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Soongsil University (SSU) is the first modern university in Korea, dating its history back to 1897. It was founded under the Christian missionary William M. Baird. The campus is located in 369 Sangdo-ro,
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History

Soongsil University was founded on October 10, 1897, in
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as a private school by William M. Baird, a missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions. In 1900 the school was developed into an official 4-year junior high school. In October 1901 the school was named ''Soongsil Hakdang'' (, Soongsil Academy). The name ''Soongsil'' roughly means "Revering od( ''soong'') with Truth and Integrity ( ''sil'')". In 1905 the academy established courses for students. In 1906 the academy again was permitted by Presbyterian and Methodist missionary bodies to establish a university department. The academy was called Union Christian College (합성숭실대학), which was later authorized as a university by the Korean government in 1907. In 1925 the school was forcibly reduced to a 4-year technical school of humanities named (崇實專門學校, pronounced ''Sūjitsu Senmon Gakkō'' in Japanese). On March 4, 1938 the school closed itself in order to protest against the enforcement of
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worship. In August 1945 Korea was liberated from Japanese colonialism, but the effort to restore the Soongsil College did not succeed until after the end of the
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. In April 1954 Soongsil College was reestablished in South Korea and in June 1957 it moved to the present-day Sangdo-dong Campus. In 1971 the College was merged with Daejun College (, not to be confused with present-day
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) into Soongjun College (). In December 1971 the College acquired a university status. In December 1982, the Daejeon Campus of Soongjun University was separated and renamed
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. In November 1986, Soongjun University was renamed Soongsil University.


Reputation

Soongsil is a private Christian University located in the heart of Seoul. It has a low acceptance rate and a high admission barrier. Students must reach within 5~7% in the Korean SAT to be accepted into the most competitive majors such as business and global commerce. Soongsil's IT, economics, business, and social welfare majors are considered especially strong. Its business school has the 10th biggest number of alumni with CPAs. Its computer science field, which Soongsil was a pioneer in Korea, is currently ranked second after Seoul National University. This gives the graduates a much better opportunity to land a job at the biggest IT giants such as Samsung, Google, and LG. The social welfare program at Soongsil University has a high reputation in Korea as a leading institution of social work education, retaining an unchanged high ranking in social work education evaluation for decades. According to a ranking made by ''
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'', a Korean newspaper, it regularly ranks within the top 20 best universities.


International students

Soongsil University is home to a large community of foreign students, partly due to its "Vision 2020" plan, which aims to substantially increase its foreign clientele. The university is surrounded by bars, karaoke, and restaurants, the gathering place of the international community is located at the "C-Bomb" bar. An alcoholic beverage, the Taximansi (contraction of "taxi" and "calamansi") created by a foreign student is now a symbol of Soongsil's student culture. Foreign students are welcomed by "SISO" (Soongsil International Student Organization) a student organization aimed at helping foreigners throughout their stay. Soongsil students who volunteer as members of SISO are selected through a vigorous vetting process.


Undergraduate schools

* College of Humanities * College of Natural Sciences * College of Law * College of Social Sciences * College of Economics & Global Commerce * College of Business Administration * College of Engineering * College of Information Technology * Baird University College (College of Core & Specialized Education) * School of Finance


Graduate schools

* General Graduate School * Special Graduate Schools ** Graduate School of Industry ** Graduate School of Small Business ** Graduate School of Information Sciences ** Graduate School of Labor & Industrial Relations ** Graduate School of Social Welfare ** Graduate School of Education ** Graduate School of Christian Studies ** Graduate School of Global Business


Institutes

* Library and Center for Academic Information * The Korean Christian Museum * Educational Institutes ** Continuing Education Institute ** Soongsil Language Institute ** Youth Education Institute * Research Institutes ** Institute of Korean
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** Institute of Humanities ** Institute of Future Technology ** Institute of Legal Studies ** Institute of Natural Sciences ** Institute for Business & Economic Strategies ** Center for Computer-Aided Molecular Design Research ** Institute of Social Sciences ** Institute of Information and Media Technology ** Project Management Center ** Center for Small & Medium Business Industrial and Academic Cooperation ** Institute of High-Tech IT Convergence ** Institute for the Gifted & Talented ** Business Institute of Information Science ** Institute of Korea Lifelong Education & HRD ** Center for Regional Innovation ** Institute of Management Innovation and Evaluation ** Institute of Social Welfare ** Institute of Underwater Acoustic Communication ** Institute of Korean Traditional Literature and Art ** Center for Ubiquitous Network Research ** Center for Electronic Microsystem Packaging ** Center for University & Industrial Cooperative IT Training and Education ** Institute of Cultural Content Technology ** IT Center for Sensory Research ** Institute of Cultural Missionary Work ** Institute of Small Business Creation and Management ** Institute of Artificial Intelligence Robot Development ** Soongsil Institute of Christian Counsels ** Institute of Industrial Economics Research


Notable people

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Park Won-sang Park Won-sang (; born January 20, 1970) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Film Television Web series Theater Ambassadorship *Ambassador for 1st Democratization Movement Memorial Park Joint Memorial Cultural Festival (2022) Refe ...
, actor *
Park Joo-Ho Park Joo-ho (; or ; born 16 January 1987) is a South Korean former football player who usually played defender. A versatile player, he primarily played left-back but also in the midfield as a defensive or wide midfielder. Early life Park at ...
, footballer *
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, commentator


References


External links


Official Website

Official Website
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