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University of Seoul

Coordinates: 37°35′00″N 127°03′30″E / 37.583324°N 127.058387°E / 37.583324; 127.058387
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Not to be confused with Seoul National University.

University of Seoul
서울시립대학교
Motto진리·창조·봉사 (眞理·創造·奉仕)
Motto in English
Truth, Creation, Public Service
TypePublic
EstablishedMay 1, 1918; 106 years ago (1918-05-01)
PresidentWon Yong-kul
Academic staff
448 (2022)[1]
Administrative staff
265 (2022)[1]
Students11,613 (2022)[1]
Undergraduates8,674 (2022)[1]
Postgraduates2,939 (2022)[1]
Location
Seoul
,
South Korea
CampusUrban (66.87 acres)
Colors  Blue
NicknameSiripdae (시립대·市立大)
AffiliationsAALAU
MascotHawk
Websitewww.uos.ac.kr/en/ (in English)
www.uos.ac.kr Edit this at Wikidata (in Korean)
Korean name
Hangul
서울시립대학교
Hanja
서울市立大學校
Revised RomanizationSeoul Sirip Daehakgyo
McCune–ReischauerSŏul Sirip Taehakkyo

The University of Seoul (UOS; Korean: 서울시립대학교, lit. 'Municipal University of Seoul') is a municipal public university in Seoul, South Korea. UOS is famous in South Korea for a very large number of alumni working as national or municipal government officials in South Korea. UOS specializes in urban science and has top-tier programs in environmental engineering, taxation, transportation engineering, urban planning and design, landscape architecture, and urban administration.

UOS is a public university funded and supported by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Academic programs of UOS have been set to support the necessities of the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Hence, UOS functions as a think-tank in formulating and supporting the major policy goals of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, along with basic research and education. UOS has a goal of becoming an international center for the urban sciences.

History

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The University of Seoul was founded as Kyung Sung Public Agricultural College in 1918 and renamed as University of Seoul in 1987. In 2012, the mayor of Seoul, Park Won-soon, implemented a campaign promise, "Half-priced tuition" as soon as he started his term. The half-priced tuition was initiated in UOS first so that it would drive other universities to decrease their tuition. In 2013, UOS tuition per semester ranged from $915 to $1,441 (two semesters a year, 1,117.3 won/$ in 2013).[2] Because of high quality of education and low tuition of UOS, admission process has been more competitive.[3]

  • 1918 Founded as Kyung Sung Public Agricultural College
  • 1956 Promoted to four-year college and renamed Seoul Agricultural College
  • 1974 Reorganized as Seoul Industrial University
  • 1981 Renamed Seoul City University
  • 1987 Renamed as University of Seoul and promoted to comprehensive university (4 colleges and 22 departments)

Faculty and students

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Because the Seoul Metropolitan Government supported 70% of the annual budget, UOS is one of the best value public universities. UOS has the lowest student-faculty ratio, the highest financial investment per student, and the highest rate of scholarship recipients in South Korea. In addition, most administrative staff in UOS are affiliated with the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

Many UOS students think that they take a lot of financial and educational benefits from the Seoul government, so they feel obligated to participate in social work. Number of social work volunteers in 2012 was 3,105 and is expected to increase.[4][5]

Student satisfaction is relatively very high.[citation needed] In 2012, the registration rate of new students was very high (96%) and the withdrawal rate of students was extremely low (0.97%), compared with other universities in Seoul.[6]

Community outreach

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UOS has long been providing services for Seoul and the citizens of Seoul. In particular, UOS provides a diverse range of training programs for municipal officials, national government officials, and experts in the public sector. Since 1997, UOS has provided Seoul citizens with lifelong education at UOS Open University located near the Gwanghwa Gate in central Seoul. UOS Open University provides a broad range of education programs including languages, technologies, Seoul Study[clarification needed], and various cultural activities. UOS has vocational and educational programs for more than 5,000 Seoulites annually in the Continuing Education Center. The Social Welfare Center located on the main campus provides a wide range of social services for more than 100,000 senior citizens and disabled citizens a year.

