Sungshin Women's University

1936 establishments in KoreaEducational institutions established in 1936Sungshin Women's UniversityWomen's universities and colleges in South Korea

Sungshin Women's University (Korean: 성신여자대학교) is a private women's university located in Seoul, South Korea. It was founded in 1936 by Dr. Sook-Chong Lee. During the 1960s and 70s, Sungshin was a Teachers College in South Korea. Then, in the 1980s, the college was promoted to the status of a comprehensive university. Today, the university comprises ten colleges and five graduate schools with total enrollment of about 12,000 students. In 2006, the university rebuilt the Sungshin Hall to mark the university's 70th anniversary. Also, Sungshin Women's University has succeeded to annex the nursing college of a national hospital, the first event of its kind to happen in South Korea.

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Sungshin Women's University
Bomun-ro 30ga-gil, Seoul Dongseon-dong

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성신여자대학교

Bomun-ro 30ga-gil
02844 Seoul, Dongseon-dong
South Korea
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