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50-639: It is named after imperial calligraphic works stored there, the kyujang (奎章), which literally means "writings of Kyu ", a scholar-deity, but has come to refer to divinely inspired writings, in particularly, the emperor's. In 1782, the Outer Kyujanggak library (known as Oegyujanggak) was built in the ancient royal palace on Ganghwa-do Island to accommodate an overflow of books from the main Kyujanggak library at Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul , where

100-726: A 16-month process 1,200 volumes including 150 Uigwe were returned in December 2011, and subsequently kept at the National Palace Museum of Korea . The collection has over 260,000 items, with many of them digitized and available online. Notably the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty (aka Joseon Wangjo Sillok), Daily Records of the Royal Secretariat (aka Seungjeongwon Ilgi) and Uigwe or "Royal Protocols" of

150-486: A Seoul-based civic group spearheaded the return but the request to exclude illegally obtained property from its list of national assets was rejected by a Paris court. An agreement was made by President Lee Myung-bak and President Nicolas Sarkozy at the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit to return the royal documents on a five-year renewable loan basis. From April to June 2011, 297 volumes with 191 different Uigwes, were shipped back in four separate installments and subsequently kept at

200-501: 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

250-486: 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,

300-571: A key repository of Korean historical records and 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

350-411: A plotting-paper map stamped by Bibyeonsa, a Joseon map, and an eight-province map. It also has a database of Government records with 110 volumes in ten kinds kept by each provincial and gun office, 99 collections of compiled official documents, foreign diplomacy documents kept by each province, 149 volumes of foreign trade-related materials, 180 volumes of court proceeding records. The materials depicts how

400-591: 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

450-451: 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

500-572: 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,

550-722: 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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600-653: 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 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

650-705: 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

700-514: 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

750-768: Is one of the SKY universities and a part of the Flagship Korean National Universities . 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

800-547: Is the original name of the star in the Big Dipper located furthest from the 'handle' - Dubhe . In Daoist tradition, Kui Xing is said to have been "bent and hunchbacked, as if he were an actual calligraphy character", and came to be viewed as a saint of human fortune, particularly with regard to imperial examinations . Late Ming Dynasty scholar Gu Yan-Wu , often referred to as Gu Ting-Lin, wrote of Kui Xing in his Records of Daily[-gained] Knowledge ( 日知錄 ): "The date of

850-451: The French campaign against Korea , the troops attacked Ganghwa-do Island and seized a vast amount of silverware, royal artifacts, and 297 volumes of royal Uigwe from the Outer Kyujanggak library and burned down the building. The Korean Government tried to retrieve the royal documents through a permanent lease, since French law prohibits its national assets being transferred abroad. In 2010,

900-458: 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),

950-592: The National Museum of Korea . In 1922, during the Japanese occupation of Korea many volumes of books including 167 of Uigwe , along with some 1,000 other relics, stored at the main Gyujanggak library at Changdeokgung Palace were also taken to Japan. In August 2010, then-Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced the return of the Uigwe to mark the centenary of the Japanese annexation of Korea . After

1000-535: The ao on which Kui Xing stands as a giant fish (see the image of a temple in Xinwupu, Hubei ), or as a realistic-looking turtle (e.g., the statue near Bijiacheng - the "Brush-rest wall" - in Changde , Hunan ). Seoul National University Seoul National University ( SNU ; Korean :  서울대학교 ; lit.  Seoul University) is a public research university located in Seoul , South Korea. It

1050-656: 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,

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1100-588: The Joseon Dynasty, that were not looted and remained in Korea. They are among the National treasures of South Korea and are inscribed in UNESCO 's Memory of the World Programme . In addition, it has royal, government, private documents, such as land transactions and power of attorney and maps on natural geography and the state of society of Joseon Dynasty. The antique maps include a provincial map of 1872,

1150-591: The Samsung Cultural Foundation after 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

1200-670: The Star Lord", is a character in Chinese religion , the Deity of Examinations, and one of the Five Gods of Literature, Wu Wen Chang . The name 'Kui Xing' literally means "Chief Star(s)", and anciently referred to the 'spoon' of the Big Dipper. The Chun Qiu Yun Dou Shu defines the ‘Kui Xing' as "The four stars in the first section of the dipper". The 'handle' was referred to as the 杓 shao , or ladle/spoon. Kui Xing's original name, 奎星,

1250-679: 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,

1300-507: The beginning of modern people's veneration of Kui Xing is unknown. Since Kui (奎) was taken to be the master of composition, therefore the people established shrines to venerate him. Being unable to sculpt an image of the star (奎), his name was thus changed to [the homophonous character] 魁. Again being unable to directly construct an image of 魁, the character was split into its constituent radicals [鬼 Gui - Ghost/Spirit and 斗 Dou - Ladle/Gourd ] and illustrated as such." Gu's statement suggests

1350-461: 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

1400-644: 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)

1450-792: 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

1500-455: 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

1550-419: 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

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1600-460: 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

1650-518: The name change was a creative measure designed to facilitate Kui Xing's veneration. As his form developed, people depicted Kui Xing's right foot standing on a character 鰲 ( ao ), a giant turtle, in reference to a traditional saying, 獨佔鰲頭, "to stand lonely on the ao' s head", meaning coming in first in examinations ), his left foot support a ladle, a writing brush in his hand, and his body full of vigor and life. Stylized calligraphy of Confucian adages often compose his torso. Artists have also depicted

1700-462: 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

1750-575: 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

1800-605: The nation took modernization policies and coped with aggressions of Western powers. The court proceeding records, from 1894 to 1910, provide information on life style of people from various walks of life, their way of thinking, and acts of the State. It also includes book titles plates and Naegak illyeok, at 1,249 volumes, a daily record of affairs kept by the Gyujanggak Royal Library from 1779 to 1883. Its contents are not found in other chronological documents covering

1850-692: The royal viewing copies were kept, and most of the viewing copies were transferred there. The library's role underwent various changes after the Gabo Reforms of 1894. In 1922, it was moved under the jurisdiction of Keijo Imperial University , which later gave rise to the Seoul National University. The library moved to its present location in 1990 and became independent of the Seoul National University Central Library in 1992. In 1866, during

1900-409: The same period. The library was used as a filming location, as part of Seoul National University , for Seoul Broadcasting System 's 2008 drama Star's Lover . It was used as the university of Kim Chul Soo's, played by Yoo Ji-tae , employment, his lectures and Lee Ma-ri's, played by Choi Ji-woo , visit to the school. Other locations used included the gallery and museum roads. This is the first time

1950-576: 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:

2000-695: 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 ,

2050-622: 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,

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2100-406: The university has allowed its campus to be used as a filming location. 37°27′44″N 126°57′02″E  /  37.462168°N 126.950444°E  / 37.462168; 126.950444 Kui Xing Kui Xing ( Chinese : 魁星 ; pinyin : kuí xīng ; Wade–Giles : K'uei Hsing ), originally called 奎星 (also kuí xīng ), also known as 大魁夫子 "Great Master Kui" or 大魁星君 "Great Kui

2150-547: 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

2200-553: 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

2250-417: 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

2300-599: 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 )

2350-402: Was moved to Dongsung-dong in Seoul, where from 1958 even editions for high school were published. Financial difficulties in 1960 led 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

2400-519: 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

2450-820: 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

2500-565: Was transferred intact to SNU. When 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

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