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60-530: The university's main campus is located in Gwanak , and two additional campuses are located in Daehangno and Pyeongchang . The university comprises sixteen colleges, one graduate school and nine professional schools. The student body consists of nearly 17,000 undergraduate and 11,000 graduate students. Seoul National University (SNU) originates from various educational institutions established by King Gojong of

120-555: A centre for research and publication of the annual journal Kyujanggak . Seoul National University Museum is located at the Gwanak Campus. It opened alongside the university in 1946 under the name "The Seoul National University Museum Annex." The original two-story Dongsung-dong building, which was erected in 1941, had served as the Keijō Imperial University Museum until it was transferred intact to SNU. When

180-501: A department for nursing was established, which was the forerunner of the later College of Nursing. During the Japanese rule , Keijō Imperial University was established as one of Japan's nine imperial universities . After World War II and the independence of Korea, the name of the university was changed from Keijō Teikoku Daigaku (京城帝国大学) to Gyeongseong Daehak (경성대학, 京城大學, Gyeongseong University). The Hanja that were used in

240-486: A digital library, which in addition to the regular library collection provides access to university publications, ancient texts, and theses. Included here are images of pamphlets, lecture slides, and insects. The digital library offers access to video of university exhibitions, scientific events, symposia, and seminars. The library was opened in 1946 as the "Seoul National University Central Library" and inherited its facilities and books from Keijō Imperial University. In 1949,

300-535: A large zone of private dormitories and small houses, which primarily target university students and national examination takers ( gosi-saeng ) looking for an environment that is favorable for studying. Restaurants, supermarkets, bars and pubs in the area are centered in Nokdu Street ( Nokdu-geori ) in the Daehak area and near Seoul National University Station . Other commercial zones for residents are located along

360-532: A population of 500,000. Gwanak District is densely populated with over 500,000 people. While it was once a rural area dominated by the presence of Gwanaksan (Mt. Gwanak), population booms in the late 1950s and early 1960s, accompanied by rapid industrialization of the capital area , quickly changed the town into a mosaic of dense residential and industrial areas. Large slum quarters were formed by migrant populations from all over Korea who sought jobs in industrialized Seoul. A series of redevelopment projects starting in

420-472: A proposal from Dr. Lee Jong-sang, a professor of Oriental Art. The building was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas , with construction entrusted to the Samsung Group . The 4,450 square metres (47,900 sq ft) structure lies three stories above and below ground, with its major distinguishing feature, the forward area, cantilevering off the ground. Construction lasted from 2003 to 2005, and

480-590: A semester or a year at partner institutions such as the Singapore Management University , National Taiwan University , Sciences Po , Sorbonne University , University College London , and the University of Warwick . There are issues concerning diversity and racial discrimination against foreign professors at SNU. There was an effort to recruit foreign professors for several years from 2009 onwards, with numbers peaking at 242 or 4% of

540-500: A single building. The Kyujanggak, also spelled "Gyujanggak", was the royal library during the Joseon period. It was founded in 1776 by order of King Jeongjo of Joseon , at which time it was located on the grounds of Changdeokgung . Today known as Kyujanggak Royal Library or Kyujanggak Archives are maintained by Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies ( 규장각한국학연구원 ) at SNU. It functions as a key repository of Korean historical records and

600-572: A training school for teachers and Euihakkyo (1899), a medical school, are also considered the origins of respective colleges. After the proclamation of the Korean Empire in 1897, Gojong, the then emperor, was motivated to create more modern education institutions. In 1899, a medical school was established. This school changed its name several times to Daehan Euiwon Gyoyukbu and Gyeongseong Euihak Jeonmunhakgyo (Gyeongseong Medical College) and finally became College of Medicine of SNU. In 1901,

660-722: A year and a half, there was a protest movement by students and professors against the law of the U.S. military government in Korea merging colleges. Finally, 320 professors were fired and more than 4,950 students left the school. The university's second president was Lee Choon-ho ( 이춘호 ; 李春昊 ), who served beginning in October 1947. The College of Law was founded by merging the law department of Kyŏngsŏng University (Keijō Imperial University) with Kyŏngsŏng Law College. The university absorbed Seoul College of Pharmacy in September 1950, as

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720-705: Is located behind the university administrative building in the 62nd block of the Gwanak Campus. The chief librarian, Dr. Kim Jong-seo, professor of religious studies in the College of Humanities, took office in 2009. Following the completion of Kwanjeong Library in February 2015, the SNU Library reached a size of 57,747 square meters. As of 2022, the library is home to 5.2 million volumes of books as well as over 260,000 academic journals and e-journals, and over 230,000 non-book materials. The Central Library has constructed

