Sungkonghoe University is a private university in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...

, South Korea. It was originally founded in 1914 by an

Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Founded in 1867 in London, the communion has more than 85 million members within the Church of England and oth ...

and became a comprehensive university in 1994. It is one of the most progressive universities in South Korea with an academic mission dedicated to the promotion of human rights, democracy, and peace on the Korean peninsula. It is particularly respected in the research and education of social sciences.

History

Origins (1914–1960)

St. Michael's Seminary was founded in 1914 laying the groundwork for what would become, in 1994, Sungkonghoe University. The current rector is the Rev. KwonSeok Yang, an Anglican priest and a theologian.

Development (1961–1994)

Expansion (1994–present)

The school has been an active member of CUAC (Colleges and Universities of Anglican Communion) since it joined in 1995. In 1999 it became a member of the Democracy Consortium of Universities with Sang-ji University and Han-shin University in 1999.

Academics

Undergraduate

* College of Social Sciences (Majors - Political science, Economics, Sociology, Social Welfare, Business administration) * College of Humanities * College of Media and Digital Content * College of Information Technology Engineering * College of General education

Postgraduate

* Graduate School of Social Sciences * Graduate School of Theology * Graduate School of Education * Graduate School of Social Welfare * Graduate School of Peace and Civil society * Graduate School of Culture and Communications * Graduate School of Social and Solidarity Economy

Research centers

* Institute for East Asian Studies (EAI) * Democracy and Social Movements Institute (DaSM) * Research Center for Social Enterprise

Notable people

Shin Youngbok Shin may refer to: Biology * The front part of the human leg below the knee * Shinbone, the tibia, the larger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates Names * Shin (given name) (Katakana: シン, Hiragana: しん), a Japanese g ...

, Philosopher *

Lee Jae-joung Lee Jae-joung (born March 1, 1944) is the Unification Minister of South Korea. As head of the Ministry of Unification, Lee is tasked with working toward the reunification of Korea. Lee assumed the position of Minister for Unification, taking o ...

, Theologian, Member of Parliament, Minister of Unification, Superintendent of Education(Gyeonggi-do) *

Cho Hee-yeon Cho or CHO may refer to: People * Chief Happiness Officer Surnames * Cho (Korean surname), one romanization of the common Korean surname * Zhuo (), romanized Cho in Wade–Giles, Chinese surname * Cho, a Minnan romanization of the Chinese s ...

, Sociologist, Superintendent of Education(Seoul) *

Jung Hae-Gu Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philo ...

, Political scientist, Chairperson of the National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences. *

Kim Dong-choon Kim or KIM may refer to: Names * Kim (given name) * Kim (surname) ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnames ...

, Sociologist *

KIM Soohaeng Kim or KIM may refer to: Names * Kim (given name) * Kim (surname) ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese ...

, Economist * Nam In-soon, Member of Parliament * Mohiuddin Ahmad, writer and researcher, taught at the university.

References

External links

The Official websiteComprehensive Information SystemMain Library of SKHU
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