Catholic University of Korea

The Catholic University of Korea (CUK, Korean: 가톨릭대학교) is a private Roman Catholic university operating in Seoul and in the neighbouring city of Bucheon in Gyeonggi province, South Korea, tracing its origin to Saint Joseph's Seminary founded at Baeron in 1855.韩国加图立大学（英文 The Catholic University of Korea，缩写 CUK，韩文 가톨릭대학교）是韩国首尔与京畿道富川市办学的私立天主教大学，其源头可上溯至 1855 年在培论创办的圣若瑟修院。

Its predecessor is regarded as Korea's first Western-style institution of higher education, opened before Christianity was legalised, and the university today remains an institution of the Catholic Church in Korea.该校前身被视为韩国最早的西式高等教育机构，创办时基督教尚未合法化；学校至今仍是韩国天主教会的教育机构。

As of 1 April 2024 the university registered 11,072 students across its three campuses, with a further 3,029 in its graduate schools and a faculty of 1,285, and the QS World University Rankings 2027 place it at 652nd in the world.截至 2024 年 4 月 1 日，学校三个校区共有注册学生 11,072 人，研究生院另有 3,029 人，专任教师 1,285 人；2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将其列为世界第 652 位。

History

• Catholicism reached Korea in the late eighteenth century, when Silhak scholars of the late Joseon period studied the Western learning called Seohak and formed communities of faith.天主教于 18 世纪后期传入朝鲜，当时朝鲜后期的实学者研究被称为「西学」的天主教并组成信仰团体。

• Despite repeated persecution, in 1836 the community sent three boys, Andrew Kim Taegon, Choe Yang-eop and Choe Bang-ji-geo, to study at Macau.尽管屡遭迫害，教会团体仍在 1836 年选送金大建、崔良业与崔方济三名少年前往澳门求学。

• Andrew Kim Taegon was ordained a priest at Shanghai in 1845 and was martyred the following year, becoming Korea's first native Catholic priest and a founding figure of the later seminary.金大建于 1845 年在上海晋铎，翌年殉道，成为韩国首位本土天主教司铎，也是日后修院的奠基性人物。

• In 1854 three more boys were sent to study at Penang on the Malay peninsula while efforts to train clergy and teach a Western curriculum began in several places.1854 年又选送三名少年前往马来半岛的槟城求学，同时各地开始培养圣职人员并教授西式课程。

• In 1855 a seminary dedicated to Saint Joseph was founded at Baeron in Jecheon, North Chungcheong province, under the priest Joseph Ambroise Maistre, and it taught Chinese, Latin, philosophy and theology.1855 年，一所奉圣若瑟为主保的修院在忠清北道堤川培论成立，由梅斯特神父主持，教授汉文、拉丁文、哲学与神学。

• This school is the origin of the present Catholic University, making the institution more than 170 years old by the mid-2020s.这所学校即今加图立大学的前身，到 2020 年代中期该校已有 170 多年历史。

• In March 1887 the seminary moved to Yongsan district in Seoul and was renamed the Seminary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.1887 年 3 月，修院迁至首尔龙山区，并改名为耶稣圣心修院。

• In May 1936 Saint Mary's Hospital opened in Jeodong, Jung-gu, Seoul, beginning the university's long association with Catholic medicine.1936 年 5 月，圣母女医院在首尔中区苴洞开业，开启了该校与天主教医疗事业的长期渊源。

• In April 1947 the seminary was authorised to become Songsin College, elevating it to degree-granting higher education.1947 年 4 月，修院获准升格为圣神大学（Songsin College），成为可授予学位的高等教育机构。

• In May 1954 a medical school was added to Songsin College, and the College of Medicine dates its history from that year.1954 年 5 月，圣神大学增设医学部，其医学院的历史即自该年算起。

• In February 1959 the college was renamed Catholic College, and in December 1961 a new Saint Mary's Hospital was built in Myeongdong, Seoul.1959 年 2 月，学校获准改名为天主教大学（Catholic College）；1961 年 12 月，新的圣母女医院在首尔明洞落成。

