Sahmyook University

Sahmyook University

삼육대학교
Servants of Truth and Love
Motto	prudentia, animus, corpus corporis(Latin) "Wisdom" "Spirit" "Athlete" / 지(知), 영(靈), 체(體)
Type	Private
Established	1906 Euimyung College, Renamed as Sahmyook University (1951)
Affiliation	Seventh-day Adventist Church
Chancellor	Chun Gwang Hwang
President	Sung Ik Kim
Location	Seoul, South Korea 37°38′36″N 127°06′21″E / 37.6434°N 127.1058°E / 37.6434; 127.1058Coordinates: 37°38′36″N 127°06′21″E / 37.6434°N 127.1058°E / 37.6434; 127.1058
Campus	Urban, 302 ha (3 km²)
Colors	Royal Blue
Website	www.syu.ac.kr or www.syu.ac.kr/web/eng/ (English)

Sahmyook University (Korean: 삼육대학교, Chinese character: 三育大學校) is a private, Christian, coeducational university located in Metropolitan Seoul, South Korea. Sahmyook University is part of a worldwide network of Seventh-day Adventist institutions of higher education providing an environment for learning that emphasises individual commitment to Christ, personal integrity, intellectual development, and community service.

The school was founded in 1906 as Euimyung College in Sunahn, Pyeongan-namdo in what would become today's North Korea. It was the first higher education facility started in Korea, and is today the largest university owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

In 2016, the university had 6 colleges, including the College of Theology, Humanities & Social Science and Health Science & Social Welfare in addition to 4 graduate schools.

Sahmyook University was founded in 1906 as a small, Seventh-day Adventist school called "Euimyung College" by American Seventh-day Adventist missionaries, with the objective to improve the education of church workers in Korea.

However, while under the rule of Japanese imperialism, the missionaries stopped managing the whole school system due to Shinto worship being enforced by the Japanese rulers. Thus, the school remained closed by the end of the Second World War. After Korea gained its independence from Japan in 1945, the school moved from Sunan and joined with the church headquarters Hoegi, Seoul; The move was completed in 1949.