Sogang University
서강대학교 | |
| Logo of Sogang University | |
| Motto | Obedire Veritati (Latin: Be obedient to the truth) [진리에 순종하라] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) |
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| Type | Private Catholic, Jesuit |
| Established | 1960 |
| President | Sohn, Byungdoo |
Academic staff | 325 |
| Undergraduates | 7,474 |
| Postgraduates | 3,121 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Albatross |
| Website | www.sogang.ac.kr/ |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 서강 대학교 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Seogang Daehakgyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏgang Taehakkyo |
Sogang University is one of the leading research and liberal arts universities in Seoul, South Korea. The university is a relatively new school, founded in 1960, and the only Jesuit institute of higher education in the country.[1]
History
Sogang started as a college in February 1960, Fr. Kenneth E. Killoren, S.J. being its first President. Sogang College opened its doors on April 1960 with six departments : Economics, English Language and Literature, History, Mathematics, Philosophy and Physics. The first classes began on the 18 of April, 1960 with 166 students.
On December 1969, Sogang became a full University consisting of Liberal Arts College with six departments, College of Science and Engineering with five departments and Commerce College with three departments. Sogang University now consists of 10 graduate schools, 7 colleges, and 24 departments, since the openning of the Psychology Department on December 2004.
According to the start of the Korean law school generation, the student-number of the department of law is increased by 40 to 100 in 2006, and the department of law in the college of social science is divided into the college of law in 2007.
University symbol
The cardinal color, which is also the university color, symbolizes love, the holy spirit, martyr, loyalty, and victory. The silver chevron comes from the first letter 'ㅅ' of 서강(Sogang), representing the intellect spirit of Sogang, and an Ivory tower. 'IHS' comes from the first letters of the Greek name Ιησους(ΙΗΣΟΥΣ) of Jesus and is also found on the seal of the Society of Jesus, the Catholic order that founded the university. The medieval crown stands for the Virgin and Trinity, meaning wisdom.
Academics
College of Humanities
Division of Humanities
- Korean Language & Literature l History l Philosophy l Religious Studies
Division of International Culture I - British & American Language & Literature l British & American Cultures
Division of International Culture II - German Language & Literature l French Culture l Chinese Culture
College of Social Science
Division of Social Sciences
- Sociology l Political Science l Psychology
College of Law
Law
College of Communication
Mass Communications
College of Natural Science
Mathematics l Physics l Chemistry l Life Science
College of Engineering
Division of Computer Science, Electronics
- Computer Science l Electronic Engineering
Division of Chemical, Mechanical Engineering - Chemical Engineering l Mechanical Engineering
College of Economics
Economics
College of Business Administration
Business Administration
College of General Education
General Education Elective Courseㅣ
Interdisciplinary Programs
Korean Studiesㅣ Women's Studiesㅣ PRTㅣ PEPㅣ Media Engineeringㅣ Sports Managementㅣ Science of Education l Japanese Studies
Special Elective Programs
Teacher training Programㅣ Psychology Minorㅣ
Core Educational Courses
Core Educational Coursesㅣ
External links
- Sogang University official Web site (in English)
- Sogang University official Web site (in Korean)
- Sogang University - Graduate School of International Studies official GSIS Web site (in English)
- Loyola Library, Sogang University Main Library of Sogang University
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sogang University