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59-701: The university was seen as the preeminent educational institution in colonial Korea. Upon the 1945 liberation of Korea , it was briefly renamed Kyŏngsŏng University , was seized by the United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK) in 1946, and reorganized into its successor: the present Seoul National University . In 1923, an organization called the Korea Private University Foundation Committee ( 조선민립대학기성회 ; 朝鮮民立大學期成會 )

118-714: A 35 year long occupation period , which oversaw the attempt at eradicating the Korean culture and language . On the 1st of September a provisional government was established by the Committee for the Preparation of the National government (조선건국준비위원회). The negotiations on August 15th between Yeo Un-hyeong and Endou Ryuusaku , the representative of the Governor-General agreed on the release of all prisoners and

177-704: A Gwangbokjeol ceremony; Park was unharmed but his wife Yuk Young-soo , the First Lady of South Korea , was killed. Seoul National University Seoul National University ( SNU ; Korean :  서울대학교 ; lit.  Seoul University) is a public research university located in Seoul , South Korea. It is one of the SKY universities and a part of the Flagship Korean National Universities . The university's main campus

236-501: 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

295-486: 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,

354-529: A doctor of medicine degree from Keijō Imperial University. Most of the staff at Keijō Imperial University specialised in the fields of physical anthropology, publishing and composing a series of works on Korean physical anthropology which were included within the Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nippon . Liberation of Korea The National Liberation Day of Korea

413-436: A four-year medical program. In 1928, a hospital affiliated with the university finished construction. In April 1929, it graduated its first class of 90 law and literature students, 22 of whom were ethnic Koreans. In 1930, it graduated its first class of 55 medical students, with 12 Koreans. In March 1934, it extended the liberal arts program to three years. In 1938, it established a science and engineering department, and increased

472-571: 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

531-517: 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,

590-591: 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

649-451: 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

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708-670: 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

767-550: Is a public holiday celebrated annually on 15 August in both South and North Korea . It commemorates the day when Korea was liberated from 35 years of Japanese colonial rule by the Allies in 1945. The day also coincides with the anniversary of the founding of South Korea in 1945. In South Korea, it is known as Gwangbokjeol ( Korean :  광복절 ; lit.  The Day the Light Returned). In North Korea it

826-653: 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

885-511: Is known as Chogukhaebangŭi Nal ( 조국해방의 날 ; lit.  Liberation of the Fatherland Day). The name Gwangbokjeol uses the term “restoration” ( 복 ; bog ) instead of “independence” ( 독립 ; dongnip ) to emphasize that Korea had been independent for years prior to Japanese rule. The day marks the annual anniversary of the announcement that Japan would unconditionally surrender on August 15, 1945. All forces of

944-705: 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

1003-587: 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 the Joseon dynasty . Several of them were integrated into various colleges when SNU

1062-514: 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

1121-539: The Encyclopedia of Korean Culture argues that science and engineering programs were deliberately not introduced until around Japan's entry into World War II . The article argues this was because Japan wanted to avoid disseminating technical and scientific knowledge to Koreans. Research activities were limited, and there were maximum quotas for how many Koreans were allowed to be admitted. In 1926, three-year programs for law and literature were established, as well as

1180-667: The Chairman of the State Affairs Commission and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of North Korea . The first parade was held in 1949 at Pyongyang Station . It was held again in 1953, and then conducted every year until 1960, when it took a pause until the early 2000s. On 5 August 2015, the North Korean government decided to change its timezone back to UTC+08:30 effective 15 August 2015, and said

1239-537: The Imperial Japanese Army were ordered to surrender to the Allies, with the last Japanese occupation troops leaving southern Korea by the end of September 1945. The USA and USSR agreed on a 3-year trusteeship during which they would oversee the establishment of two different national governments for Korea. Korea came for the first time in history under control by a foreign power in 1910 , followed by

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1298-512: The Korean peninsula . The gathering of men and women by local police and administrative power had been conducted as measuring them was necessary for the progression of Keijō Imperial University's physical anthropology research. In 1937, Keijō Imperial University extended its research of physical anthropology field studies to Manchuria and China . Keijō Imperial University's field studies in Korea , Manchuria and China were financially supported by

1357-656: 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,

1416-462: The Japanese formally signed a declaration of surrender. Liberation Day is the only political holiday that is celebrated in both North Korea and South Korea. In North Korea, it is typical to schedule weddings on the holiday. The holiday is often celebrated with a military parade on Kim Il-sung Square on jubilee years (ex: 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th anniversaries) with the attendance of

1475-503: The Japanese government and research foundations. Controversies surrounding Keijō Imperial University's research of physical anthropology and blood typing is related to the use of a racial index [R.I. (= A%+AB%/B%+AB%)]. Professor Ock Joo Kim of Seoul National University states “the Japanese researchers put Koreans as a race between the Mongolian and the Japanese . The preoccupation with constitution and race also pervasively affected

