Sungkyunkwan University

For the former Confucian academy, see Sungkyunkwan. For the subway station by the Natural Sciences Campus, see Sungkyunkwan University Station. For the university in North Korea, see Koryo Songgyungwan University.
Sungkyunkwan University
成均館大學校
성균관대학교[1]
Motto
仁義禮智
인의예지
Motto in English
Humanity, Righteousness, Propriety, Wisdom[2]
TypePrivate
Established1398; 626 years ago (1398). Given college status in 1946.[3]
PresidentYoo Ji-Beom
Academic staff
3,704 (1,525 full-time)[4]
Students34,441[5]
Undergraduates25,049
Postgraduates9,392
Location
Seoul (Humanities and Social Sciences Campus), Suwon (Natural Sciences Campus)
,
South Korea

37°35′14″N 126°59′39″E / 37.58722°N 126.99417°E / 37.58722; 126.99417
CampusUrban
Colors  Blue
  Lime Green
  Orange
  Dark Green
MascotGinkgo
Websitewww.skku.edu
Korean name
Hangul
성균관대학교
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeonggyungwan Daehakgyo
McCune–ReischauerSŏnggyun'gwan Taehakkyo

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU or Seongdae, Korean: 성균관대학교; Hanja: 成均館大學校) is a private research university with campuses in Seoul and Suwon, South Korea.

The institution traces its origins to the historic Sungkyunkwan founded in 1398 in central Seoul.[6] As the foremost educational institution during the Joseon period, it was governed by the great code of the state administration[7] with royal assent.[8] By a resolution of the Progressive Intellectuals and Confucian scholars, it was restructured as a comprehensive university in the mid-20th century, and has since greatly expanded its academic offerings.

  1. ^ Abbreviations of Sungkyunkwan University in Korean: 성대(成大; Seongdae). English: SKKU
  2. ^ "교시/건학이념" (in Korean). Sungkyunkwan University. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  3. ^ "History". University of Sungkyunkwan. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  4. ^ "대학소개>대학현황>현황" (in Korean). Sungkyunkwan University. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  5. ^ 대학소개>대학현황>현황
  6. ^ [1] SKKU Official Brochure 2013
  7. ^ [2] Gyeongguk Daejeon, the great code
  8. ^ [3] Sungkyunkwan in the code of Gyeongguk Daejeon