s and 80s, usually receive higher ratings than the SNU in categories such as funding and journal citations.
Social relevance
Admission to the SNU
Also known as one of the largest universities in South Korea in terms of facilities, Seoul National University is known for accepting the best graduates (the top 2.5% with the best results) of the annual state university entrance examination and has stood as most prestigious university in South Korea.
Between 1981 and 1987, 80% of the candidates in the top 0.5% applied to the SNU; many of them failed. This happened even though the applications were carefully calculated on the basis of previous results in order to avoid failing. An unsuccessful application was all the more undesirable for the examinees, since the rules of the time allowed candidacy at a single university.
Graduates in Society
The SNU is known for the promising career opportunities of its graduates. Alumni are in key positions in various national and international areas, such as in business, politics, science, research and culture.
- In 2012, around 60% of the leading ministers and almost half of the Gukhoe MPs were former SNU students.
- In 2012, SNU alumni occupied 93% of the Supreme Court judges in South Korea.
- In 2013 almost a quarter (24.3%) of the 189 South Korean university presidents were made up of SNU graduates.
- 38% of the managing directors in the 100 largest South Korean companies in 2012 had studied at the SNU.
Special terms
In Korean everyday or media language, the Seoul National University is often called S-Dae for short - "S-Uni". This form is borrowed from anonymized cryptonyms , such as in press or police reports. Such a name is common, as it is unmistakable for the South Koreans which university is meant by "S-Uni" - although many universities begin with an S. This usage is a prime example of the representative importance of the SNU in Korean society.
The abbreviation “SNU”, on the other hand, is used more in factual or academic contexts within the university.
Together with Korea University and Yonsei University , Seoul National University is called " SKY University ". This combination of the first letters of the three universities is conventionally used by South Koreans as a synonym for elite university .
Personalities
A number of well-known personalities studied, researched or taught at Seoul National University are associated with them.
The following South Korean politicians and cabinet members have studied at the SNU. SNU graduates represent a majority, especially among prime ministers .
- Ahn Cheol-soo (presidential candidate 2012 and 2017), Ban Ki-moon (eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations ), Chung Mong-joon ( FIFA Vice-President 1994-2011), Chung Un-chan (40th Prime Minister), Goh Kun (35 Prime Minister), Han Duck-soo (38th Prime Minister), Kim Hwang-sik (41st Prime Minister), Kim Young-sam (seventh President of the Republic of Korea ), Lee Hae-chan (36th Prime Minister), Lee Han-dong (33rd Prime Minister), Lee Hoi-chang (26th Prime Minister), Lee Hong-koo (28th Prime Minister), Lee Hyun-jae (20th Prime Minister), Lee Soo-sung (29th Prime Minister), Lee Yung-dug (27th Prime Minister)
The following alumni are in the science sector:
- Chang Ha-joon ( economist ), Kah Kyung Cho ( philosopher ), Kwang-Je Kim ( physicist ), Minhyong Kim ( mathematician ), Kim Won-yong ( archaeologist ), Benjamin W. Lee ( theoretical physicist ), Lee Jong-wook (Director General of the World Health Organization ), Lee Ki-baek ( historian ), Song Du-yul ( sociologist ), Sang-Hyun Song ( legal scholar , President of the International Criminal Court )
Well-known names among the former students of the SNU are also present in the field of literature , art and music .
- Chin Un-suk , Hyun Ki-young , Oh Junggeun , Kim Chi-ha , Kim Seung-ok , Min Hyun-sik , Pak Wanso , Pi Chun-deuk , Suh Yongsun , Sumi Jo , Kim Tschoon Su , Yanji I , Yi Mun-yol , Younghi Pagh-Paan
The following people are among the former or current scholars of the SNU:
- Paul Crutzen ( Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995), Han Seung-soo (56th President of the UN General Assembly ), Heisuke Hironaka ( Fields Medal 1970), Ko Un ( poet ), Thomas Sargent ( Nobel Prize in Economics 2011), Kwangchul Youn ( Opera singer)
Symbol and coat of arms
The symbol of Seoul National University is a composite of three incipient Hangeul - consonants ㄱ, ㅅ and ㄷ by the former official name " 국립 서울 대학교 " (Gungnip Seoul Daehakgyo, Seoul National University). The key-shaped structure is interpreted as the “key to truth”, obviously based on the university motto Veritas lux mea . The landmark was first presented in 1975 with the construction of the main portal. It was later integrated into the existing coat of arms . The steel portal at the main entrance to the university is called “Sha-Tor” by the students, which is derived from the holistic similarity with the syllable “ 샤 ” (sha).
