Seoul National University

Seoul National University is a public national research university in Seoul, South Korea and was founded on 15 October 1946 as the first comprehensive university of the newly independent nation.首尔国立大学是韩国首尔的一所国立研究型大学，于 1946 年 10 月 15 日创立，是新独立国家的第一所综合性大学。

It is the flagship institution of South Korean higher education and forms the Seoul leg of the SKY alliance alongside Yonsei University and Korea University.它是韩国高等教育的旗舰学府，并与延世大学、高丽大学共同构成韩国 SKY 顶尖大学联盟。

The university educates about 29,000 students across sixteen colleges and five campuses and is consistently ranked first among universities in South Korea.该校在十六个学院与五个校区中培养学生约 29,000 人，并长期位居韩国大学排名首位。

History

• The roots of the university lie in the modern higher education system promoted by Emperor Gojong, including the Legal Training School and Hansung Normal School established in 1895.该校的根源可追溯至高宗皇帝推动的现代高等教育体系，包括 1895 年设立的法务训练学校与汉城师范学校。
• A Medical School was established in 1899 and schools of Agriculture, Commerce and Engineering followed in 1901 under the late Joseon reform agenda.1899 年设立医学院，随后在 1901 年又依朝鲜末年的改革方略设立了农、商、工等学校。
• Imperial Japan established Keijo Imperial University in 1924 in Seoul, which after liberation became part of the institutional basis for the new national university.日本殖民当局于 1924 年在首尔设立京城帝国大学，光复后它成为新国立大学的部分机构基础。
• Following the liberation of Korea in 1945, the United States Military Government issued Order Number 102 closing the former imperial university on 22 August 1946.1945 年韩国光复后，美国军事政府于 1946 年 8 月 22 日发布第 102 号命令，关闭了此前的帝国大学。
• On 15 October 1946 Seoul National University opened with nine colleges and one graduate school as the first national university of the Republic of Korea.1946 年 10 月 15 日，首尔国立大学以九个学院与一个研究生院正式开办，成为大韩民国的第一所国立大学。
• The Korean War broke out in June 1950 and the university operated a wartime campus in Busan from February 1951 to continue instruction.1950 年 6 月朝鲜战争爆发，该校自 1951 年 2 月起在釜山设立战时校区以维持教学。
• Between 1954 and 1962 the Minnesota Project provided 9,791,000 US dollars and sent 218 SNU professors to the United States for training.1954 至 1962 年间，明尼苏达项目提供了 9,791,000 美元，并送 218 名首尔大学教授赴美受训。
• The SNU Establishment Act was promulgated on 8 April 1970, giving the consolidated university a clear statutory foundation.1970 年 4 月 8 日颁布了《首尔大学设立令》，为合并后的大学提供了明确的法定基础。
• Mount Gwanak was selected as the site of the new main campus on 21 March 1970 and construction of the integrated campus began in 1971.1970 年 3 月 21 日选定冠岳山为新主校区所在地，并于 1971 年启动整合校区的建设。
• The university moved to the Gwanak campus on 21 January 1975 and the Central Library opened there on 15 May 1975.该校于 1975 年 1 月 21 日迁至冠岳校区，其中的中央图书馆于同年 5 月 15 日开放。
