University of Seoul
| 서울시립대학교 | |
 |
|
| Motto | 진리·창조·봉사 (眞理·創造·奉仕) |
|---|---|
|
Motto in English
|
Truth, Creation, Public Service |
| Type | Public |
| Established | May 1, 1918 |
| President | Won,Yun Hi (원윤희·元允喜) |
|
Academic staff
|
1,120 (2015) |
|
Administrative staff
|
274 (2015) |
| Students | 11,855 (2015) |
| Undergraduates | 9,265 (2015) |
| Postgraduates | 2,590 (2015) |
| Address | 163 Seoulsiripdaero (90 Jeonnong-dong), Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-743 KOREA, Seoul, South Korea |
| Campus | Urban (66.87 acres) |
| Colors | Blue |
| Nickname | Siripdae (시립대·市立大) |
| Mascot | Hawk |
| Affiliations | Seoul Metropolitan Government |
| Website | uos.ac.kr |
| University of Seoul | |
| Hangul | |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 서울 |
| Revised Romanization | Seoul Sirip Daehakgyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏul Shirip Taehakkyo |
The University of Seoul (UOS) (Korean: 서울시립대학교) is a public university located in Seoul, Korea. It was founded as Kyung Sung Public Agricultural College in 1918 and renamed the University of Seoul in 1997. UOS is one of top 3 universities without medical school in Korea in 2012. According to 2015 report from The Times Higher Education, UOS ranked 7th among the all Korean universities and 49th among all the Asian universities. In another survey, UOS ranked 14th in the Asian midsize universities. UOS was reported the best value public university in Korea, with high financial investment and scholarship amount per student. Students' affinity to the school was ranked in the first place and students' satisfaction is in the second according to a 2010 survey. UOS is famous for a large number of alumni working as national or municipal government officials. UOS is specialized in College of Urban Science and has top-tier programs of environmental engineering, science in taxation, transportation engineering, urban planning and design, landscape architecture, and urban administration.
In 2012, the mayor of Seoul, Park Won-soon, implemented a campaign promise, "Half-priced tuition" as soon as he started his term. The half-priced tuition was initiated in UOS first so that it would drive other universities to decrease their tuition. In 2013, UOS tuition per semester ranged from $915 to $1,441 (two semesters a year, 1,117.3 won/$ in 2013). Because of high quality of education and low tuition of UOS, admission process has been more competitive. And student's satisfaction is still very high. In 2012, the registration rate of new students was very high (96%) and the withdrawal rate of students was extremely low (0.97%), compared with other universities in Seoul.
Because UOS students think that they take a lot of financial and educational benefits from the Seoul government, most of them participate in social works. Number of social work volunteers in 2012 was 3,105 and is expected to increase.
UOS is a public university funded and supported by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Seoul is the economic, political, and cultural center of Korea for about 600 years. Academic programs of UOS have been set to support necessities of the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Hence, UOS functions as a think-tank in formulating and supporting the major policy goals of the Seoul Metropolitan Governmant, along with basic research and education. UOS has a goal of becoming an international center for the urban sciences. UOS has a specialized college, College of Urban Science.
Because the Seoul Metropolitan Government supported 70% of an annual budget, UOS is one of the best value public universities. UOS has the lowest student-faculty ratio, the highest financial investment per student, and the highest rate of scholarship recipients in South Korea. In addition, most administrative staff in UOS are affiliated in the Seoul Metropolitan Government.
...
Wikipedia