세종대학교 | |
 Authority mark of Sejong University | |
| Motto | Creativitas Servitium
to maintain a campus environment that fosters diversity and a global outlook; to apply new knowledge and ideas to the development of the wider Sejong community and society. |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1940 |
| Chairman | Choi Semo |
| President | Eom Jong-Hwa |
Academic staff | 375 |
| Students | 16,634 |
| Location | , South Korea 37°33′03″N 127°04′26″E / 37.55083°N 127.07389°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Sejong crimson red |
| Nickname | SJU |
| Website | http://www.sejong.ac.kr |
| Sejong University | |
| Hangul | 세종대학교 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Sejong Daehakgyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sejong Taehakkyo |
Sejong University (SJU; Korean: 세종대학교; Hanja: 世宗大學校; RR: Sejong Daehakgyo) is a private university located in Seoul, South Korea known for its standing in hospitality and tourism management, dancing, animation and rhythmic gymnastics. Founded as the Kyung Sung Humanities Institute, it was renamed in 1978 to its present name in honor of Sejong the Great, the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty and overseer of the creation of the Korean alphabet Hangul.
Sejong University has nine colleges: College of Liberal Arts, College of Social Sciences, College of Business Administration, College of Hospitality and Tourism Management, College of Natural Sciences, College of Life Sciences, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, College of Engineering, and College of Arts and Physical Education, and has a Faculty of General Education and seven graduate schools.