1534-526: The Keijō Imperial University was 930 students. The percentage of Korean students which made up this number was of 32%. Although the Korean percentage rose in the coming years, namely in 1942 where the percentage of Korean students was at 39%. In 1943, Keijō Imperial University had 67 professors and 203 students who were Japanese. Three professors and 170 students were Korean. 150 students received

1593-841: The Republic either at the Independence Hall of Korea in Cheonan or at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts . During the celebration, the flags of different countries around the world hung in the middle of the road around the Jamsil area of Seoul between the Olympic Stadium and Olympic Park are taken down and replaced with South Korean national flags. All buildings and homes are encouraged to display

1652-591: 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

1711-513: The South Korean national flag Taegukgi . Not only are most public museums and places open free of charge to the descendants of independence activists on the holiday, but they can also travel on both public transport and intercity trains for free. The official " Gwangbokjeol song" (광복절 노래) is sung at official ceremonies. The song's lyrics were written by Jeong Inbo (정인보) and the melody by Yoon Yongha ( 윤용하 ). The lyrics speak of "to touch

1770-513: The U.S. "gave a basic law enacted which will place our national university on a level equal to the best in the world." The remaining properties of Keijo University merged with Gyeongseong Industrial School, Gyeongseong Mine School, Gyeongseong Medical School, Suwon Agriculture School, Gyeongseong Economics School, Gyeongseong Dental Medicine School, Gyeongseong Normal School and Gyeongseong Women's Normal School into Seoul National University . Additionally, Seoul National University College of Medicine

1829-679: 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,

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1888-461: 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

1947-453: The class sizes for that program in 1941. After the liberation of Korea , Keijō Imperial University was renamed to "Gyeongseong University" ( 경성대학 ; 京城大學 ). After the war, it was no longer considered a Japanese university, and it was closed by the USAMGIK on August 22, 1946, under US Military Ordinance No. 102. While speaking to Korean officials, the U.S. Military Governor stated that

2006-644: 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)

2065-562: The earth again" and how "the sea dances", how "this day is the remaining trace of 40 years of passionate blood solidified" and to "guard this forever and ever". The government traditionally issues special pardons on Gwangbokjeol . At 10:23 a.m., 15 August 1974, Mun Se-gwang , a Zainichi Korean and North Korean sympathizer, attempted to assassinate President Park Chung Hee at the National Theater of Korea in Seoul during

2124-792: 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

2183-455: 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

2242-419: 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

2301-486: The medical practice: race (Japanese, Korean, or Japanese living in Korea) must be written in every kind of medical chart as a default”. For Korean individuals, admission into Keijō Imperial University was a very competitive process as the admission of Korean students was restricted to between one-fourth and one-third of the total number of enrolled students at Keijō Imperial University. By 1930, six years after Keijō University

2360-460: 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

2419-462: 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

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2478-470: 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

2537-507: The official name would be Pyongyang Time (PYT). The government of North Korea made this decision as a break from 'imperialism'; the time zone change went into effect on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Korea. North Korea reversed the change in May 2018. In South Korea, many activities and events take place on the holiday, including an official ceremony attended by the President of

2596-576: 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:

2655-695: 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 ,

2714-534: The transfer of administrative and judicial control to Korean authorities in turn for the guarantee of safe passage of Japanese citizens. American troops landed in mid-September and occupied the Southern part of the country, declaring the provisional government as invalid. August 15 is celebrated by many countries as Victory Over Japan Day, the day Japan's emperor announced the country's surrender . The United States, however, commemorates this day in September when

2773-622: 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,

2832-547: 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

2891-505: Was established in 1946 through the merger of Keijō Medical School and Keijō Imperial University. Keijō Imperial University published original articles and abstracts in journals including Shinkeigaku-zassi (Neurologia), Seishin-shinkei-gaku zassi (Psychiatria Et Neurologia Japonica), and The Journal of Chosun . The Keijō Imperial University research team organised and conducted field studies on sampling of blood typing, as well as physical anthropology research from people representative of

2950-412: Was established, the number of enrolled students was at 520. This was equivalent to 6.7 percent of the number of students enrolled at Tokyo Imperial University. Japanese students made up the majority of the students enrolled. Amongst two thousand graduates during the colonial period, the number of Korean graduates was at seven hundred, the other thirteen hundred being Japanese. In 1934, the total enrolment of

3009-514: Was formed. Its founding leader was Yi Sang-jae  [ ko ] . In response to their activism, the Japanese Government-General of Chōsen agreed to a proposal ( 경성제국대학령 ) to found a university in Korea. Keijō Imperial University was founded in 1924. It was initially a two-year liberal arts program. They began gradually adding new programs over time, based on what was deemed important for colonial Korea. An article in

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3068-609: 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

3127-417: 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

3186-428: 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), a training school for teachers and Euihakkyo (1899),

3245-599: 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 )

3304-402: 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

3363-519: 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

3422-820: 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

3481-565: 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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