Yonsei University
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private university with campuses in Seoul and Incheon in South Korea
Key facts
- Motto
- ( Latin ) "Cognoscetis Veritatem et Veritas Liberabit Vos" (John 8:32) , ( English ) " The truth will set you free " ( John 8:32), 진리가 너희를 자유케 하리라. (요한복음 8:32)
- Type
- Private
- Academic affiliation
- AALAU , ACUCA , AEARU , APRU
- President
- Dong-Sup Yoon
- Academic staff
- 1,712 (2022)
- Administrative staff
- 1,166 (2022)
- Students
- 29,832 (2022)
- Undergraduates
- 18,200 (2022)
- Postgraduates
- 11,632 (2022)
- Location
- Seodaemun District , Seoul (Sinchon Campus), Songdo , Incheon (International Campus) , South Korea
- Campus
- Urban
- Colours
- Royal blue
- Sporting affiliation
- U-League
- Mascot
- Eagle
- Website
- yonsei .ac .kr
- Hangul
- 연세대학교
- Hanja
- 延世大學校
- Rr
- Yeonse daehakgyo
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1885
- Location
- Seoul, South Korea
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.15444.30 · ISNI 0000 0004 0470 5454
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 延世大學校
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Seoul
- Founded by
- Horace Newton Allen
- Headquarters
- Seoul
- Official website
- www.yonsei.ac.kr
- Image
- Horace Grant Underwood statue in Yonsei Univ main campus.jpg
- Students count
- 27245
Show 11 more facts
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:Yonsei University alumni
- inception
- 1957-01-00
- Commons category
- Yonsei University
- topic's main category
- Category:Yonsei University
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Yŏnse Taehakkyo
- Revised Romanization
- Yeonse Daehakgyo
- category for employees of the organization
- Category:Academic staff of Yonsei University
- short name
- 연대
- P12749
- space tourism
- ranking
- 56
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Encyclopedic overview
Yonsei University (Korean: 연세대학교; Hanja: 延世大學校) is a private Christian research university in Seoul, South Korea. Yonsei University is one of the three most prestigious universities in the country, part of a group referred to as SKY universities.
Yonsei University traces its roots to the first modern medical center in Korea, Gwanghyewon (Korean: 광혜원; Hanja: 廣惠院; lit. 'House of Extended Grace') founded in April 1885, now Severance Union Medical College. The institution in its current university form was established in January 1957 through the union of Yonhi College (연희전문학교; 延禧專門學校) and Severance. As a tribute, the name "Yonsei" was derived from the first syllables of the names of its two parent institutions, "Yon; 연; 延" from Yonhi College and "Sei; 세; 世" from Severance Union Medical College. Yonhi College was one of the first modern colleges, founded as Chosun Christian College (조선기독교대학; 朝鮮基督教大學) in March 1915. The union was a result of a lasting bilateral cooperation between the colleges that began in the 1920s. The institutions were the first of their kinds in Korea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yonsei University” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.