780-701: Is no curfew hour. The dormitory Yeongeonsa is located on the Yeongeon campus, which is the medical school of SNU. Yeongeonsa can house 533 undergraduate students and 17 family households. The University Newspaper ( 대학신문 ; 大學新聞 ; Daehak Sinmun ) is school's student newspaper . The first edition of the paper was launched during the Korean War, on February 4, 1952. In 1953 it was moved to Dongsung-dong in Seoul, where from 1958 even editions for high school were published. Financial difficulties in 1960 led

840-477: Is the daughter of former President Park Chung Hee who ruled from 1961 to 1979. Although Representative Won Hee-ryeong and Hong Jun-pyo ran for the party primary as reformist candidates, former Seoul mayor and official presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak gained more support (about 40%) from the Korean public. The GNP suffered a setback in the 2010 local elections , losing a total of 775 local seats throughout

900-468: Is to financially secure The Four Major Rivers Project since President Lee Myung-bak was in office. This project's budget disputes have sparked controversial political motions in the National Assembly for three consecutive years. The party has been less inclined toward the creation of a new capital city for South Korea, to be called Sejong City than the previous administration. As of 2012,

960-691: The Advancement Unification Party merged with the Saenuri Party. Following the 2000 parliamentary elections , it was the single largest political party, with 54% of the vote and 133 seats out of 271. The party continued to control the National Assembly. The party was defeated in the parliamentary election in 2004 following the attempted impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun , gaining only 121 seats out of 299. The party's defeat reflected public disapproval of

1020-458: The Joseon dynasty . Several of them were integrated into various colleges when SNU was founded later. To modernize the country, Gojong initiated the establishment of modern higher education institutions. By means of the issue of a royal order, the law academy Beopkwan Yangseongso  [ ko ] has been founded on March 25, 1895. It produced 209 graduates including the later envoy Yi Tjoune . Hanseong Sabeomhakgyo (established in 1895),

1080-602: The New Conservative Party on 17 February, launching the United Future Party in time for the upcoming 2020 South Korean legislative election . In February 2012, the party changed its political official color from blue to red. This was a change from the previous 30 years where blue was usually the symbol of the conservative parties. The party supports free trade and neoliberal economic policies. It favors maintaining strong cooperation with

1140-589: The New Conservative Party , launching the United Future Party to contest the 2020 South Korean legislative election . Defunct The party was founded in 1997, when the United Democratic Party and New Korea Party merged. Its earliest ancestor was the Democratic Republican Party under the authoritarian rule of Park Chung Hee in 1963. On Park's death, and at the beginning of the rule of Chun Doo-hwan in 1980, it

1200-476: The United States and Japan , and also believes that each Korean first level province needs to have a sustainable economy. The party is also conservative on social issues such as opposition to legal recognition of same-sex couples. The party supports equality between man and woman, as quoted, "and ensure that both men and women are equally guaranteed opportunities" One of the party's important policies

1260-561: The 1970s, and the relocation of Seoul National University to the district, led to a reduction of slum quarters and indigent textile industries and transformed the town into a residential uptown neighborhood of Seoul. The area is also heavily populated by university students from surrounding provinces. Central commercial zones include the Seorim and Daehak area and the Cheongnyong area near Seoul National University . These areas also form

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1320-614: The GNP as it could potentially disintegrate the party leadership. The Hong Jun-pyo leadership system collapsed on 9 December 2011, and the GNP Emergency Response Commission was launched on 17 December 2011, with Park Geun-hye as commission chairperson, to prepare for the forthcoming Legislative Election 2012 on 11 April 2012, and the Presidential Election 2012 on 19 December 2012. There

1380-520: The GNP secured a majority of 153 seats out of 299 and gained power in the administration and the parliament as well as most local governments, despite low voter turnout. One of the main bases of popular support of the party originates from the conservative, traditionalist elite and the rural population, except for farmers. It is strongest in the Gyeongsang Province region. Former party head, and 2007 presidential candidate , Park Geun-hye

1440-673: The GNP. GNP member Jin Seong-ho ( 진성호 ) formally apologized on 2 July 2009, for making a remark that "the GNP occupied Naver ," one of the biggest South Korean internet portals. The party passed a bill relating to the year 2011 national budget without the opposition parties' input on 8 December 2010. It had caused legislative violence before. This process of passing the budget bill sparked controversy over potential illegality. Due to this incident, many South Korean political, academic and citizen groups expressed their outrage against current mainstream politics. The reason for forceful passing of

