Sungkonghoe University

Sungkonghoe University
성공회대학교
Former names	St. Michael Theological School
Motto	열림, 섬김, 나눔
Motto in English	Openness, Service, Sharing
Type	Private
Established	1914 (Saint Michael's Theological School); 1994 (reorganized as a comprehensive university)
Affiliation	Anglican
President	Ki Seok Kim
Administrative staff	287
Undergraduates	3,090
Postgraduates	447
Location	Guro, Seoul, South Korea
Campus	39,431 m2 (424,430 sq ft)
Website	www.skhu.ac.kr
Korean name
Hangul	성공회대학교
Hanja	聖公會大學校
Revised Romanization	Seonggonghoe Daehakgyo
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏnggonghoe Taehakkyo

Sungkonghoe University is a private university in Seoul, South Korea. It was originally founded in 1914 by the Anglican Communion 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.

April 1914 - School opens under the name of St. Michael's Theological School in Ganghwa, Incheon.
May 1921 - Moves from Ganghwa to Incheon.
March 1940 - Political oppression results in forced closure of the Shrine by Japanese police.
April 1952 - School moves from Incheon to Cheongju.

Development (1961–1994)

September 1961 - Moves to Hangdong, Guro, Seoul (present location).
March 1982 - reorganizes as Cheonsin Theological seminary (four-year course of studies).
March 1988 - Department of Social Welfare established.
February 1992 - Permission granted to raise status to Sungkonghoe Theological Seminary.

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.

September 1994 - Name changed from Sungkonghoe Theological Seminary to Sungkonghoe University.
March 1996 - Department of Journalism and Broadcasting / Graduate School of Theology established
November 1999 - General Graduate School / Graduate School of Education established.
April 2000 - pro-democracy movement Library opened.
April 2003 - school fence removed.
October 2010 - Theological building construction complete.
April 2014 - Centennial(100th anniversary) ceremony / academic symposium held.
April 2019 - Dormitory ‘The Sup’ opened.
March 2022 - Establishment of new majors of Artificial intelligence and Applied big data

Academics

Undergraduate

With a liberal arts college model, students are free to choose their own majors once they enter the undergraduate program.

College of Social Sciences (Majors - Sociology, Political science and international relations, Economics, Social Welfare)
College of Business administration
College of Humanities
College of Media and Content
College of Future convergence (Majors - Artificial Intelligence, Applied Big data)
College of Information Technology

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, Philosopher
Lee Jae-joung, Theologian, Member of Parliament, Minister of Unification, Superintendent of Education(Gyeonggi-do)
Cho Hee-yeon, Sociologist, Superintendent of Education(Seoul)
Jung Hae-Gu, Political scientist, Chairperson of the National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Kim Dong-choon, Sociologist
KIM Soohaeng, Economist
Nam In-soon, Member of Parliament
Mohiuddin Ahmad, writer and researcher, taught at the university.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "교육이념" [The ideals of education]. Sungkonghoe University (in Korean). Retrieved March 18, 2014.
^ 'আমার তথ্যগুলো তাদের বর্তমান নষ্ট করে দিচ্ছে'. BBC News (in Bengali). 30 August 2017.
^ Ahmad, Mohiuddin (14 March 2007). "Why should we pay back odious and illegitimate debts?". CADTM.

External links

[1] "교육이념" [The ideals of education]. Sungkonghoe University (in Korean). Retrieved March 18, 2014.

[2] 'আমার তথ্যগুলো তাদের বর্তমান নষ্ট করে দিচ্ছে'. BBC News (in Bengali). 30 August 2017.

[3] Ahmad, Mohiuddin (14 March 2007). "Why should we pay back odious and illegitimate debts?". CADTM.

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