University of Seoul

The University of Seoul is a four-year public comprehensive university in Dongdaemun-gu in eastern Seoul, and it is the only four-year comprehensive university among South Korea's public universities.首尔市立大学（University of Seoul）是位于首尔东部东大门区的四年制公立综合性大学，也是韩国公立大学中唯一的四年制综合性大学。

Its origins lie in Gyeongseong Public Agricultural School, which opened on 1 May 1918, and it is operated by the Seoul Metropolitan Government rather than by the national government.该校前身为 1918 年 5 月 1 日开校的京城公立农业学校，现由首尔特别市而非中央政府运营。

The university comprises 9 colleges, 39 departments, 10 graduate schools, 2 affiliated institutions and 14 research institutes, and it appears in the 851-900 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, in the 1201-1400 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education table and at 981 in the 2026-27 US News global list.学校设 9 个学院、39 个系、10 个研究生院、2 个附属机构与 14 个研究所，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中列第 851-900 位，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中列第 1201-1400 位，在 2026-27 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中列第 981 位。

History

• The school opened on 1 May 1918 as Gyeongseong Public Agricultural School, a foundation of the colonial period whose centenary was marked in 2018.该校于 1918 年 5 月 1 日以京城公立农业学校之名开校，是殖民时期的办学产物，2018 年迎来建校百年。

• On 12 June 1950 it was approved for establishment as Seoul Agricultural Elementary School, a junior institution recorded in Korean as Seoul Agricultural Junior College.1950 年 6 月 12 日该校获批设立首尔农业初级大学，是一所短期高等教育机构。

• On 1 March 1956 the school became Seoul Agricultural College, a four-year regular general university rather than a junior college.1956 年 3 月 1 日学校升格为首尔农业大学，成为四年制普通本科院校，而非短期大学。

• The 1973 entry in the timeline records the addition of veterinary medicine and pulmonology to the curriculum, a stage that came immediately before the reorganisation as Seoul National University of Technology.年表中 1973 年一项记有兽医医学与肺病学的课程增设，这一步紧接着 1974 年改组为首尔产业大学的调整。

• In March 1974 it was reorganised as Seoul National University of Technology, and on 1 January 1975 its management passed from the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education to the Seoul Metropolitan Government.1974 年 3 月学校改组为首尔产业大学，1975 年 1 月 1 日其管理权由首尔市教育委员会移交首尔特别市。

• On 20 October 1981 the name changed to Seoul City University, and a graduate school was set up at the same time.1981 年 10 月 20 日改称首尔市立大学（Seoul City University），同年设立研究生院。

• The Graduate School of Urban Administration opened in March 1982 and corresponds to today's Graduate School of Urban Science, a title adopted in 1999.都市行政研究生院于 1982 年 3 月开办，即今日的都市科学研究生院，该名称自 1999 年起使用。

• On 1 March 1987 the institution was promoted to comprehensive university status with four colleges and 22 disciplines.1987 年 3 月 1 日学校升格为综合性大学，当时设 4 个学院、22 个学科。

• The English-language timeline renders the 1987 promotion to comprehensive university status under the title Seoul National University, a rendering that conflicts with the national Seoul National University and with the university's own English name adopted in 1997.英文年表把 1987 年升格为综合大学时的校名写作「Seoul National University」，这一写法既与国立的首尔大学相混，也与该校 1997 年确定的英文校名不符。

• The Graduate School of Business opened on 1 March 1990, followed by the Graduate School of Industry on 1 March 1991, the latter renamed the Graduate School of Science and Technology in 2012.经营研究生院于 1990 年 3 月 1 日开院，产业研究生院于 1991 年 3 月 1 日开院，后者于 2012 年更名为科学技术研究生院。

• The College of Urban Science was established on 24 October 1996, and the Urban Science Research Institute was founded in 1998.都市科学学院于 1996 年 10 月 24 日设立，都市科学研究院则于 1998 年成立。

• On 1 July 1997 the English name changed from Seoul City University to University of Seoul, and Seoul Citizens' University was founded in the same period.1997 年 7 月 1 日英文校名从 Seoul City University 改为 University of Seoul，同期创立首尔市民大学。

