Seoul National University

1. Seoul National University

2. History The origin of Seoul National University (SNU) dates back to the late nineteenth century when Korean Emperor Gojong established modern higher education institutions which later became part of SNU.  In 1895 Emperor Gojong issued Imperial Order 49 and established the National Law Academy as the first modern higher education institution in Korea. It turned out 209 graduates including the Martyr Yi Jun. 

3. The Hansung Teacher Training School, the first modern teacher training school was built in the same year and later became the SNU College of Education.

4. Yi Jun (left), one of the first graduates of the National Law Academy, led the Hague Secret Emissary. JiSeok Young (right) fought off the smallpox in Korea and served as the principal of the Euihakkyo (the Medical School)

5. The Founding Years ….from the founding of the University in October 1946, through the Korean War, to the re-opening of the school in September 1953. SNU's Opening ceremony after returning to Seoul at the end of the Korean War, Oct. 15, 1953

6. Seoul National University • colloquially known in Korean as Seoul-dae • a national research university in Seoul, Korea • ranked 20th in the world in publications in a 2008 analysis of data from the Science Citation Index • 4th in Asia (2012) and 42nd (2011) in the world by the QS World University Rankings • and 13th in Asia and 124th in the world by the 2011 Times Higher Education World University Rankings

7. Ecole des Mines de Paris - MINES Paris Tech(2009)reported that SNU is ranked 5th in the world in terms of the number of alumni currently holding CEO positions in Fortune 500 enterprises.  Prominent alumni are Ban Ki-moon (current Secretary-General of the United Nations), and LG and Samsung Electronics CEOs.

9. Seoul National University • was the first national university in South Korea (founded in 1946) • and has served as a model for the many national and public universities in the country. • has been regarded as the most prestigious of all post-secondary educational institutions in the country by the general public and consistently recruits top-notch high school students.

10. has been recognized for its leading role in Korean academia, and entry into the university is viewed as a ticket to success. • SNU( Korean Educational Development Institute), spends more on its students per capita than any other university in the country enrolling at least ten-thousand undergraduates, more than one-and-one-half times its peer institutions.

11. To join the international trend of learning, the university's international headcount is 242 or four percent of the total. Nobel laureates Paul Crutzen, Thomas Sargent , and Fields Medal recipient HironakaHeisuke are on the faculty roster.

12. Today Seoul National University …… • comprises colleges and six professional schools • with a student body of about thirty-thousand. • two campuses in Seoul: the main campus in Gwanak, and the medical campus (named Yeongeon Campus after its neighbourhood) in Jongno • notable for its "fleet-style“ system (offering diplomas for virtually every academic field, from aerospace engineering to Western history)

14. Slated to expand its academia-industry collaboration, bio-medical research and development, and education-related infrastructure by an additional 58 percent in size and by 33 percent in headcount by 2014.

15. Designed to ensure that its student body actively collaborate with leading international institutions, the university maintains a, Stanford University, and Yale University.

16. To encouragepreparation in a global context, SNU Law School and Harvard undergraduate exchange program with the Harvard-Yenching Institute Law School students may study at the partner institution for credit. 

17. Seoul National holds a memorandum of understanding with over 700 academic institutions in forty countries, including the country's first ever academic exchange program with the University of Pennsylvania.

18. Graduate School of Business offers dual master's degrees with Duke University, ESSEC, and the Peking University, double-degrees at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Yale School of Management, and upholds MBA-, MS-, and PhD-candidate exchange programs with universities in ten countries on four continents.

20. Facilities The University Library • the largest research library in Korea and includes 5 branches on the Gwanak campus and two branches on the Yongon Campus. • 3.5 million books, 350,000 e-books, about 8,000 print and 18,700 electronic journals, 96 DB, and 212,600 non-book materials. • all the collections on the English-language version website. It also provides Library Research Service to SNU faculty members.

21. University Computer Center UCC provides the following IT services: • web hosting, laptop computer rental, camcorder rental, campus-licensed and software. • detailed information on their English-language version website. Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources • The role of the ILAR is to breed laboratory animals for research in the life sciences. The Institute has more than 12,000 mice and rats to provide SNU research groups at the price of one to seven USD. They have four kinds of mice (ICR, RALB/c, C57BL/6, and C3H/He) and two kinds of rats (SD and Wistar).

22. National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management • established to promote a more rational and efficient use of expensive research equipment on campus. • offers research equipment rentals for reasonable fees to SNU community members and others. • has more than 100 kinds of equipment and you can search the list here. NICEM has 50 full-time working staff and you can contact them via telephone 82-2-880-4845~6. The Center is located in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Building #201

23. National Center for Inter-University Research Facilities • The purpose of NCIRF is to increase joint use of equipment through more rational and efficient operation and maintenance of expensive and advanced equipment. You can view the list of equipment available and request use of it on the website http://kiki.snu.ac.kr

24. Organization Officers of SNU are 15 Trustees including the President of SNUand 2 Auditors)

25. Board of Trustees: Chairperson: OH Yeon-Cheon (President)

26. Trustees: AHN Byoung Woo (Former Director of National Budget Admin) BYUN DaeGyu (CEO of Hyumax) KIM Chang-Kyung (Vice Minister II of Minister Educ, Sci & Tech) KIM Dong Yeon (Vice Minister II of Minister of Strategy & Finance) KIM JeongBae (Chairperson of Korea University Foundation) LEE Gil Ya (President of Gachon University) PARK Yong-hyun (Chairman of DoosanGrp & VP of SNU Alumni Assn) ONG Kwang-soo (Former Prosecutor General)

27. IHM Jisoon (SNU Professor, College of Natural Sciences) IM Jung Gi (SNU Vice President of Research & Professor of College of Medicine) LEE Choonkyu (SNU Professor, College of Natural Sciences) PARK MyoungKyu (SNU Professor, College of Social Sciences) PARK Myung-Jin (SNU Vice President of Education & Professor of College of Social Sciences) ROE Jung-Hye (SNU Professor, College of Natural Sciences)

28. Auditors: KIM Jin Hae (Head of Inspection and Information Bureau, The Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea) YOON Sung Bock (CEO of Samjong KPMG Inc.)

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