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| General Information (as
of April 1, 2007) |
| Founded in 1946 as the first national university of
Korea |
| 192.366km² campus in Seoul, Korea |
| 16 Colleges, 1 Graduate School and 6 Professional Schools
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| 2,552 full-time equivalent faculty members |
| 13,219 undergraduate students and 9,274 graduate students |
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| Schools (as
of April 1, 2008) |
16
Colleges with 84 departments for undergraduates
Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Nursing,
Business Administration, Engineering,
Agriculture and Life Sciences, Fine Arts, Law, Education,
Human Ecology, Veterinary Medicine,
Pharmacy, Music, Medicine, Dentistry |
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Graduate School with 98 departments |
6
Professional Schools
Public Health, Public Administration, Environmental
Studies, International Studies, Dentistry, Business Administration |
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| Faculty (as
of April 1, 2008) |
| Number of Faculty 5,106 |
Full-time
Faculty 1,984
Professors 1,148
Associate Professors 400
Assistant Professors 436 |
Full-time
Equivalent Faculty 568
Full-time Instructors 412
BK Research Professors 80
Research Professors 37
Full-time Contracted Lecturers 39 |
Others 2,554
Adjunct & Visiting Professors 56
Lecturers 1,866
* Lecturers at the College of Medicine and Dental School 635
Professors Emeritus 632 |
Faculty Description
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97.6% of full-time faculty members have doctoral degrees
Number of international faculty 209
Number of faculty contributing to teaching and research
at overseas universities 140 (Apr.2007 ~ Mar.2008) |
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| Students |
Official
Number of Students (as of April 1, 2008)
Undergraduate 13,219
Graduate: 9,274
* As of April 1, 2008, the registered numbers of SNU students including part-time students are 16,990 in undergraduate and 9,615 in graduate programs respectively.
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Student
Body (as of April 1, 2007)
Number of international students at SNU 2,740
- Undergraduate 1,863
- Graduate 877
39% of students are female
47.3% of students receive scholarships |
Degrees
conferred in 2007
Bachelor’s degrees conferred 4,331
Master’s degrees conferred 2,496
Doctoral degrees conferred 934
Bachelor's degrees conferred since 1947 186,7026
Honorary doctoral degrees conferred since 1947 104 |
Courses
(as of 2007 Spring Semester)
Total number of courses offered in 2007 spring semester 4,758
Number of courses offered in English 471
Undergraduate core courses offered in English 84
Liberal arts courses offered in English 127
Graduate courses offered in English 260 |
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| University
Budget (in 2008) |
| Total budget: 940 million USD |
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| Research Activities
(as of April 1, 2006) |
Number of Articles Published in Journals
Certified by the Science Citation Index (SCI)
3,946 in 2005 (32nd in the world)
3,116 in 2004 (31st in the world)
3,062 in 2003 (31st in the world)
(Source: 'Analysis of Scientific and Technical Papers',
Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development,
2005~2007) |
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| MOU Exchanged
(as of July 2007) |
| Number of MOU exchanged with universities/colleges/institutes 531 |
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| SNU Alumni |
| Number of Alumni about 260,000 |
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| Library Holdings
(as of April 1, 2007) |
Bound volumes 3,388,405
- Eastern Books 1,955,373
- Western Books 1,433,032 |
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