• The Chinese-language record notes that Chinese-speaking regions kept an older name for Seoul until 2005, when the present rendering of the city was settled, so early references to the city differ from the university's present title.中文记录指出，汉语地区长期沿用旧名「汉城」称呼首尔，直到 2005 年才确定「首尔」这一译名，因此早期中文文献中的城市用字与该校现名用字不同。

• Also in 1997 the Ministry of Education selected the university as an Excellent Education Reform Promotion University.同年该校还被教育部选为「优秀教育改革推进大学」。

• The College of Arts was set up on 1 March 1999 and renamed the College of Arts and Physical Education in July 2001.艺术学院于 1999 年 3 月 1 日成立，2001 年 7 月更名为艺术体育学院。

• On 1 March 2000 the Graduate School of Taxation, the Graduate School of Urban Sciences and the Graduate School of Education opened, and the College of Digital Media followed on 1 March 2003.2000 年 3 月 1 日税务研究生院、都市科学研究生院与教育研究生院开院，2003 年 3 月 1 日又设立数码媒体学院。

• The Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation was set up in 2004 and the International Education Center opened in 2005.产学合作团于 2004 年设立，国际教育中心于 2005 年开办。

• A law school opened in 2009 as one of the first professional law schools in South Korea, and the Gangchon Training Center opened in 2010.法学院于 2009 年开办，是韩国最早的专业法学院之一，江村研修院则于 2010 年启用。

• The International Graduate School of Urban Sciences opened in 2013, and the Free Convergence University was newly established in 2016.国际都市科学研究生院于 2013 年开办，自由融合大学于 2016 年新设。

• The school marked its centenary in 2018 with the opening of a centenary memorial hall, and the Student Future Support Center opened in 2019 before being renamed the Human Resources Development Office in 2024.2018 年学校迎来建校百年并启用百年纪念馆，学生未来支援中心于 2019 年启用，2024 年改组为人才开发处。

• In 2020 the university created an Artificial Intelligence Department and a Department of Convergence and Applied Chemistry, launched the Urban Science Big Data and AI Research Institute and set up an Institutional Research Center.2020 年该校新设人工智能学科与融合应用化学学科，成立都市科学大数据与人工智能研究院，并设立院校研究中心。

• The Era Convergence Hall was completed in 2023, the Seoul Design Research Institute opened in 2025 and an Artificial Intelligence Convergence University was added in 2026.时代融合馆于 2023 年竣工，首尔设计研究院于 2025 年开办，2026 年又新设人工智能融合大学。

• In 2026 the Ministry of Education also certified the university as an excellent university for educational internationalization capacity for the fourteenth consecutive year.2026 年该校还被教育部连续第 14 年评为教育国际化能力优秀认证大学。

• The university is operated by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, and the mayor of Seoul carries responsibility for its operation as chairman of the Seoul University Steering Committee.该校由首尔特别市运营，首尔市长以首尔大学运营委员会委员长身份负责其运营。

Academics

• The university comprises 9 colleges, 39 departments, 10 graduate schools, 2 affiliated institutions and 14 research institutes, a structure centred on urban studies and public administration.学校设 9 个学院、39 个系、10 个研究生院、2 个附属机构与 14 个研究所，建制重心在都市研究与公共行政。

• The Chinese-language record enumerates seven colleges, namely Law and Public Administration, Business and Economics, Engineering, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Urban Sciences and Arts and Physical Education.中文记录列出 7 个学院，即法政学院、经商学院、工科学院、人文学院、自然科学学院、都市科学学院与艺术体育学院。

• The College of Urban Sciences covers urban administration, social welfare, urban sociology, taxation, architecture, urban engineering, transportation engineering, landscape architecture and environmental engineering.都市科学学院的系科涵盖都市行政、社会福利、都市社会学、税务、建筑、都市工程、交通工程、造景与环境工程。

• Architecture is taught on two tracks inside the College of Urban Sciences, a four-year engineering-oriented specialisation and a five-year professional architectural specialisation.建筑学在都市科学学院内分两条轨道：四年制建筑工程方向与五年制建筑学专业方向。

• The College of Law and Public Administration groups administrative studies, law and international trade, while the College of Business and Economics covers business administration and economics.法政学院下设行政学、法学与国际贸易学科，经商学院的系科则为经营学与经济学。