1500-609: The Grand National Party in November 1997 following its merger with the smaller United Democratic Party and various conservative parties. Three months later, in 1998, with the election of Kim Dae-jung of the National Congress for New Politics as president, the conservative party's governing role came to an end, and it began its first ever period in opposition, which would last ten years. In October 2012,

1560-656: The Gwanak Campus is situated in 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak District; and the Yongon Campus is north of the Han River in Daehangno , Jongno District ; and the new Pyeongchang campus in Pyeongchang County , Gangwon Province . Gwanak Campus, the main campus, is located in the southern part of Seoul. It is served by its own subway station on Line 2 . Yeongeon Campus, the medical campus, is on Daehangno (University Street), northeast Seoul. The defunct Suwon Campus,

1620-594: The Nambu Beltway and two main roads. The main shopping district, the Bongcheon Central Market ( Bongcheon-jungang-sijang ), is positioned in Jungang neighborhood, north from Seoul National University Station . Nambu Beltway , which circles Seoul , passes through the very center of the district. The beltway and two main avenues, Gwanak Road ( Gwanak-ro ) and Sillim Road ( Sillim-ro ), make

1680-763: The Saenuri Party has indicated that some governmental offices will be relocated to the new city, but not all. The party has been very active in promoting the North Korean Human Rights Law , which would officially condemn the use of torture, public executions and other human rights violations in North Korea. Party representative Ha Tae Kyung is the founder of Open Radio for North Korea , an NGO dedicated to spreading news and information about democracy, to which citizens of North Korea have little access due to their government's isolationist policies. In April 2012, Saenuri member Cho Myung-Chul became

1740-679: The agricultural campus, also known as the Sangnok Campus (Evergreen Campus), used to be located in Suwon , about 40 km south of Seoul. The agricultural campus moved to Gwanak in Autumn 2004, but some research facilities still remain in Suwon. In February 2010 Seoul National initiated a memorandum with the city of Siheung to establish a global campus. Signed with the city's mayor and governor of Gyeonggi Province for administrative assistance,

1800-482: The attempted impeachment, which was instigated by the party. This was the first time in its history the party had not won the most seats. It gained back five seats in by-elections, bringing it to 127 seats as of 28 October 2005. On 19 December 2007, the GNP's candidate, former Seoul mayor Lee Myung-bak won the presidential election, ending the party's ten-year period in opposition. In the April 2008 general election ,

1860-524: The bill was due mainly to the budget disputes over the controversial Four Major Rivers Project . Many Buddhists in South Korea criticized the budget bill for neglecting the national Temple Stay program. This has led the Jogye Order , the largest Buddhist order in South Korea, to sever ties with the GNP and becoming financially independent without any funding from the government. The interns and

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1920-458: The capital's governmental apparatus. Originally the national government had approached the university in 2009 to host the building of a satellite campus. It was reported the following year that the university had considered withdrawing from the Sejong plan. Admissions to SNU are extremely competitive. From 1981 to 1987, when an applicant could apply only to one university at a time, more than 80% of

1980-581: The college of Pharmacy . This had previously been a private institution. In 1950, during the Korean War , the university was occupied by North Korea. During which, the Seoul National University Hospital massacre occurred. The university then temporarily moved to Busan and merged with other universities in South Korea. Originally, the main campus (which embraced the College of Humanities and Sciences and College of Law)

2040-534: The counties, but remained with the most seats in the region. GNP-affiliated politician, Oh Se-hoon , lost his mayoral position in Seoul after the Seoul Free Lunch Referendum . The Grand National Party celebrated its 14th anniversary on 21 November 2011, amid uncertainties from intra-party crises. The DDoS attacks during the October 2011 by-election have become a central concern of

2100-600: The craggy ridgeline of Gwanaksan (Mt. Gwanak), which dominates the local geography. Originally a part of Siheung , Gyeonggi , it was transferred to Seoul with the rapid expansion of the National Capital Area and its population growth in 1960s. Partitioned from Yeongdeungpo District and established as a district in 1973, it now neighbours the Seocho , Dongjak , Guro , and Geumcheon Districts, and exercises jurisdiction over 21 neighborhoods ( dong ), with

2160-792: The eighth secretary-general of the United Nations (UN); Hoesung Lee , chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Song Sang-hyun , former president of the International Criminal Court (ICC); Lee Jong-wook , the sixth director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), O-Gon Kwon , former vice president and permanent judge in the International Criminal Tribunal for

2220-480: The first North Korean defector elected to the National Assembly. In spring 2012, several Saenuri representatives took part in the Save My Friend protests, organized to oppose China's policy of repatriating North Korean defectors , and expressed their solidarity with Park Sun-young's hunger strike. The party has records of secretly hiring and paying university students to generate online replies favorable to