• In January 1964 Songsim Women's College was founded at Chuncheon, and in March 1982 its Chuncheon campus was closed and consolidated into the present Bucheon site.1964 年 1 月，圣心女子大学在春川成立；1982 年 3 月，其春川校址关闭并并入今富川校址。

• In March 1995 the two colleges were merged into the single Catholic University of Korea, creating the institution as it exists today.1995 年 3 月，两校合并成立统一的韩国加图立大学，形成今日的学校建制。

• In May 2005 the university held events marking its 150th anniversary, and in March 2009 Seoul Saint Mary's Hospital opened as its flagship medical centre.2005 年 5 月，学校举办建校 150 周年纪念活动；2009 年 3 月，首尔圣母女医院作为其标志性医疗中心开业。

• In October 2010 the university founded its College of Pharmacy, and in March 2012 it established the College of Liberal Arts for first-year students.2010 年 10 月，学校设立药学院；2012 年 3 月设立负责一年级通识教育的学部学院（College of Liberal Arts）。

• In March 2018 the university founded its Startup College, in February 2019 it won approval for a Graduate School of Canon Law, and in September 2021 it built a cluster of advanced disciplines.2018 年 3 月学校设立创业学院，2019 年 2 月获准设立教会法学院，2021 年 9 月建成前沿学科集群。

• In May 2022 the university opened the Andrea Hall and Omnibus Park, and in September 2022 it declared a carbon-neutrality commitment.2022 年 5 月，学校启用安德烈馆与 Omnibus Park；2022 年 9 月发表碳中和宣言。

• In February 2023 the university helped launch CU12, a shared liberal-arts platform of Korean Catholic universities, and in 2025 it marked its 170th anniversary with a public talk concert.2023 年 2 月，学校参与发起韩国天主教高校共享通识教育平台 CU12；2025 年以公开讲座音乐会纪念建校 170 周年。

• The institution's earliest teaching was missionary in character, preparing priests for a church that was still illegal in Joseon Korea and training them in Latin and theology.学校最早的教学带有传教性质，为当时在朝鲜仍属非法的天主教会培养司铎，并以拉丁文与神学训练他们。

Academics

• The Catholic University of Korea offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in Catholic theology, the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, medicine, nursing, pharmacy and engineering.韩国加图立大学在天主教神学、人文、社会科学、自然科学、医学、护理、药学与工程等领域授予学士、硕士与博士学位。

• Its constituent colleges include theology, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, the College of Medicine, the College of Nursing, the College of Pharmacy and the College of Liberal Arts.学校下设神学、人文、社会科学、自然科学、工学等学院，以及医学院、护理学院、药学院与学部学院。

• The College of Medicine, established in 1954, is one of the most prestigious medical schools in South Korea and anchors the university's clinical and research reputation.创建于 1954 年的医学院是韩国最具声望的医学院之一，也是学校临床与科研声誉的支柱。

• The university runs the largest medical network in Korea, comprising the College of Medicine, the College of Nursing and eight affiliated hospitals in major cities including Seoul.学校拥有韩国规模最大的医疗网络，由医学院、护理学院以及分布在包括首尔在内的主要城市的 8 所附属医院组成。

• Seoul Saint Mary's Hospital, opened on 30 April 2009, has 1,355 beds including 110 intensive-care beds and serves as the flagship of the Catholic Medical Centre.2009 年 4 月 30 日开业的首尔圣母女医院设有 1,355 张病床（含重症监护病床 110 张），是天主教中央医疗中心的旗舰医院。

• In the 2024 statistics the university registered 8,714 students on its campuses, with the Songsim Campus in Bucheon accounting for 7,566 of them.按 2024 年统计，学校各校区注册学生共 8,714 人，其中富川的圣心校区占 7,566 人。

• The graduate schools enrolled 2,692 registered students, among them 1,492 in the general graduate school and 1,200 in special graduate schools.研究生院注册学生 2,692 人，其中普通研究生院 1,492 人、专门研究生院 1,200 人。

