Sungshin Women's University

South Korean private women's university
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Sungshin Women's University
성신여자대학교
MottoSincerity, Intelligence, Independence
TypePrivate
Established1936; 88 years ago (1936)
PresidentSeung Keun Yi, Ph.D.
Administrative staff
682
Students13,000
Location
Seongbuk
,
Seoul
,
South Korea
CampusUrban
123,395  m2
Websitehttp://www.sungshin.ac.kr/
Sungshin Women's University
Hangul
성신여자대학교
Hanja
誠信女子大學校
Revised RomanizationSeongsin Yeoja Daehakgyo
McCune–ReischauerSŏngsin Yŏja Taehakkyo

Sungshin Women's University (Korean: 성신여자대학교) is a private women's university located in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It was founded by Dr. Sook-Chong Lee in 1936. The university comprises ten colleges and five graduate schools, with total enrollment of about 12,000 students.

History

Sungshin Women's University

Academics

Sungshin Women's University comprises 45 departments in ten colleges, and five graduate schools. The university also offers 5-year combined Bachelors-Masters program.

Undergraduate colleges

Second campus (Woonjung Green Campus)

Sungshin has established a second campus in Seoul. The 54,200 m2 Woonjung Green Campus is within 5 kilometers of the Soojung Campus and makes Sungshin the only university with two campuses in Seoul.

The Woonjung Green Campus, with three college buildings and one shared facilities building opened in March 2010 and houses four colleges: College of Natural Sciences, College of Human Ecology, College of Nursing, and College of Convergence Culture and Arts. Woonjung Green Campus.

Public transit access

Sungshin Women's University is located at a transportation hub, with both campuses near major subway stations. The north-running Ui-Sinseol Rapid Transit Light metro line opened in 2017 and connected to Sungshin Women's University Station.[3]

Sungshin Women's University Station (Soojung Campus); Mia Station (Woonjung Green Campus)

Special Programs

Sungshin Women's University

ROTC

Sungshin Women's University has run a Reserve Officers' Training Corps programme for women who want to be recruited as service members by the Ministry of National Defense since 2011.[4] Similar programmes are run by Sookmyung Women's University and Ewha Womans University; these three women's universities saw a total of 90 students join the programme in 2016.[5]

Sungshin Women's University

Controversy

Shim Hwa-jin, the granddaughter of founder Li Suk-jong, served as the university's president from 2007 for two terms. When she was once more elected as president for a third term, which would extend her incumbency to 2019, four members of the university's student association raised concerns that Shim had embezzled funds from the school, which led to their suspension in January 2016. The students successfully pursued a court case to have the suspension overturned, and it was struck down in October.[6] Meanwhile, investigative journalists found that a prominent individual's daughter had been admitted to Sungshin after cheating in the assessment,[7] while one of Shim's relatives had also been appointed as a tenure-track lecturer using a plagiarised dissertation.[8]

Charges of embezzlement were brought against Shim and, on 7 February 2017, the Seoul Northern District Court returned a guilty verdict, concluding that Shim had embezzled 378 million won from school funds.[1] She was demoted from her position as president and served nine days in prison before posting bail of 50 million won on 20 February.[9] She was succeeded as president of Sungshin Women's University by Kim Ho-sung.[2]

Notable alumni

Entertainers

Athletes

Ranking

References

  1. ^ a b Park, Si-soo (8 February 2017). "Sungshin Women's Univ. president jailed for embezzlement". The Korea Times. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b Kim, Hyun-bin (23 January 2018). "Sungshin students protest school's co-ed plan". The Korea Times. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Ui-Sinseol Light Rapid Transit line opens in Seoul". Metro Report International. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  4. ^ Kim, Da-sol (8 April 2016). "Military at crossroads on female soldiers". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  5. ^ Chun, Su-jin; Park, Seong-hun (5 November 2016). "Defector becomes first North Korean to join ROTC". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  6. ^ "'총장 비리의혹 제기' 성신여대 학생들, 징계 무효소송 승소" [Sungshin Women's students who raised 'suspicion of misconduct by the president' win disciplinary action]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 30 October 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. ^ Hwang, Il-song (17 March 2016). "나경원 의원 딸, 대학 부정 입학 의혹" [Na Kyeong-won's daughter suspected of having cheated in college admission]. Korea Centre for Investigative Journalism (in Korean). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  8. ^ Jo, Hyeon-mi (17 March 2016). "성신여대 총장, '표절의혹' 친인척 교수 채용" [President of Sungshin Women's University hires relative 'suspected of plagiarism']. Korea Centre for Investigative Journalism (in Korean). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  9. ^ Park, Si-soo (21 February 2017). "Sungshin Women's University chief out on bail". The Korea Times. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

External links

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