seoul women's university

colspan="2" \| Korean Name

width="150" \| Revised Romanization	width="150" \| Seoul Yeoja Daehakgyo (short: Seoul Yeodae)
width="150" \| McCune-Reischauer	width="150" \| Sŏul Yŏja Taehakkyo (Sŏul Yŏdae)
width="150" \| Hangul	width="150" \| 서울여자대학교 (서울여대)
width="150" \| Hanja	width="150" \| 서울女子大學校

History

Seoul Women's University is located in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The school was founded in December 1960 by the Presbyterian Church of Korea. The original idea was conceived in the 1920s but permission was not granted by the Japanese governor at the time. In the late 1950s the Presbyterian Church of Korea secured US$150,000 by raising funds at an American conference. In the first few years Seoul Women's University only had two main buildings, with Dr. Hwanggyeong Go as the first president of the university.

Campus Today

The university now boasts 5 colleges, with 31 majors for undergraduate students, 25 departments for students studying for their master's degree and 13 departments in 2 divisions for students going for their doctoral degrees.

International Opportunities

The university offers many chances for people from many countries to interact. Korean students are offered short term cross cultural exchange programs, and international students are offered internships after finishing their studies. Korean students also have the chance to spend a year abroad in Canada, America or Japan. Other opportunities include the SWELL English program, and the Bahrom International Program. The Bahrom program invites students from the university's sister colleges to learn in English about Korean culture.