The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is a national research university located in Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon, South Korea. KAIST was established by the Korean government in 1971 as the nation's first public, research-oriented science and engineering institution. KAIST is considered to be one of the most prestigious universities in the nation. KAIST has been internationally accredited in business education, and hosts the Secretariat of the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools (AAPBS). KAIST has 10,504 full-time students and 1,342 faculty researchers and had a total budget of US$765 million in 2013, of which US$459 million was from research contracts.
Seoul National University is a public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the SKY universities and a part of the Flagship Korean National Universities.
Keijō Imperial University, colloquially referred to as Jōdai (城大), was an Imperial University of Japan that existed between 1924 and 1946. This university was established in 1924 in Gyeongseong, known as Keijō during the period of Japanese occupation of Korea, now modern-day Seoul, South Korea. Keijō Imperial University was abolished by the United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK) in 1946, following the Japanese surrender to the Allies and the subsequent withdrawal of Japan from its occupation of Korea at the end of World War II. Keijō Imperial University was succeeded by the Seoul National University, which is today one of the flagship Korean national universities.
Sungkyunkwan University is a private research university with campuses in Seoul and Suwon, South Korea.
Yonsei University is a Christian private university in Seoul, South Korea. It is part of the SKY universities.
The Catholic University of Korea is a private Roman Catholic university in Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. It was established in 1855. The Catholic University of Korea operates campuses in Seoul and in the neighboring Bucheon City. The university's school of medicine operates eight affilated hospitals throughout the country.
Dongguk University (Korean: 동국대학교) is a private, coeducational university in Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the few Buddhist-affiliated universities in the world, and is a member of the International Association of Buddhist Universities.
Korea University is a private university in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1905, the university was named after Goguryeo. The university is one of the SKY universities.
Hanyang University is a private prestigious research university in Seoul and Ansan, South Korea. Hanyang derives from the former name of the capital Seoul used during the Joseon Dynasty. The university was founded in 1939 as an engineering school, and was the country's first college to offer engineering and architecture programs.
Ewha Womans University is a private women's research university in Seoul, South Korea. It was originally founded as Ewha Haktang on May 31, 1886, by a missionary Mary F. Scranton. Currently, Ewha Womans University is one of the world's largest female educational institutes and one of the most prestigious universities in South Korea. Ewha Womans University has produced numerous South Korean women leaders, including politicians, CEOs, and legal professionals.
Kookmin University is a private research university established in 1946 in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It has historic significance, as it was founded during by the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea and is the first private university founded after the liberation of the Republic of Korea from Japan.
Konkuk University is a South Korean private university founded in 1946 and it is one of the top universities in South Korea. The university was founded based on three virtues: sincerity, fidelity, and righteousness.
Yun Dong-ju or Yoon Dong-ju was a Korean poet. He is known for his lyric poetries and for his poems dedicated to the Korean independence movement against the Empire of Japan.
The Imperial Universities were founded by the Empire of Japan between 1886 and 1939, seven in Mainland Japan, one in Korea under Japanese rule and one in Taiwan under Japanese rule. They were run by the imperial government until the end of World War II.
Horace Grant Underwood was a Presbyterian missionary, educator, and translator who dedicated his life to developing Christianity in Korea.
Korea University School of Law, located in Seoul, South Korea, is the law school of Korea University, a member of the SKY universities. The Law School is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious law schools in South Korea, as it has produced many of the nation's most influential lawyers, prosecutors, judges, and politicians.
Linton School of Global Business (LSGB), formerly Linton Global College (LGC), Hannam University, is an undergraduate institution in Daejeon, South Korea.
The Yonsei-Korea rivalry is the college rivalry between two universities located in Seoul, South Korea, Yonsei University and Korea University. Located within the same city, the campuses are only thirty minutes apart. Korea University's symbol and mascot is the Tiger and Yonsei University's is the Eagle. Hence, match-ups between the two institutions are referred to as "Tigers vs Eagles".
Sejong University is a private university located in Seoul, South Korea known for its standing in hospitality and tourism management, dancing, animation and rhythmic gymnastics. Founded as the Kyung Sung Humanities Institute, it was renamed in 1978 to its present name in honor of Sejong the Great, the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty and overseer of the creation of the Korean alphabet Hangul.
Choi Jae-seo was a South Korean literary scholar, a critic of English literature, and a novelist. He graduated from Keijō Imperial University, received his M.A. from the University of London, and later taught at Yonsei University. As editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Humanities Review, he was a forerunner of progressive literary criticism. Although he later presided over pro-Japanese literary journals under pressure from the ruling Japanese, he undoubtedly remains an important figure in Korean modernism of the 1930s.
