seoul national university

colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFCCCC" \| Seoul National University
colspan="2" \| Korean Name
width="150" \| Revised Romanization	width="150" \| Seoul Daehakgyo
width="150" \| McCune-Reischauer	width="150" \| Sŏul Taehakkyo
width="150" \| Hangul	width="150" \| 서울 대학교
width="150" \| Hanja	width="150" \| 서울大學校

Seoul National University is a major university whose main campus is located in Seoul, South Korea. It is generally regarded among Koreans as the most prestigious institution of higher education in the country, and it routinely recruits the highest-scoring students in the annual South Korean university entrance examinations. The university's English name translates its former Korean name, "Gungnip Seoul Daehakgyo" (국립 서울 대학교); but the university's name in the Korean language is now simply "Seoul Daehakgyo" ("Seoul University").

History

olspan="2" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"\|Seoul National University
tyle="font-weight:bold"\|Motto	Veritas lux mea "The truth enlightens me"
tyle="font-weight:bold"\|Established	1946
tyle="font-weight:bold"\|President	Dr Un-Chan Chung
tyle="font-weight:bold"\|Location	Seoul, South Korea
tyle="font-weight:bold"\|Students	32,000 total (9,000 graduate, 23,000 undergraduate)
tyle="font-weight:bold"\|Homepage	http://www.snu.ac.kr/

Seoul National University was founded on October 15, 1946 by merging 10 schools around Seoul area based on "The law about foundation of Seoul National University"(국립서울대학교 설립에 관한 법령). The list of the schools were merged:

"Gyeongseong University"(경성대학교)
"Gyeongseong Law College"(경성법학전문학교)
"Gyeongseong Industrial College"(경성공업전문학교)
"Gyeongseong Mining College"(경성광산전문학교)
"Gyeongseong Medical College"(경성의학전문학교)
"Suwon Agriculture College"(수원농림전문학교)
"Gyeongseong Business College"(경성경제전문학교)
"Gyeongseong Dentistry College"(경성치과의학전문학교)
"Gyeongseong Education College"(경성사범학교)
"Gyeongseong Women Education College"(경성여자사범학교)

The first president is Harry B. Ansted. The college of law was founded by merging the law department of "Gyeongseong University" and "Gyeongseong Law College"(경성법학전문학교). The second president is Lee, Chunho(이춘호,李春昊) from Oct 1947. Merged "Seoul Medicine University"(서울약학대학) and reorganized as the college of medicine on Sep 1950. During the Korean War, the university was temporarily merged with other universities in South Korea at Pusan. The main campus is formerly located on Daehangno (University Street) in the Jongno-gu District, the most parts of university relocated to a new campus in Gwanak-gu in 1975. The campus in the Jongno-gu District is now the medical campus and called as "Yongon Campus".

Undergraduate Programs

College of Humanities
College of Social Sciences
College of Natual Sciences
College of Nursing
College of Business Administration
College of Engineering
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Fine Arts
College of Law
College of Education
College of Human Ecology
College of Veternary Medicine
College of Pharmacy
College of Medicine
College of Dentistry

Graduate Programs

Graduate School of Humanities
Graduate School of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Humanities
Graduate School of Natual Sciences
Graduate School of Engineering
Graduate School of Human Ecology
Graduate School of Education
Graduate School of Agriculture
Graduate School of Medicine

Location

Kwanak Campus(the main campus), is located on the southern part of Seoul. It is served by its own station on Line 2 (the Green Line) of the Seoul Metro.
Yongon Campus(the medical campus), is located in downtown Seoul.
Suwon Campus(the agricultural campus), is located in Suwon City, about 40 km south of Seoul.