Marking its centennial anniversary in 2018, the University of Seoul has fostered talents that are essential for the Korean society as ‘the base of learning and sharing’ driven by the university motto of "Truth, Creation, and Service" for the past 100 years.
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About
History
- 1918 Founded as Kyung Sung Public Agricultural College
- 1956 Promoted to four-year college and renamed as Seoul Agricultural College
- 1974 Reorganized as Seoul Industrial University
- 1975 Oversight committee transferrer from Seoul Board of Education to Seoul Metropolitan Government
- 1981 Renamed as Seoul City University
- 1987 Renamed as University of Seoul
Education
Colleges
- Public Affairs and Economics
- Business Administration
- Engineering
- Humanities
- Natural Science
- Urban Science
- Arts and Physical Education
- College of Liberal Arts and Cross-Disciplinary Studies
Research
- Research Institute for Industry Managernment
- Urban Safety and Security Research Institute
- Law Research Institute
- Tax Research Institute
University Ranking
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report
2020
595 17
2019
612 -42
2018
570
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
QS World University Rankings by TopUniversities
2020
651
2019
651
2018
651
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world. They measure university reputation based on the impressions of higher education experts, companies who hire graduates, and teaching quality. QS also considers the ratio of international teachers and students present at universities, as well as the times research papers were mentioned by researchers. After calculating and comparing these criteria, QS ranks the universities accordingly.
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2020
801
2019
801 -200
2018
601
World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
Services
Housing services
Our student living quarters are based on the scale of 190 rooms for male and 103 rooms for female students. The room availability upon the gender ration could vary. Inside of each room has a width of 13m and is designed suitable for 2 individuals.
Each student will be given individual bed, desk, chair, wardrobe, book shelf, and bed sheet. For the computer, individual LAN line port is installed. Plus, one A/C, telephone, Laundry hanger and dust bin will be facilitated in each unit.
Library services
The Main Library is composed of reading rooms with 2,200 seats and houses almost 800,000 volumes of books, monographs and references. It also holds 1,466 different periodicals, 58,034 units of non-book materials and several online databases.
The Main Library opened the Digitalized Information Service Room in 1998, which allows users to access more non-book materials.
ICT services
Wireless Internet Service
Students and faculty members can use wireless Internet service within the campus. In order to use the wireless Internet service, it is required to register as a user at the University Administration and Information Center.
You can connect to a wireless network on your laptop, smart tablet, smartphone.
Medical services
Objective: The main goal of our health service is to provide the motivation of “healthy campus life, pleasant medical condition, equal opportunity,” and to achieve these goals we have been pursuing professional and practical health management business for both students and faculties.
Student Life
Sports facilities
As a place for general physical education, the University Gymnasium and Sport Complex is used for instruction as well as for various sports and recreational activities. Various indoor and outdoor sport facilities and equipment are provided for such sports or recreational activities.
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