The coat of arms of the SNU consists of a laurel wreath , which stands for a competent science. Above it, a quill and a torch are crossed, which signify the illumination of the future of the people through the investigation of the truth. The university motto Veritas lux mea is on an open book . Above it the university symbol. Until 1955, the individual colleges had their own coats of arms, which were based on the same basis, but instead of the "key" had their own symbols.
International networks
Seoul National University is a member of various university networks such as the World Cities World Class Universities Network (WC2), Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU), Asian Universities Alliance (AUA), BESETOHA (together with the Peking University , Tokyo University and Hanoi University) etc.
Partner universities
Europe
Germany
- Technical University Dresden
- Heidelberg University
- Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
- University of Stuttgart
- University of Hamburg
- Georg-August-University Goettingen
- Technical University of Munich
- Darmstadt University of Technology
- RWTH Aachen
- Rheinische Friedhelm-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
- Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
- Karlsruher Institute for Technology
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Free University of Berlin
- Technical University Berlin
Incidents that have become known
Clone scandal
In 2005, Seoul National University attracted worldwide attention when its veterinary professor, Hwang Woo-suk, was found to have falsified a previously highly acclaimed study of stem cells . In a published study he stated that he had constructed a cloned human embryo for the first time with the help of a cell nuclear transfer and derived stem cells from it. His study was published in the renowned journal Science and displayed in full format on its title page. This scandal shook science and the public. To reduce the damaged reputation of Seoul National University, the university management responded with strict investigations and measures. Hwang was fired from college and denied access to public research grants. Salary cuts and disciplinary sanctions were also imposed on other professors involved: withdrawal of teaching authorization and rights to participate in doctoral procedures.
Japanology
Although Seoul National University has a broad academic spectrum, it did not have a Japanese Studies department from its inception until 2011 . This can be justified by the antipathy that the Koreans still have against Japan and the representative position of the SNU in the formation of South Korea.
A new establishment has been discussed since 2000, especially in coordination with the University of Tokyo , which was planning to set up a department for Korean studies . However, this failed due to dissenting votes from the professors of the SNU, especially since the University of Tokyo postponed the institution.
In 2004, however, an institute for Japanese Studies was established and since 2009 the College of Humanities has been planning a new department for East Asian language and culture. In October 2011, President Oh Yeon-cheon announced that Japanology would be offered as a degree from 2012.
See also
literature
- Cha, Bae-geun: Seoul Daehakgyo daehak shinmunsa il ( 서울 대학교 대학 신문사 1 ), The History of the University Newspaper from Seoul National University Vol. 1, Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 2004, ISBN 978-89-521-0536- 3
- Choi, Jong-go: Seoul beopdae shidae ( 서울 법대 시대. 내가 본 서울대 반세기 ), The Era of the College of Law at Seoul National University. The 50-year history from my perspective, Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-89-521-1411-2
- Department of Anthropology (Ed.): Seoul Daehakgyo illyuhakgwa oshibnyeon ( 서울 대학교 인류학과 50 년 (1961–2011) ), The 50-year history (1961–2011) of the Institute of Anthropology at Seoul National University, Seoul: Department of Anthropology, 2011, ISBN 978-89-285-0169-4
- Han, Gi-eon: Seoul Daehakgyo eui jeongshin ( 서울 대학교 의 정신 ), The Spirit of Seoul National University, Seoul: Hanguk Haksul Jeongbo, 2006
- Seoul National University (ed.): Seoul Daehakgyo saship nyeonsa ( 서울 대학교 40 년사 ), The 40-year history of Seoul National University, Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 1986
- Seoul National University (Ed.): Seoul Daehakgyo oship nyeonsa ( 서울 대학교 50 년사 ), The 50-year history of Seoul National University, Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 1996
- Seoul National University (Ed.): Seoul Daehakgyo yukship nyeonsa ( 서울 대학교 60 년사 ), The Sixty Years of Seoul National University , 2006. Retrieved March 18, 2014
- Seoul National University (ed.): Seoul Daehakgyo gyosu minjuhwa undong oship nyeonsa ( 서울 대학교 교수 민주화 운동 50 년사 ), The 50-year history of the democracy movement of the professors at Seoul National University, Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 1997
Web links
- Official website of the Seoul National University (English)
- Seoul National University Official Website (Korean)
- SNULIFE , student portal page of Seoul National University
- Gwanaksa , website of the Seoul National University dormitories
Individual evidence
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