Sookmyung Women's University

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Sookmyung Women's University

숙명여자대학교
Motto	Modesty, Wisdom, and Justice 정숙•현명•정대 (貞淑•賢明•正大)
Type	Private
Established	May 22, 1906; 118 years ago (1906-05-22) as Myeongshin Girls' School, renamed to Sookmyung Women's College on December 1, 1909, re-established as a university on May 22, 1948; 76 years ago (1948-05-22)
President	JungAi Kang
Academic staff	460 (2018)
Students	10,492 (2018)
Undergraduates	2,209 (2018)
Location	Yongsan , Seoul , South Korea
Campus	Urban
Mascot	Nunsong-i (Snowflake)
Website	www.sookmyung.ac.kr

Sookmyung Women's University (Korean: 숙명여자대학교) is a private women's research university in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1906, Sookmyung is Korea’s first royal private educational institution for women. Sookmyung is one of the world's largest female educational institutes. The university's name is derived from the Hanja characters of sook and Myung, which mean "elegant" and "bright" respectively.