Seoul National University

The Origins of Korea's First National UniversityFrom the age of the Great Han Empire when modern higher education started, to the colonial period.

The origin of Seoul National University (SNU) dates back to the late nineteenth century when Korean Emperor Gojong established modern higher education institutions which later became part of SNU.

In 1895 Emperor Gojong issued Imperial Order 49 and established the Legal Training School as the first modern higher education institution in Korea. It turned out 209 graduates including the Martyr Yi Jun.

The Seoul (Hanseong) Normal School, the first modern teacher training school was established in the same year and later became the SNU College of Education.

The Euihakkyo (Medical School) was established by law in 1899 and raised modern medical doctors. JI Seok Young, a great scholar and doctor who had successfully fought off the smallpox in Korea, led the School as the principal for seven years.

The SNU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is the successor to the School of Agriculture and Forestry in 1906. The SNU College of Nursing finds its origin at the opening of the Nursing Education Division in the Great