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Sungkonghoe University
Private university in Seoul, South Korea
Sungkonghoe University is a private university in Seoul, South Korea. It was originally founded in 1914 by an Anglican Communion and became a comprehensive university in 1994.
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성공회대학교 | |
Former names | St. Michael Theological School |
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Motto | 열림, 섬김, 나눔[1] |
Motto in English | Openness, Service, Sharing |
Type | Private |
Established | 1914 (Saint Michael's Theological School) 1994 (reorganized as a comprehensive university) |
Affiliation | Anglican |
President | Ki Seok Kim |
Administrative staff | 287 |
Undergraduates | 3,090 |
Postgraduates | 447 |
Location | , , South Korea |
Campus | 39,431 m2 (424,430 sq ft) |
Website | www |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 성공회대학교 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Seonggonghoe Daehakgyo |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏnggonghoe Taehakkyo |
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Origins (1914–1960)
St. Michael's Seminary was founded in 1914 laying the groundwork for what would become, in 1994, Sungkonghoe University. The current rector is the Rev. KwonSeok Yang, an Anglican priest and a theologian.
Development (1961–1994)
Expansion (1994–present)
The school has been an active member of CUAC (Colleges and Universities of Anglican Communion) since it joined in 1995. In 1999 it became a member of the Democracy Consortium of Universities with Sang-ji University and Han-shin University in 1999.
- September 1994 - Name changed from Sungkonghoe Theological Seminary to Sungkonghoe University.
- March 1996 - Department of Journalism and Broadcasting / Graduate School of Theology established
- November 1999 - General Graduate School / Graduate School of Education established.
- April 2000 - pro-democracy movement Library opened.
- April 2003 - school fence removed.
- October 2010 - Theological building construction complete.
- April 2014 - Centennial(100th anniversary) ceremony / academic symposium held.
- April 2019 - Dormitory ‘The Sup’ opened.
- September 2021 - Major of Artificial Intelligence
Undergraduate
- College of Social Sciences (Majors - Political science, Economics, Sociology, Social Welfare, Business administration)
- College of Humanities
- College of Media and Digital Content
- College of Information Technology Engineering
- College of General education
Postgraduate
- Graduate School of Social Sciences
- Graduate School of Theology
- Graduate School of Education
- Graduate School of Social Welfare
- Graduate School of Peace and Civil society
- Graduate School of Culture and Communications
- Graduate School of Social and Solidarity Economy
Research centers
- Institute for East Asian Studies (EAI)
- Democracy and Social Movements Institute (DaSM)
- Research Center for Social Enterprise
- Shin Youngbok, Philosopher
- Lee Jae-joung, Theologian, Member of Parliament, Minister of Unification, Superintendent of Education(Gyeonggi-do)
- Cho Hee-yeon, Sociologist, Superintendent of Education(Seoul)
- Jung Hae-Gu, Political scientist, Chairperson of the National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Kim Dong-choon, Sociologist
- KIM Soohaeng, Economist
- Nam In-soon, Member of Parliament
- Mohiuddin Ahmad, writer and researcher, taught at the university.[2][3]
- 'আমার তথ্যগুলো তাদের বর্তমান নষ্ট করে দিচ্ছে'. BBC News (in Bengali). 30 August 2017.
- Ahmad, Mohiuddin (14 March 2007). "Why should we pay back odious and illegitimate debts?". CADTM.