Seoul National University
| 서울대학교 | |
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| Latin: Universitas Nationalis Seulensis | |
| Motto | Veritas lux mea (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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The truth is my light |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1946 |
| President | Sung Nak-in |
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Academic staff
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5,511 (2015) |
| Students | 27,986 (2015) |
| Undergraduates | 16,496 |
| Postgraduates | 11,490 |
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| Location | Gwanak, Seoul, South Korea |
| Campus |
Urban, 4.2 km2 (1037 acres) 7.9 km2 (1,960 acres), including the arboreta and other campuses. |
| Colors | blue |
| Mascot | Crane, Zelkova Tree |
| Affiliations | AEARU, APRU, BESETOHA, ARN, Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs |
| Website | www.snu.ac.kr |
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| Seoul National University | |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Seoul Daehakgyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏul Taehakkyo |
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Note: The word 首尔大学 (traditional: 首爾大學) is frequently used in many Chinese contexts, as in . This is, however, not a traditional hanja name, because the Chinese characters used in the word do not represent the Korean sound of the word, but rather the Chinese. Thus it is merely a Chinese transliteration, rendered as Shǒuěr Dàxué in pinyin. Other names such as 汉城国立大学 named after 汉城, the historical Chinese word of Seoul have been used historically in China.
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| University rankings | |
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| Global | |
| ARWU | 101–150 |
| Times | 72 |
| QS | 35 |
| Asia | |
| ARWU | 7-14 |
| Times | 9 |
| QS | 10 |
Seoul National University (SNU; Korean, 서울대학교, Seoul Daehakgyo, colloquially Seouldae) is a national research university located in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. Since its founding in 1946, Seoul National University has been widely considered to be the most prestigious university in the country.
It is located on three campuses: the main campus is in Gwanak and two additional campuses in Daehangno and Pyeongchang. The university comprises sixteen colleges, one graduate school, and nine professional schools. The student body consists of nearly 17,000 undergraduate and 11,000 graduate students. According to data compiled by KEDI, the university spends more on its students per capita than any other university in the country that enrolls at least 10,000 students.
Seoul National University holds a memorandum of understanding with over 700 academic institutions in 40 countries, the World Bank, and a general academic exchange program with the University of Pennsylvania. The Graduate School of Business offers dual master's degrees with Duke University, ESSEC Business School, and Peking University, double-degrees with the MIT Sloan School of Management and Yale School of Management, and MBA-, MS-, and PhD-candidate exchange programs with universities in ten countries on four continents. Following a government mandate to globalize Korean universities, the university's international faculty head count peaked at 242 or 4% of the total in 2010 but subsequently declined.
Seoul National University originates from various education institutions which were established by King Gojong of the Joseon Dynasty. Several of them were integrated into various colleges when later Seoul National University was founded.
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