• The College of Engineering includes electrical and electronic computer engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical and information engineering, new materials engineering and civil engineering.工科学院设电气电子计算机工程、化学工程、机械信息工程、新材料工程与土木工程等系科。

• The College of Humanities teaches Korean language and literature, English language and literature, Korean history, philosophy and Chinese language and culture.人文学院开设韩国语国文、英语英文、国史、哲学与中国语文化等学科。

• The College of Natural Sciences covers mathematics, statistics, physics, life sciences and environmental horticulture.自然科学学院涵盖数学、统计学、物理学、生命科学与环境园艺学。

• The College of Arts and Physical Education offers industrial design, environmental sculpture, music and life sports information.艺术体育学院开设产业设计、环境雕塑、音乐与生活体育情报等学科。

• The general Graduate School offers 40 courses for master's degrees and 37 courses for doctoral degrees.一般研究生院开设 40 个硕士课程与 37 个博士课程。

• Specialised graduate schools include the Graduate School of Science in Taxation, the Graduate School of Design, the Graduate School of Urban Sciences, the Graduate School of Business Administration, the Graduate School of Science and Technology, the Graduate School of Education, the International School of Urban Sciences and the Graduate School of Urban Health.专门研究生院包括税务科学研究生院、设计研究生院、都市科学研究生院、工商管理研究生院、科学技术研究生院、教育研究生院、国际都市科学研究生院与都市健康研究生院。

• The Chinese-language record lists six specialised graduate schools, those of taxation, urban science, business administration, education, design and industry, alongside the general graduate school.中文记录列出 6 个专门研究生院，分别为税务、都市科学、经营、教育、设计与产业研究生院，另设一般研究生院。

• The University of Seoul Law School was founded in 2009 and is one of the founding law schools of South Korea, with about 50 students in each class of its three-year Juris Doctor programme.首尔市立大学法学院成立于 2009 年，是韩国最早设立的法学院之一，三年制法务博士项目每届约 50 人。

• Among the research units are institutes for urban science, industrial management, legal and administrative studies, humanities, industrial technology, information technology, Seoul studies, urban disaster prevention and safety, anti-corruption systems, e-government and local taxation.研究机构包括都市科学、产业经营、法律行政、人文科学、产业技术、信息技术、首尔学、都市防灾安全、反腐败系统、电子政府与地方税等研究所。

• Ten graduate schools and 14 research institutes concentrate the university's research on urban problems, taxation and public administration rather than on medicine or engineering at national scale.10 个研究生院与 14 个研究所把该校研究集中在都市问题、税务与公共行政领域，而非全国性规模的医学或工程研究。

• Because the Seoul Metropolitan Government supported 70 percent of the annual budget, the university reports the lowest student-faculty ratio and the highest financial investment per student in South Korea.由于首尔特别市承担了年度预算的 70%，该校自述其生师比在全韩最低、人均财政投入最高。
• The university runs training programmes for municipal officials, for national government officials and for experts in the public sector, part of what the entry describes as a long record of service to the city of Seoul and its citizens.该校为市政官员、中央政府官员与公共部门专家开设多种培训项目，这是条目所记其长期服务首尔市与市民的一部分，也与其市立属性相呼应。

• Chinese-language sources render the name as the municipal university of Seoul, and the abbreviation UOS appears in the university's own material, marking it out as a municipal rather than a national institution.中文材料把校名译作首尔市立大学，学校自用材料中亦使用「UOS」这一缩写，这些用法都表明它是市立而非国立院校，与韩国的国立大学体系相区分。

• Urban science is the field the institution is built around, with a college set up in 1996, a research institute in 1998, a graduate school in 2000 and an international graduate school in 2013 all carrying that name.都市科学是该校的立校领域：1996 年设立的学院、1998 年的研究院、2000 年的研究生院与 2013 年的国际研究生院都以此命名，形成单一领域的完整建制。

Campus

• The institution occupies a single campus in Dongdaemun-gu in eastern Seoul, beside the Cheongnyangni area, and its recorded coordinates are 37.566 and 126.9784.该校在首尔东部东大门区设单一校区，邻近清凉里一带，档案坐标为 37.566 与 126.9784。

