VISIONARY PATH

FACTS
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FIGURES

SNU at a Glance in Numbers

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Multi-campus
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Korea 1 st
World 31 st
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QS University Rankings 2025
World 4 th
Employment outcomes
of graduates
World 16 th
Employer reputation
of graduates
  • 16
    Colleges
    87
    Undergraduate departments
  • 107
    Graduate departments
  • 11
    Professional graduate schools
    15
    Departments
  • 81
    Research institutes
    44
    Government-funded research centers
  • 6,264
    Faculty
  • 35,272
    Students
  • 396,940
    Alumni
  • 906 institutions
    in
    83 countries
    International partnerships
  • 21
    Global top 1% of influential researchers Highly Cited Researchers
  • 1,340
    Top 1% of cited papers 2012 — 2022
  • 90,306
    SCI-level papers 2012 — 2022
  • 11,433
    Annual paper publications 2023
  • 89
    countries
    Diversity of nationalities
  • 58
    million won/year
    Education budget per student
  • 113.3
    billion won/year
    Scholarships
  • 5,316,202
    Books in the library

HISTORY

The Path of SNU

  • 1895
    Laying the Foundation for a Modern, National Institution of Higher Education
  • 1946
    The First National University in Korea
  • 1975
    Campus Integration, Centralized at Gwanak Campus
  • 2025
    50th Anniversary of SNU Integration

VISION

An Academic Community at the Vanguard of Leading Global Transformation

In an age characterized by swift scientific and technological progress amid political and economic uncertainty, Seoul National University will stand as a leading academic community. By embracing these challenges as chances for development and progress, we will pave the way forward.

MISSION

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Cultivating
Innovative Leaders
across Disciplines
Addressing
Humanity's Challenges
and Advancing
Scientific Discovery
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Cultivating Innovative Leaders across Disciplines

  • Interdisciplinary excellence
  • Community engagement and global insights
  • Creativity and cultural capabilities
  • The next generation of leading academics
  • Talent based on sharing
Fostering future-oriented talents who transcend academic boundaries
Our curriculum is designed to equip students with both foundational competencies as well as specialized expertise, ensuring they are prepared to respond flexibly in the future society to come. By developing core academic disciplines and fostering talent at the forefront of innovation, we are not only meeting the demands of society but also leading innovation in science and technology.
Developing leaders with community spirit and global capabilities
We aim to nurture not only academically talented individuals but also those who will contribute to global society with a profound sense of responsibility toward the community. Through an integrative residential college experience that seamlessly blends “Living and Learning”, our students reflect deeply about diverse values and universal issues. This is part of their journey growing into global citizens who possess a deep understanding of others.

ACTIONS for the Future

Core Projects Leading to the Future of SNU

  • Leaders
    Crossing
    Boundaries

    Fostering future-oriented talents that
    transcend the boundaries of disciplines

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    We aim to overcome the barriers between academic disciplines to foster creative future leaders in the era of great transformation. We established SNU College so that all students can develop multifaceted capabilities, regardless of their major, and we are creating the SNU Commons, an innovative future space, to re-create the center of the campus as a hub for learning and interaction.

  • Global
    Joint Research
    Platform

    Establishing a transdisciplinary
    international joint research platform

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    We are actively engaged in multidisciplinary international joint research. We are establishing an integrated research platform, promoting the establishment of joint institutes with leading global universities. We are also actively participating in leading international collaborative research projects such as Horizon Europe, and operating the Future Research Committee as a comprehensive control tower for research exchange.

  • LnL Living &
    Learning

    Realizing the integration of living and
    learning through a residential college

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    We are expanding our LnL program through a residential college that organically connects living and learning. It aims to create a place for holistic education where students intertwine their academic pursuits with daily life, and connect for co-development. This will help students broaden their thinking through community experiences and grow into active talents.

  • Cultural
    Nexus

    Building a cultural ecosystem
    in the era of cultural power

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    As we live in the era of cultural power, we are building a cultural ecosystem that seamlessly integrates creators, content and space through the Institute for Culture and Arts and the reconstruction of the University Cultural Center. Based on cooperation with the local community, we are sharing the university’s cultural and artistic resources, discovering the region’s unique cultural values, and pursuing a model of coexistence.