Sahmyook University

Sahmyook University
삼육대학교
Servants of Truth and Love
Former names
Euimyung College (1906-1951)
Mottoprudentia, animus, corpus corporis (Latin)
지(知), 영(靈), 체(體)
Motto in English
Mind, Spirit, Body
TypePrivate
Established1906; 118 years ago (1906)
Religious affiliation
Seventh-day Adventist Church
ChancellorChun Gwang Hwang
PresidentSung Ik Kim
Location,
37°38′36″N 127°06′21″E / 37.6434°N 127.1058°E / 37.6434; 127.1058
CampusUrban, 302 ha (3 km2)
ColorsRoyal Blue  
Websitewww.syu.ac.kr or www.syu.ac.kr/web/eng/ (English)
Korean name
Hangul
삼육대학교
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSamyuk Daehakgyo
McCune–ReischauerSamyuk Taehakkyo

Sahmyook University (Korean: 삼육대학교, Hanja: 三育大學校) is a private, Christian, coeducational university located in Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Sahmyook University is part of a worldwide network of Seventh-day Adventist institutions of higher education.

The school was founded in 1906 as Euimyung College in Sunahn, Pyeongan-namdo in what would become today's North Korea. It is today the largest university owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.[1]

As of 2016, the university had 6 colleges, including the College of Theology, Humanities & Social Science and Health Science & Social Welfare in addition to 4 graduate schools.

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