• The faculty of 1,285 in 2024 comprised 741 professors, 231 associate professors and 313 assistant professors, supported by 348 administrative and technical staff.2024 年专任教师 1,285 人，其中教授 741 人、副教授 231 人、助理教授 313 人，另有行政与技术职员 348 人。

• The Catholic Education Foundation, the university's founding body, traces its chairmanship to Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan.作为学校创办机构的韩国天主教教育财团，其首任理事长由金寿焕枢机担任。

• The university's medical school was founded in 1954 and its teaching hospital network gives students clinical training from the earliest clinical years.学校医学院创建于 1954 年，其教学医院网络使学生从最早的临床学年起即接受临床训练。

• The Graduate School of Canon Law, approved in 2019, is one of the few such faculties in East Asia and reflects the university's Catholic identity.2019 年获准设立的教会法学院是东亚地区少有的同类学院，体现了学校的公教身份。

• The College of Pharmacy, founded in 2010, added pharmaceutical sciences to the university's medical and life-science portfolio.2010 年设立的药学院，为学校的医学与生命科学学科群增添了药学门类。

• In 2021 the university built a cluster of advanced disciplines intended to link its medical, engineering and natural-science faculties.2021 年学校建成前沿学科集群，意在打通其医学、工学与自然科学各学院。

• The CU12 shared liberal-arts platform, launched in 2023, lets students take courses across several Korean Catholic universities.2023 年启动的 CU12 通识教育共享平台，使学生可在多所韩国天主教高校之间选课。

• The university accepts international students and reports a growing share of foreign enrolment, particularly in its medical, engineering and humanities programmes.学校招收国际学生，并称其外国学生比例不断上升，尤其是在医学、工学与人文学科。

• The theology faculty based at the Songsin Theological Campus in central Seoul trains Catholic clergy and religious-studies scholars.设于首尔市中心圣神神学校区的神学院，负责培养天主教圣职人员与宗教学者。

• The university library on the Songsim Global Campus serves the humanities and social-science faculties and holds the university's main printed collections.圣心校区图书馆服务人文与社会科学各学院，收藏学校主要的纸质馆藏。

• Beyond degree programmes the university runs continuing and lifelong education and a language institute that teaches Korean to international students.除学位项目之外，学校还开展继续与终身教育，并设有向国际学生教授韩国语的语言学院。

• Its medical and life-science faculties share laboratories with the eight affiliated hospitals, giving students access to clinical research facilities from their undergraduate years.其医学与生命科学学院与八所附属医院共用实验室，使学生从本科阶段起即可使用临床研究设施。

Campus

• The Catholic University of Korea operates three campuses in the Seoul Capital Area, all within the broader metropolitan region of the capital.韩国加图立大学的三个校区均位于首尔首都圈范围内。

• The Songsin Theological Campus in Hyehwa-dong in central Seoul houses the theology faculty and the seminary tradition from which the university grew.位于首尔市中心惠化洞的圣神神学校区，承载神学院以及孕育本校的修院传统。

• The Songeui Medical Campus in Banpo-dong, Seoul, houses the College of Medicine and the College of Nursing, together with Seoul Saint Mary's Hospital.位于首尔盘浦洞的圣医校区容纳医学院与护理学院，以及首尔圣母女医院。

• The Songsim Global Campus in Bucheon, Gyeonggi province, at 43 Jibong-ro, hosts most of the university's remaining departments and its largest student body.位于京畿道富川市智峰路 43 号的圣心校区，容纳学校其余大部分院系与规模最大的学生群体。

• Seoul Saint Mary's Hospital stands on the Songeui campus and, with 1,355 beds, is the university's principal clinical and research hospital.首尔圣母女医院坐落于圣医校区，设 1,355 张病床，是学校主要的临床与科研医院。

• The Andrea Hall, opened in May 2022, added 476 dormitory places to the existing Stefano Dormitory's 1,159, giving the university 1,635 residential places.2022 年 5 月启用的安德烈馆新增 476 个住宿床位，加上原有斯蒂芬诺宿舍的 1,159 个床位，学校共有 1,635 个住宿床位。