• All of the teaching and research units, the 9 colleges, 39 departments, 10 graduate schools, 2 affiliated institutions and 14 research institutes, are recorded against this one Dongdaemun-gu campus, with no second site named.全部教学与研究单位，即 9 个学院、39 个系、10 个研究生院与 14 个研究所，都记在这处东大门区校区名下，记录中未提及第二处校址。

• A centenary memorial hall opened on the campus in 2018 to mark 100 years since the school's opening on 1 May 1918.一座百年纪念馆于 2018 年在校内启用，以纪念该校 1918 年 5 月 1 日开校满 100 年。

• The Era Convergence Hall was completed in 2023 as the most recent large addition recorded for the campus.时代融合馆于 2023 年竣工，是记录中该校最新落成的大型建筑。

• The Student Future Support Center opened on campus in 2019 and became the Human Resources Development Office in 2024.学生未来支援中心于 2019 年在校内启用，2024 年改为人才开发处。

• The International Education Center opened in 2005 to handle language teaching and international programmes国际教育中心于 2005 年开办，负责语言教学与国际项目管理。

• The Gangchon Training Center opened in 2010 and gives the university an off-campus training base outside its Dongdaemun-gu site.江村研修院于 2010 年启用，为该校在东大门区校址之外提供一处校外研修基地。

• A Social Welfare Center on the main campus delivers social services to more than 100,000 senior citizens and disabled citizens each year.主校区的社会福利中心每年为 10 万多名老年人与残障市民提供社会服务。

• UOS Open University operates at a site near Gwanghwamun in central Seoul rather than on the main campus, serving the wider city.首尔市立大学开放大学设在首尔市中心光化门附近而非主校区，服务范围覆盖全城。

Reputation

• The QS World University Rankings 2027 place the University of Seoul in the 851-900 band, the ranking position for which this entry is written, and the same table carries no single-number rank for the university.2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将首尔市立大学列入第 851-900 位，本条目即据此档位收录，该榜未给出单一数字名次。

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place it in the 1201-1400 band.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列入第 1201-1400 位。

• The 2026-27 US News Best Global Universities table ranks it at 981, while the 2026 Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities main list does not carry the university.2026-27 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名将其列为第 981 位，而 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜未收录该校。

• In 2012 the university was ranked among the top three South Korean universities that do not have a medical school.2012 年该校在韩国未设医学院的大学中排名前三。

• A 2015 report by Times Higher Education placed it 7th among Korean universities and 49th among Asian universities, and another survey put it 14th among Asian midsize universities.泰晤士高等教育 2015 年的一份报告将其列为韩国第 7、亚洲第 49，另一项调查则将其列为亚洲中型大学第 14。

• The Chinese-language record notes a QS Asia ranking of 83rd for the university in 2012, a regional placement recorded only in the Chinese-language entry.中文记录提到该校 2012 年在 QS 亚洲大学排名中列第 83 位，这是材料中唯一的区域性名次。

• It has been reported as the best-value public university in Korea, with the highest financial investment per student and the highest rate of scholarship recipients in the country, a standing the entry attributes to the city's funding of 70 percent of the annual budget.该校被评为韩国性价比最高的公立大学，其人均财政投入与奖学金受助率均为全韩最高，条目把这一地位归因于首尔市承担 70% 年度预算。

• Quantifiable institutional indicators include 40 master's courses, 37 doctoral courses, 10 graduate schools, 14 research institutes and city funding of 70 percent of the annual budget.可量化的建制指标包括 40 个硕士课程、37 个博士课程、10 个研究生院、14 个研究所，以及首尔市承担年度预算 70% 的拨款结构。

• Its honours are institutional rather than personal, resting on Ministry of Education selection in 1997 and fourteen consecutive years of internationalization certification.该校的荣誉属于机构而非个人，依据是 1997 年入选教育部名单与连续 14 年的国际化认证。

• No subject-level ranking table for the university appears in the material available, and no Nobel, Turing or Fields-level affiliation is recorded for it.在可查材料中没有该校的学科维度榜单名次，也没有诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖级人物关联记录。

Student life

• The university's motto is recorded in Chinese characters as 真理、創造、奉仕 and is rendered in English as Truth, Creation and Service.该校校训记为「真理、创造、奉仕」，英文通常译作 Truth Creation Service。