• The integration of the dispersed campuses was completed in 1980 with the relocation of the College of Engineering to Gwanak.随着工学院于 1980 年迁至冠岳，分散各处的校区整合工作宣告完成。
• The College of Liberal Arts was divided into the College of Fine Arts and the College of Music in 1953 as the university expanded its disciplines.1953 年，文学院分设为艺术学院与音乐学院，该校的学科版图得以扩展。
• In April 1960 six SNU students were killed in the April 19 Revolution, a turning point in South Korea's democratic development.1960 年 4 月，六名首尔大学学生在四一九革命中罹难，成为韩国民主发展的转折点。
• The SNU Alumni Association was established on 12 February 1969 to connect graduates across the country and abroad.1969 年 2 月 12 日，首尔大学校友会成立，以联系国内外的毕业校友。
• From the 1980s the university expanded its graduate and professional schools and deepened its research capacity after democratic normalisation.自 1980 年代起，该校在民主正常化之后扩展了研究生与专业学院，并深化了研究能力。
• The Siheung campus first phase was completed in October 2020, extending the university's footprint beyond the capital region.始兴校区一期工程于 2020 年 10 月竣工，使该校的版图拓展至首都圈以外。
• Over more than seven decades the university has grown from nine colleges into a comprehensive institution of sixteen colleges and numerous research centres.七十余年来，该校从九个学院发展为拥有十六个学院与众多研究中心的综合性学府。
• Founded in 1946 to produce the intellectual leaders of the new republic, SNU has supplied South Korea with a large share of its senior judges, diplomats, cabinet ministers, professors and newspaper editors, and its graduates lead many of the country's largest companies.首尔大学 1946 年创立，旨在为新生的共和国培养知识精英，至今为韩国输送了大量高级法官、外交官、内阁部长、大学教授与报纸主编，其毕业生还领导着该国众多最大的企业。
• SNU marks its anniversary on 15 October each year, recalling the 1946 opening of the national university.首尔大学每年于 10 月 15 日庆祝校庆，纪念 1946 年国立大学的创立。
• The Seoul National University Museum preserves archaeological and art collections that document Korean civilisation, and the university archives record the institutional history of its predecessor schools and of national higher education.首尔大学博物馆收藏记录韩国文明的考古与艺术藏品，而大学档案馆则保存其前身院校以及韩国高等教育的历史。
• During the 2000s the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences relocated from the Suwon campus to Gwanak, concentrating the university on fewer sites while keeping experimental farms.在 2000 年代，农业与生命科学学院由水原校区迁至冠岳校区，使该校集中于更少的校址，同时保留实验农场。
• In 2011 Seoul National University became a national university corporation, gaining greater administrative and financial autonomy from the Ministry of Education.2011 年，首尔大学改制为国立大学法人，从教育部获得更大的行政与财务自主权。
• SNU has been designated a flagship national university and takes part in the Brain Korea 21 programme, which funds graduate research across the country.首尔大学被指定为旗舰国立大学，并参与资助全国研究生科研的「21 世纪智慧韩国（BK21）」计划。