• The university's dormitories are organised to foster mutual respect and self-governance in a multicultural setting for students from distant areas and from overseas.学校宿舍以多元文化环境中的相互尊重与自治精神运行，面向远道学生与国际学生。

• The Songsim Campus in Bucheon lies in the western part of the Seoul metropolitan area, connected to central Seoul by suburban rail and subway.富川的圣心校区位于首尔都市圈的西部，经市郊铁路与地铁与首尔市中心相连。

• The Bucheon campus is the largest of the three and holds the university's general administration together with most of its non-medical faculties.富川校区是三个校区中最大的，除大部分非医学学院外，还设有学校的一般行政机构。

Reputation

• The QS World University Rankings 2027 place the Catholic University of Korea at 652nd in the world, the position under which this entry is catalogued.2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将韩国加图立大学列为世界第 652 位，本条目即按此名次收录。

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 put the university in the 501-550 band, a marked rise from the 601-800 band it held the previous year.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名把该校列入第 501-550 位，较其上一年度的第 601-800 位明显上升。

• The US News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 places the university 1,203rd in the world.2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名将该校列为世界第 1,203 位。

• The Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities of 2026 places the university in the 801-900 band of its main list.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜将该校列入第 801-900 位。

• The university's medical school, dating from 1954, is widely described as one of the most prestigious in South Korea, and its eight affiliated hospitals give it unusual clinical reach.创建于 1954 年的医学院普遍被视为韩国最具声望的医学院之一，其 8 所附属医院使学校拥有广泛而罕见的临床覆盖。

• In older national evaluations the university was ranked fourth in education and finance in the JoongAng Ilbo general evaluation of universities in 2014 and first in student-faculty ratio in 2010.在较早的国内评比中，学校于 2014 年《中央日报》大学综合评估的教育与金融领域列第 4，2010 年师生比列第 1。

• The university was ranked 89th in Asia in the 2010 QS Asian University Rankings and in the 400-500 band of the QS World University Rankings in 2016-17.学校在 2010 年 QS 亚洲大学排名中列亚洲第 89 位，并在 2016-17 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于第 400-500 位。

• OpenAlex records 59,165 works and 3,797,369 citations for the university, the machine-counted output behind its bibliometric profile.OpenAlex 记录该校成果数为 59,165 项、被引次数为 3,797,369 次，构成其文献计量画像的机器统计基础。

• No Nobel Prize, Turing Award or Fields Medal laureate is recorded among the university's alumni in the available material, so its reputation rests on its medical network and its Catholic intellectual tradition.在现有材料中，该校校友名录未记载诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主，其声誉因而建立在医疗网络与公教智识传统之上。

• Its medical network, spanning eight hospitals from Seoul to the provinces, is regularly cited as the largest of its kind among Korean universities.其横跨从首尔到各省八所医院的医疗网络，常被评为韩国高校中规模最大者。

• The strong demand for places in its medical college, together with the reach of its hospital network, places the university among the leading medical institutions of South Korea.其医学院入学竞争激烈，加之医院网络的覆盖，使学校位居韩国主要医学机构之列。

Student life

• The university's guiding motto is Ad Vitam et Veritatem, meaning toward life and truth, adopted as the expression of its educational direction.学校的精神校训为「Ad Vitam et Veritatem（向生命与真理）」，用以表达其办学方向。

• Its founding philosophy is expressed as respect for human dignity, the principle behind its Catholic education and pastoral care.学校的创校理念表述为「尊重人的尊严」，这也是其公教教育与牧灵关怀的原则。

• The university's Catholic identity shapes campus life, with Masses, retreats and chaplaincy services alongside its academic programme.学校的公教身份塑造了校园生活，除学业之外还有弥撒、避静与牧灵服务。

• The Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan Institute keeps the legacy of the university's most famous church figure alive through public programmes.以金寿焕枢机命名的金寿焕枢机研究所通过公开活动延续学校这位最著名教会人物的精神遗产。