• Student satisfaction is reported as very high, with a 96 percent registration rate among new students and a withdrawal rate of 0.97 percent in 2012.该校学生满意度很高，2012 年新生报到率达 96%，退学率仅 0.97%。

• Many students feel obliged to take part in social work because of the financial and educational benefits they receive from the city government, and 3,105 students volunteered in 2012.许多学生因从市政府获得财政与教育方面的好处而感到有义务参与社会服务，2012 年参与志愿服务的学生达 3105 人。

• The Chinese-language record gives about 11,000 enrolled students as of 1 April 2006, an older headcount than the 9 colleges and 39 departments reported for the university today.中文记录记 2006 年 4 月 1 日在籍学生约 11000 人，这一在校生数字比现今披露的 9 个学院与 39 个系建制更早。

• Most administrative staff are affiliated with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, so students deal with municipal as well as university services.多数行政人员隶属首尔特别市，因此学生接触到的既有市政服务也有校方服务。

• Since 1997 UOS Open University has offered Seoul citizens lifelong education in languages, technologies, Seoul studies and cultural activities.自 1997 年起，首尔市立大学开放大学为市民提供语言、技术、首尔学与文化活动等终身教育课程。

• The Continuing Education Center runs vocational and educational programmes for more than 5,000 Seoul residents every year.继续教育中心每年为 5000 多名首尔市民提供职业与教育课程。

• A 2010 survey placed students' affinity to the school first and their satisfaction second, and the university has long reported strong ties with the citizens of Seoul.2010 年一项调查显示学生对学校的认同度列第一、满意度列第二，该校也长期强调与首尔市民的紧密联系。

Notable people

• The record names no individual founder, since the founding body was the colonial education administration that opened Gyeongseong Public Agricultural School on 1 May 1918.记录中没有个人创办者，其创办主体是 1918 年 5 月 1 日开办京城公立农业学校的殖民时期教育当局。

• Executive authority rests with the mayor of Seoul, who serves as chairman of the Seoul University Steering Committee and answers for the operation of the university, an arrangement dating from the city's takeover of the school in 1975.行政权力归属首尔市长，他兼任首尔大学运营委员会委员长，对该校的运营负责，这一安排可追溯至 1975 年该校划归市政管理。

• No chancellor, president or rector is named in either the English or the Chinese record, and the office-holder appears only through the title of chairman of the steering committee.英文与中文记录均未列出校监、校长或总长的姓名，任职者只以运营委员会委员长这一职务出现。

• Most administrative staff are affiliated with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, so the officers of the university are municipal civil servants rather than academic appointees alone.多数行政人员隶属首尔特别市，因此该校行政人员是市政公务员，而不仅是校内聘任人员。

• The Ministry of Education is the only external body named repeatedly in connection with the institution's honours, through the 1997 reform-university selection and the internationalization certification.在该校各项荣誉中反复出现的外部机构只有教育部，包括 1997 年的教育改革推进大学评选与后来的国际化认证。

• No Nobel laureate, Turing Award winner or Fields Medallist is recorded in association with the University of Seoul in the material available.在可查材料中，首尔市立大学没有任何诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖得主关联记录。

• The teaching body is reported collectively rather than by name, and the university claims the lowest student-faculty ratio in South Korea instead of named chairs or professorships.师资以整体口径披露而非具名，该校以全韩生师比最低自述，而未列出任何讲席或具名教授。

• Distinction attaches to institutions rather than to people, as with the Law School founded in 2009 as one of the first professional law schools in the country.荣誉归于机构而非个人，例如 2009 年成立的法学院是韩国最早的专业法学院之一。

• The Graduate School of Urban Health, opened in 2018 as the first public medical and health graduate school in Korea, is likewise recorded without any named founding figure.2018 年开办的都市健康研究生院是韩国第一所公立医疗保健研究生院，记录中同样没有具名创办人。

• The centenary memorial hall opened in 2018 commemorates the opening of the school itself rather than any individual, and no list of honorary graduates or distinguished alumni is published.2018 年启用的百年纪念馆纪念的是学校开校本身而非任何个人，该校也未公布荣誉毕业生或杰出校友名单。