Academics

• Seoul National University comprises sixteen colleges, including the colleges of Humanities, Engineering, Medicine, Law, Business and Natural Sciences.首尔国立大学由十六个学院组成，包括人文学院、工学院、医学院、法学院、商学院与自然科学学院等。
• The university offers about eighty-nine undergraduate departments and a comparable array of graduate and professional programmes.该校设有约 89 个本科学系，以及数量相当的硕士、博士与专业学位项目。
• In the 2024 academic year SNU enrolled about 29,000 students and employed more than 6,000 faculty members.2024 学年，首尔国立大学在校学生约 29,000 人，并聘有教职员 6,000 余名。
• The Graduate School and numerous professional graduate schools cover law, business, public administration, international studies and environmental studies.研究生院及众多专业研究生院涵盖法学、商学、公共管理、国际研究与环境研究等领域。
• SNU is a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, the Association of East Asian Research Universities and the ASEAN University Network.首尔国立大学是环太平洋大学联盟、东亚研究型大学协会与东盟大学网络等组织的成员。
• The College of Medicine and the College of Dentistry are located on the Yeongeon medical campus in central Seoul near Seoul National University Hospital.医学院与牙医学院位于首尔市中心的莲建医学校区，毗邻首尔大学医院。
• The university operates the Seoul National University Library system, whose Central Library on the Gwanak campus holds millions of volumes.该校运营首尔大学图书馆系统，其中冠岳校区的中央图书馆藏书达数百万册。
• SNU runs the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and the Seoul National University Children's Hospital as major teaching hospitals.首尔国立大学运营盆唐医院与首尔大学儿童医院等重要的教学医院。
• The Center for RNA Research and other institute-based centres pursue frontier work in the life sciences and materials.RNA 研究中心及若干以研究所为基础的机构，在生命科学与材料领域开展前沿工作。
• SNU reports an annual research expenditure well into the hundreds of billions of won, supporting its national research leadership.首尔国立大学的年度研究支出达数千亿韩元量级，支撑其国内研究的领导地位。
• The university attracts students from across South Korea and from more than ninety countries through extensive international exchange agreements.通过广泛的国际交流协议，该校吸引了来自韩国各地及九十余个国家的学生。
• SNU maintains partnership agreements with leading universities around the world, including Peking University, Tsinghua University and Fudan University in China and the University of Tokyo in Japan.首尔国立大学与全球多所顶尖学府保持伙伴关系协议，包括中国的北京大学、清华大学与复旦大学，以及日本的东京大学。
• The Gwanak main campus hosts the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering and business colleges in a single forested setting.冠岳主校区在林木环绕的环境中，集中了人文、社会科学、自然科学、工程与商学等学院。
• Admission to SNU is among the most competitive in South Korea, based chiefly on the national college entrance examination, and its graduates are especially prominent in law, medicine, the civil service and the media.首尔国立大学的入学竞争在韩国最为激烈，主要以全国高考成绩为依据，其毕业生在法学、医学、公职与传媒界尤为突出。
• Through its graduate and postdoctoral training the university has produced a large share of South Korea's national scholarship, and its alumni hold leading posts in government, the judiciary, medicine, engineering and the media at home and abroad.通过研究生与博士后培养，该校贡献了韩国相当大比例的本国学术力量，其校友在国内外政府、司法、医学、工程与传媒等领域担任要职。
• Its sixteen colleges and schools span the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, agriculture and life sciences, business, education, fine arts, music, human ecology, liberal studies, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, veterinary medicine and law.其十六个学院涵盖人文、社会科学、自然科学、工学、农业与生命科学、商学、教育学、美术、音乐、人类生态、自由专业、医学、护理、药学、兽医学与法学等领域。
• The university offers about eighty-nine undergraduate departments and operates a general graduate school together with twelve professional graduate schools, including its schools of law, business and medicine.该校设有约 89 个本科学系，并运营一个普通研究生院以及包括法学、商学、医学在内的十二个专业研究生院。
• The Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies preserves the royal archives of the Joseon dynasty, including the Uigwe records inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World register.奎章阁韩国学研究院保存朝鲜王朝的皇家档案，其中包括被列入联合国教科文组织世界记忆名录的《朝鲜王朝仪轨》。
• SNU's Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology in Suwon, together with the Center for Nanoparticle Research, support work in nanotechnology and materials science.首尔大学设于水原的融合技术高等研究院，连同纳米粒子研究中心，支撑纳米技术与材料科学领域的研究。
• The university runs the Seoul National University Hospital, the Bundang Hospital and the Children's Hospital as its principal teaching hospitals.该校以首尔大学医院、盆唐医院与儿童医院作为其主要教学医院。
• The Gwanak campus covers about 8.7 square kilometres within Mount Gwanak park, and the university also operates the Yeongeon medical campus, the Pyeongchang campus in Gangwon and the Siheung campus.冠岳校区在冠岳山公园内占地约 8.7 平方公里，该校还运营莲建医学校区、江原道平昌校区与始兴校区。

