Sookmyung Women's University
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| Motto | Modesty, Wisdom, and Justice 정숙•현명•정대 (貞淑•賢明•正大) |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | May 22, 1906 as Myeongshin Girls' School, renamed to Sookmyung Women's College on December 1, 1909, re-established as a university on May 22, 1948 |
| President | JungAi Kang |
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Academic staff
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371 |
| Students | 15,803 |
| Location |
Yongsan, Seoul, South Korea 
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| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Nunsong-i (Snowflake) |
| Website | www.sookmyung.ac.kr |
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| Sookmyung Women's University | |
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| Revised Romanization | Sukmyeong Yeoja Daehakgyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Suk'myǒng Yǒja Taehakkyo |
Sookmyung Women’s University (Korean: 숙명여자대학교 (淑明女子大學校)) is a private university in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1906, Sookmyung is Korea’s first royal private educational institution for women. Sookmyung's name comes from ancient characters with meaning "elegant" and "bright".
Sookmyung Women's University has a highly acclaimed ROTC program. In 2009, The Republic of Korea's Defense Ministry chose Sookmyung Women's University as South Korea's first university to operate a Reserve Officers' Training Corps program for women. In addition, Sookmyung's ROTC program has been evaluated as the highest ranking ROTC program for women in the 2012 national military training exercises.
Sookmyung Hospitality Business School has been recognized for its excellence by the Ministry of Education Science and Technology since 2007. Le Cordon Bleu Hospitality MBA course, which has a partnership with Le Cordon Bleu, specializes in educating women for future roles in hospitality industries such as Hotel/Restaurant (H1), Travel/ Transportation (H2), Culture/Entertainment/Sports/Hospital (H3), and Service Management (H4).
Sookmyung Women's University consists of a Main Campus and a Second Foundation Campus. The Main Campus is in a beautiful setting in harmony with nature. The Second Foundation Campus, constructed upon the second founding and declaration of the university, is the cultural center of the university and home to the 'S Leadership Program'. The Renaissance Plaza, which has become a landmark, symbol and hub of Sookmyung Women's University, features cultural attractions and activities.
First-year students automatically become part of the Division of General Education for Leadership.
Sookmyung Women's university has a global cooperation department. In the department there are global cooperation and entrepreneurship majors. Officially, all classes in the department are taught in English. However, depending on the English skills of professors, exceptions apply.
Currently, Sookmyung Women's University coordinates with the government's Small and medium Business Administration (SBA) to provide high quality business education. According to the government report only six top schools were selected to cooperate with the SBA — Seoul National University, POSTECH, KAIST, Hanyang University and Inha University.
A reinvigorated mentoring program helps facilitate successful career launches for graduates and prepares them with core job-related abilities for professional work. In addition, Sookmyung's wide-ranging and practical education system provides broad industry-academic cooperation that offers students diverse career choices and on-the-job training opportunities.
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