Seowon University

Seowon University
서원대학교
TypePrivate
Undergraduates6825
Postgraduates168
Location,
South Korea
WebsiteSWU

Seowon University (Acronym: SWU, Korean서원대학교; RRSeowon Daehakgyo, colloquially Seowondae) is a four-year private university located in Cheongju, North Chungcheong, South Korea. It was established in 1968 and was also called Cheongju College of Education by its old name.

It is a medium-sized university with 6,825 undergraduate and 168 graduate students. It comprises six undergraduate colleges and two graduate schools. The undergraduate colleges are made up of nine faculties, twenty-five departments, and twenty-three majors. The graduate schools are composed of twenty-seven departments and fifteen majors.[1]

It maintains sisterhood relationships with forty-seven universities in fifteen countries: Canada, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Russia, United States, Italy, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Vietnam, and Ukraine. This sisterhood relationship is provided to Seowon University students for exchange student programs and field trips.[2]

  1. ^ "History". Seowon University (in Korean). Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  2. ^ "Exchange Universities and Institutions". Seowon University International Exchange Center (in Korean). Retrieved December 1, 2020.