Campus

• The Gwanak campus is the main campus, set against Mount Gwanak in southern Seoul and spanning a large wooded area of the capital.冠岳校区是主校区，背靠首尔南部的冠岳山，占地广阔并林木葱郁。
• The Yeongeon campus is the medical campus in central Seoul, home to the College of Medicine, College of Dentistry and the university hospital.莲建校区是位于首尔市中心的医学校区，设有医学院、牙医学院与大学医院。
• The Suwon campus, formerly the agricultural college site, supports the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and experimental farms.水原校区原为农学院所在地，现支撑农业与生命科学学院及其实验农场。
• The Pyeongchang campus in Gangwon Province hosts programmes in fields such as biotechnology and international agriculture.位于江原道的平昌校区，设有生物技术与国际农业等领域的相关项目。
• The Siheung campus south-west of Seoul provides space for emerging interdisciplinary and convergence research.位于首尔西南方向的始兴校区，为新兴的跨学科与融合研究提供空间。
• The Central Library on the Gwanak campus, opened in 1975, is one of the largest academic libraries in South Korea.冠岳校区的中央图书馆于 1975 年开放，是韩国规模最大的学术图书馆之一。
• The main campus coordinates are approximately 37.566 degrees north and 126.9784 degrees east, in the Gwanak district of Seoul.主校区坐标约为北纬 37.566 度、东经 126.9784 度，位于首尔冠岳区。
• Student residences, sports facilities and the museum of art are distributed across the Gwanak and medical campuses.学生宿舍、体育设施与艺术博物馆分布在校区之内，贯穿冠岳校区与医学校区。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Seoul National University placed 38th in the world and first in South Korea.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，首尔国立大学位列全球第 38 位，居韩国第一。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 placed SNU 56th in the world.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将首尔国立大学列为全球第 56 位。
• In the Academic Ranking of World Universities of 2026 the university was placed 87th in the world.在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中，该校位居全球第 87 位。
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026 to 2027 placed SNU 121st in the world.2026 至 2027 年版美国新闻与世界报道最佳全球大学排名将首尔国立大学列为全球第 121 位。
• SNU has been ranked first among South Korean universities in most major global rankings for several consecutive years, and it remains the country's most internationally recognised institution of higher education.在多年的多数主要全球排名中，首尔国立大学一直位居韩国大学之首，并且始终是韩国国际知名度最高的高等学府。
• The OpenAlex database attributes 278,609 works to the university with 26,448,524 citations, reflecting its national research dominance.OpenAlex 数据库为首尔国立大学收录 278,609 篇学术成果，被引 26,448,524 次，彰显其国内的研究主导力。
• SNU is a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities and consistently ranks among the top universities in Asia.首尔国立大学是环太平洋大学联盟成员，并长期位居亚洲顶尖大学之列。
• The QS Asia University Rankings have repeatedly placed SNU within the top ten universities in Asia.QS 亚洲大学排名多次将首尔国立大学列入亚洲前十。
• The university's law, engineering, natural sciences, medicine and business programmes are regularly ranked among the best in Asia, and its faculty includes members of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology.该校的法学、工程、自然科学、医学与商学等学科常年位居亚洲最佳之列，其教师队伍中包括韩国科学技术翰林院的院士。
• The university is a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities and takes part in the BESETOHA forum alongside Peking University, the University of Tokyo and Hanoi National University.该校是环太平洋大学联盟成员，并与北京大学、东京大学、河内国家大学共同参与 BESETOHA 论坛。
• SNU has long been regarded as the most prestigious university in South Korea, and competition for undergraduate admission is the most intense in the country.首尔大学长期被视为韩国最具声望的大学，其本科入学竞争在全国最为激烈。