Academics

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Colleges

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College of Public affairs and Economics

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  • Department of Public Administration
  • Department of International Relations
  • School of Economics
  • Department of Social Welfare
  • Department of Science in Taxation

College of Business Administration

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  • School of Business Administration

College of Engineering

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  • School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical and Information Engineering
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Department of Civil Engineering
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Department of Artificial Intelligence

College of Humanities

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  • Department of English Language and Literature
  • Department of Korea Language and Literature
  • Department of Korean History
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of Chinese Language and Culture

College of Natural Science

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  • Department of Environmental Horticulture
  • Department of Statistics
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Life Science
  • Department of Convergence and Applied Chemistry

College of Urban Science

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  • Department of Urban Administration
  • Department of Urban Sociology
  • Department of Architectural Engineering
  • Department of Architecture
  • Department of Urban Planning and Design
  • Department of Transportation Engineering
  • Department of Landscape Architecture
  • School of Environmental Engineering
  • Department of Geoinformatics

College of Arts and Physical Education

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  • Department of Design
  • Department of Environmental Sculpture
  • Department of Music
  • Department of Sports Sciences

College of Liberal Arts and Cross-Disciplinary Studies

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  • School of Liberal Studies
  • School of Cross-disciplinary Studies
  • School of Liberal Arts Education

Graduate school

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The Graduate School has 40 courses for master's degrees and 37 courses for doctoral degrees. In addition, there's specialized graduate schools as follows.

  • Graduate School of Science in Taxation
  • Graduate School of Design
  • University of Seoul Law School
  • Graduate School of Urban Sciences
  • Graduate School of Business Administration
  • Graduate School of Science and Technology
  • Graduate School of Education
  • International School of Urban Sciences
  • Graduate School of Urban Health

University of Seoul Law School

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University of Seoul Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of University of Seoul. Founded in 2009, it is one of the founding law schools in South Korea[7] and is one of the smaller schools with each class in the three-year J.D. program having approximately 50 students.

University rankings

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University rankings
JoongAng National[8] Domestic 9
QS National[9] General 30–31
THE National[10] General 22–27
QS Asia
(Asia version)[11]		 General 166
THE Asia
(Asia version)[12]		 General 251–300
USNWR Asia[13] General =283
QS World[14] General 951–1000
THE World[15] General 801–1000
USNWR World[16] General =913

In 2012, UOS was ranked as one of the top three among universities that do not have a medical school.[21] According to 2015 report from The Times Higher Education, UOS ranked 7th among all the Korean universities and 49th among all the Asian universities.[22][23] In another survey, UOS ranked 14th in the Asian midsize universities.[24] UOS was reported the best value public university in Korea,[25] with high financial investment and scholarship amount per student. Students' affinity to the school was ranked in the first place and students' satisfaction is in the second place according to a 2010 survey.[26]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "숫자로보는 UOS". University of Seoul. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. ^ "'반값등록금' 서울시립대, 2013년도 등록금 동결". 뉴스1. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ 서울시립대 수리논술 응시자 평균 31점 “논술 경쟁률 100대 1 … 어려워야 변별력"[usurped]
  4. ^ 서울시립대 반값 등록금 시행 1년… 학생 사회봉사 갑절로 늘었다
  5. ^ "한국해비타트 블로그 : 네이버 블로그". blog.naver.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  6. ^ "대학등록률 서울은 상승, 지방은 저조". OhmyNews. 5 February 2001. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Law School to Open in 2009". koreatimes. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  8. ^ "2023 JoongAng Ilbo University Rankings". JoongAng Ilbo. 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  9. ^ "QS University Rankings 2025". Top Universities. 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  10. ^ "THE University Rankings 2025 - South Korea". Times Higher Education (THE). 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  11. ^ "QS World University Rankings: Asia 2025". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2025. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Asia University Rankings 2024". Times Higher Education. 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  13. ^ U.S.News & World Report (2024). "2024-2025 Best Global Universities in Asia". Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  14. ^ "QS World University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  15. ^ "THE World University Rankings". Times Higher Education. 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  16. ^ U.S.News & World Report (2024). "2024-2025 Best Global Universities Rankings". Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  17. ^ U.S.News & World Report (2024). "Best Global Universities in South Korea". Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  18. ^ World University Rankings - 2023 (2024). "South Korea Universities in Top 500 universities". Academic Ranking of World Universities. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  19. ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities". Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  20. ^ "Young University Rankings 2024: South Korea". Times Higher Education (THE). 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  21. ^ "[2012 아시아 대학평가] 醫大없는 대학, 서강대·한국외대·서울시립대 등 강세". The Chosun Ilbo. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  22. ^ "성균관대·서울시립대·이대…아시아 대학 순위 '껑충'". 한국경제. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  23. ^ "미주중앙일보 - 미주 최대 한인 뉴스 미디어". news.koreadaily.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  24. ^ "[2014 아시아 대학평가] 醫大 없는 '强小大' 포스텍·서강대·한국외대 강세". The Chosun Ilbo. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  25. ^ "[2010 대학지속가능지수]'학업·소통·성장·교류' 대학생활 만족도 평균 48.6점 그쳐". Kyunghyang Shinmun. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  26. ^ 2010 대학지속가능지수 서울대생은 외로워
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