• The dormitory system houses students from distant regions and from overseas, and the Andrea Hall added in 2022 expanded this multicultural residential community.宿舍体系接纳远道学生与国际学生，2022 年新增的安德烈馆扩大了这一多元文化住宿社区。

• The CU12 shared liberal-arts platform, launched in 2023, gives students access to courses and cultural activities across several Korean Catholic universities.2023 年启动的 CU12 通识共享平台，让学生可参与多所韩国天主教高校的课程与文化活动。

• The university declared a carbon-neutrality commitment in September 2022, one of the first Korean universities to do so as a campus-wide policy.学校于 2022 年 9 月发表碳中和宣言，是较早把碳中和作为全校政策的韩国大学之一。

• The 170th anniversary talk concert in 2025, given by the president and a fashion designer, is a recent example of the university's public cultural programming.2025 年由校长与一位时装设计师主讲的 170 周年讲座音乐会，是学校近期公共文化活动的例子。

• Students take part in volunteer and pastoral service rooted in the Catholic identity of the campus, alongside clubs for culture, sport and media.学生参与植根于校园公教身份的志愿服务与牧灵服务，此外还有文化、体育与媒体类社团。

• The campus ministry organises retreats, pilgrimages and service programmes rooted in the Catholic tradition of the university.校园牧灵机构组织避静、朝圣与服务项目，植根于学校的公教传统。

Notable people

• Joseph Ambroise Maistre, the priest who founded Saint Joseph's Seminary at Baeron in 1855, is regarded as the founder of the institution's educational lineage.1855 年在培论创办圣若瑟修院的梅斯特神父，被视为学校这一教育传承的创办人。

• Andrew Kim Taegon, ordained in 1845 and martyred in 1846 as Korea's first native Catholic priest, belongs to the missionary generation from which the seminary grew.1845 年晋铎、1846 年殉道的金大建是韩国首位本土天主教司铎，属于孕育该修院的传教世代。

• Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (1922-2009), Korea's first cardinal and a former Archbishop of Seoul, was educated in the institution's seminary tradition and chaired its education foundation.金寿焕枢机（1922—2009）是韩国首位枢机、前首尔总主教，在该校修院传统中受教，并出任其教育财团理事长。

• Yoo Ji-tae, the film actor, is among the university's best-known modern alumni and gives the institution a public cultural profile.电影演员刘智泰是该校最知名的现代校友之一，为学校带来公众文化影响力。

• Choi Jun-kyu became the university's ninth president in 2025 and set out its guiding motto and development goals in his inaugural year.崔俊圭于 2025 年出任学校第 9 任校长，并在就任当年提出学校的指导校训与发展目标。

• Won Jong-chul served as the university's seventh and eighth president from January 2017 to December 2024, overseeing its expansion of advanced disciplines.元钟哲自 2017 年 1 月至 2024 年 12 月担任学校第 7、第 8 任校长，主持了前沿学科的扩展。

• Kim Hyun-jung, a professor of the College of Medicine, was selected in 2025 among the thirty leading results in Korean health and medical research and development.医学院教授金贤贞于 2025 年入选韩国保健医疗研发三十项优秀成果。

• The university's medical faculty and its eight Saint Mary's hospitals have trained generations of Korean physicians and nurses, and several presidents and senior officials of Korean Catholic institutions passed through its schools.学校医学院与八所圣母女医院培养了一代又一代韩国医师与护士，韩国天主教界的多位负责人出身于其各学院。

• The university's College of Medicine has produced a large share of the country's physicians, and the Catholic Medical Centre network keeps its alumni in contact.学校医学院培养了国内相当比例的医师，天主教中央医疗中心网络则维系着校友之间的联系。

• Catholic clergy and religious sisters trained at its theology faculty serve parishes and institutions across South Korea.在其神学院受训的天主教圣职人员与修女，服务于韩国各地的堂区与机构。

• The university also runs a research portal and an international office that supports exchange students and visiting scholars each year.学校还运营研究门户，并设有国际事务办公室，每年支持交换生与访问学者。