Student life

• The motto of the university is Veritas lux mea, a Latin phrase meaning the truth is my light, adopted at its foundation as a statement of its commitment to scholarship.该校校训为拉丁文「Veritas lux mea」，意为「真理是我的光明」，创校时即以此表明对学术真理的追求。
• The SNU student body operates hundreds of clubs spanning arts, sports, religion, social service and academic societies, and each college maintains its own student council and annual festival traditions.首尔大学学生会运营着数百个社团，涵盖艺术、体育、宗教、社会服务与学术等领域，各学院还各自保有学生会与年度节庆传统。
• The university's anniversary on 15 October features ceremonies, concerts and reunions across the Gwanak campus.该校于 10 月 15 日的校庆日，在冠岳校区举办典礼、音乐会和校友聚会等活动。
• SNU students have played a prominent role in the country's modern history, including the April 19 Revolution of 1960.首尔大学学生在韩国现代史上扮演重要角色，包括 1960 年的四一九革命。
• The Gwanak campus provides student residences, a cultural centre, gymnasiums and sports fields within a forested mountain setting overlooking southern Seoul.冠岳校区在俯瞰首尔南部的山林环境中，为学生提供宿舍、文化中心、体育馆与运动场。
• The university supports a lively student press and literary culture, and its hundreds of registered student clubs, sports teams and annual festivals are organised across the Gwanak, Yeongeon and Pyeongchang campuses.该校支持活跃的学生新闻与文学文化，其数百个注册学生社团、体育队伍与年度节庆活动在冠岳、莲建与平昌等校区广泛开展。
• A large community of international students, including many from China and other parts of Asia, enriches campus life through global festivals, student societies and semester-long exchange programmes.包括众多中国及其他亚洲地区留学生在内的庞大国际学生群体，通过全球文化节、学生社团与为期一学期的交换项目丰富了校园生活。
• Traditional sporting contests with Korea University culminate each year in the Ko-SNU Friendship Games, a student festival of athletics, cheerleading and music held on the Gwanak campus.与高丽大学之间的传统体育竞赛，每年在冠岳校区以两校友谊运动会的形式达到高潮，这是一场集竞技、助威与音乐于一体的学生盛会。

Notable people

• Emperor Gojong promoted the modern higher education system in the 1890s whose schools became the institutional antecedents of the university.高宗皇帝在 1890 年代推动现代高等教育体系，其旗下学校成为该校的制度前身。
• Ban Ki-moon, an SNU alumnus in international relations, served as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2016.首尔国立大学国际关系专业校友潘基文，于 2007 至 2016 年担任第八任联合国秘书长。
• Kim Young-sam, an SNU alumnus, served as the fourteenth President of the Republic of Korea from 1993 to 1998.首尔国立大学校友金泳三于 1993 至 1998 年担任大韩民国第十四任总统。
• V. Narry Kim, a distinguished professor of biological sciences at SNU, received the 2008 L'Oreal UNESCO Women in Science Award and the 2009 Ho-Am Prize in Medicine.首尔国立大学生物科学特聘教授金娜蕊，荣获 2008 年欧莱雅联合国教科文组织世界杰出女科学家奖与 2009 年湖岩医学奖。
• Lee Hoi-chang, who studied law at SNU, served as Prime Minister of South Korea and stood as a presidential candidate.曾在首尔国立大学攻读法学的李会昌，曾任韩国国务总理并参选总统。
• Yun Jong-yong, an SNU engineering graduate, led Samsung Electronics as chief executive and advanced Korean engineering education.首尔国立大学工程学毕业的尹钟龙，曾以首席执行官身份领导三星电子，并推动韩国工程教育。
• Professor Lee Hyun-jae, an economist and former president of SNU, chaired the Ho-Am Foundation and shaped the university's modern governance.经济学家、首尔国立大学前校长李贤宰教授曾主持湖岩基金会，并塑造了该校的现代治理。
• Park No-hee, an SNU-trained physician, became the first Korean dean of the UCLA School of Dentistry and a leader in dental medicine.受教于首尔国立大学的医生朴鲁熙，成为加州大学洛杉矶分校牙医学院首位韩裔院长，是牙医学领域的领军者。
• Kim Hak-soo, an SNU law alumnus, served as an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and a judge of the International Tribunal.首尔国立大学法学校友金学洙曾任联合国副秘书长及国际法庭法官。
• Kim Tae-hee, the actress, graduated from SNU, while Lee Soo-man, the founder of SM Entertainment, and Bang Si-hyuk, the founder of HYBE, also studied there.演员金泰希毕业于首尔大学，SM 娱乐创始人李秀满与 HYBE 创始人方时赫也曾在该校求学。
• Chung Mong-joon, an SNU graduate, served as a vice-president of FIFA, and the television director Shin Won-ho is also among its alumni.首尔大学毕业生郑梦准曾任国际足联副主席，电视导演申元浩也是该校校友。