2280-501: The former Yugoslavia (ICTY); Kwon Oh-hyun , former CEO and vice chairman of Samsung Electronics ; and Bang Si-hyuk , the chairman and founder of HYBE Corporation . Gwanak District Gwanak District ( Korean :  관악구 ; RR :  Gwanak-gu ) is an administrative subdivision ( gu ) of Seoul , South Korea. It lies on the southern skirt of Seoul, bordering Anyang of Gyeonggi Province . The southern border of Gwanak District, bordering Anyang, consists of

2340-452: The government-run College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) are mostly SNU graduates. In 2015, Thomson-Reuters ranked SNU as the 31st most innovative institution in the world. QS World University Rankings (2023)ranked SNU as the 29th best university in the world and 7th in Asia, whilst it is 7th in the independent regional QS Asian University Rankings (2023). SNU is 11th in Asia and 56th in

2400-418: The initiative will add a medical complex including a research hospital and training centre, research centre for dentistry and clinical pharmacology, dormitories, apartments, an international middle and high school, and other facilities. Planning to open the international campus in 2014, the university intends to share the initiative with other regional national institutions. The Seoul National University Library

2460-823: The main route of the automobile traffic. Nambu Beltway is connected to multiple expressways. Green Line (Line 2) and Blue Line (Line 4) of Seoul Metro links Gwanak District and other areas. Many trunk (painted in blue) buses such as 501, 506, 651 and 750 lines, and branch (in green) buses in 5XXX or X5XX line passes Gwanak area. There are three statutory subdivisions : Sillim , Bongcheon and Namhyeon neighborhood. Those are further divided into multiple administrative neighborhoods ( dong ) to balance excessive populations and for administrative expedience. As of September 2008, there are 21 administrative neighborhoods in Gwanak District. Liberty Korea Party The Liberty Korea Party ( Korean :  자유한국당 )

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2520-458: The museum opened on June 8, 2006. Dr. Jung Hung-min assumed directorship of the gallery in 2006. The Seoul National University Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 and was built in 1986 to host table tennis and badminton (demonstration) events at the 1988 Summer Olympics . The dormitory of SNU is named Gwanaksa ( 관악사 ). Dormitories for undergraduate and graduate students as well as families are located here. It

2580-648: The museum was moved to the sixth floor of the Central Library, in 1975, it was renamed the "Seoul National University Museum". The museum was then moved to newly constructed facilities, next to the Dongwon Building, in 1993, which it has occupied to this day. Dr. Park Nak-gyu is its director. The Seoul National University Museum of Art (SNUMoA) was established in 1995 with contributions from the Samsung Cultural Foundation after

2640-462: The name of the library was changed to the "Seoul National University Library Annex". When the main branch of the library was relocated to the Gwanak Campus in January 1975, it was renamed the "Seoul National University Library", and then renamed again in 1992 as the "Seoul National University Central Library". In 1966, provisions were made to systematize the library's collections. The original library

2700-468: The name were pronounced in the Korean reading and the attribute "Imperial" was removed. The renaming to "National" was based on the academic nationalism supported by the US military regime in Korea at the time. SNU was founded on August 27, 1946, by merging ten institutions of higher education around the Seoul area. The schools which have been merged were: The first president was Harry Bidwell Ansted . For over

2760-478: The paper to cease printing for a time. It was relocated to the Gwanak Campus in 1975, where it has been in continuous publication until the present day. At the time of its first launch the paper was sold for 500 won a copy, sometimes twice a week. Now, however, it is distributed for free every Monday. The school paper is not available during schools breaks or exams. SNU graduates dominate South Korea's academics, government, politics and business. A KEDI study found that

2820-580: The party. The party formerly held a plurality of seats in the 20th Assembly before its ruling status was transferred to the Democratic Party of Korea on 27 December 2016, following the creation of the splinter Bareun Party by former Saenuri members who distanced themselves from President Park Geun-hye in the 2016 South Korean political scandal . In February 2020, the Liberty Korea Party merged with Onward for Future 4.0 and

2880-573: The top 0.5% scorers in the annual government-administered scholastic achievement test applied to SNU and many of them were unsuccessful. Sixteen colleges of the university offer 83 undergraduate degree programs. For master and doctoral programs there is one graduate school with 99 programs from five fields of studies. The interdisciplinary programs are the ones invented and operated by more than two departments. In addition to that, there are twelve professional graduate schools. Seoul National University occupies two Seoul-based, one Pyeongchang-based campuses:

2940-691: The total. This number has declined, with a large proportion of the newer "foreign" recruits actually being former South Korean citizens who became naturalized as foreign citizens abroad. Many of the earlier batch of foreign professors left after complaining of racial discrimination against them, sometimes without even giving notice. SNU failed to boost its international reputation by offering contracts to Nobel laureates, but they are mostly retired and holding other academic posts elsewhere, are rarely on campus and sometimes leave before their contracts run out. Among its notable alumni are prominent figures in international organizations and businesses such as Ban Ki-moon ,

3000-619: The university acquired 826 thousand m (204 acres) of property in the west-coast economic zone, near the Songdo International Business District , Pyeongtaek harbor, international airport , seaport . The land acquisition will increase the university's size by 58% over its current 1.4 million square meters (350 acres) to 2.2 million square meters (550 acres) and headcount by an expected 10,000 people or 33% of its current figure. Along with lecture halls and additional liberal arts and graduate courses,

3060-437: The university's name-value translates into wages that are on average about 12 percent higher than that of any other Korean university. Approximately one in four Korean university presidents obtained their undergraduate degree at SNU. Between 2003 and 2009, more students who graduated from science high schools and received presidential scholarships matriculated at SNU than at eight other leading universities combined. The chiefs of

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3120-543: The world according to the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings . In 2023, its World Reputation Rankings were considered it to be 44th globally. Moreover, ARWU (2022) regarded SNU to be among 98th worldwide and the best in the country. CWUR 2020–2021 ranks SNU as 31st best in the world. QS University Subject Rankings (2018): 25th, Arts and Humanities ; 16th, Engineering and Technology ; 37th, Life Sciences and Medicine ; 21st, Social Sciences and Management ; 20th, Natural Sciences . The institute

3180-601: Was a conservative political party in South Korea that was described variously as right-wing , right-wing populist , or far-right . Until February 2017, it was known as the Saenuri Party ( 새누리당 ; lit.  New Frontier Party), and before that as the Hannara Party ( 한나라당 ; also called Grand National Party ; GNP ) from 1997 to 2012, both of which are still colloquially used to refer to

3240-442: Was a debate with Commission members about whether to transform the Grand National Party into a non-conservative political party or not, but Park said the GNP would never become non-conservative and will follow the real values of conservatism. The party's leader and South Korean President Park Geun-hye was impeached and convicted for her role in a corruption scandal. The Liberty Korea Party merged with Onward for Future 4.0 and

3300-606: Was formerly located. Part of the former main campus in Jongno District is still used by the College of Medicine, the College of Dentistry and the College of Nursing and is now called Yeongeon Campus. In 2012, lawmakers reported that the ruling Saenuri Party , prior to the presidential election in December , seriously proposed a plan to relocate the university to the newly established special autonomous Sejong City . The move came as part of an overall effort to decentralize

3360-417: Was founded August 1975, with five Gwanaksa buildings and one welfare building, which housed 970 male students. The female dormitory was founded in February 1983. By June 2007, there were one administration building, two welfare buildings, 12 undergraduate dormitory buildings, six graduate students' dormitory buildings, which in total housed 3,680 students. Unlike other university dormitories in South Korea, there

3420-599: Was in Dongsung-dong, Jongno District . After the construction of a new main campus in Gwanak District in February 1975, most colleges of the university relocated to the new Gwanak Campus between 1975 and 1979 by the request of president Park Chung Hee who disliked student protests at the site where the Gwanak golf club  [ ko ] (founded in the early 1960s and relocated in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi )

3480-519: Was organized into 12 annexes for each of the university's colleges: engineering, education, physics, art, law, theology, pharmacology, music, medicine, dentistry, administration, and agricultural sciences. Two years later, in 1968, libraries for newspapers and the liberal arts were added to bring the number of annexes to 14. However, as the main branch was moved to the Gwanak Campus, the education, physics, legal, theological, administrative, newspaper, liberal arts, and pharmacological libraries were combined in

3540-816: Was ranked 20th in publications by a 2008 analysis of data from the Science Citation Index , and the following year ranked 8th in the world in clinical trials . In 2011, the Mines ParisTech: Professional Ranking World Universities reported that SNU is ranked 10th in the world in terms of the number of alumni holding CEO positions in Fortune 500 enterprises. SNU also had the third highest number of students who went on to earn Ph.Ds in American institutions in 2006. SNU students can study abroad for

3600-678: Was reconstituted and renamed as the Democratic Justice Party . In 1988, party member Roh Tae-woo introduced a wide range of political reforms including direct presidential elections and a new constitution. The party was renamed in 1993, during the presidency of Kim Young-sam , with the merger of other parties to form the Democratic Liberal Party ( Minju Jayudang ). It was renamed as the New Korea Party ( Sinhangukdang ) in 1995, and it then became

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