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The University of Seoul (UOS) is a public university located in Seoul, Korea. It was founded as Kyung Sung Public Agricultural College in 1918 and renamed the University of Seoul in 1997. UOS is one of top 3 universities without medical school in Korea in 2012.According to 2015 report from The Times Higher Education, UOS ranked 7th among the all Korean universities and 49th among all the Asian ...universities.In another survey, UOS ranked 14th in the Asian midsize universities.UOS was reported the best value public university in Korea,with high financial investment and scholarship amount per student.
Students" affinity to the school was ranked in the first place and students" satisfaction is in the second according to a 2010 survey.UOS is famous for a large number of alumni working as national or municipal government officials. UOS is specialized in College of Urban Science and has top-tier programs of environmental engineering, science in taxation, transportation engineering, urban planning and design, landscape architecture, and urban administration.
UOS is a public university funded and supported by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Seoul is the economic, political, and cultural center of Korea for about 600 years. Academic programs of UOS have been set to support necessities of the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Hence, UOS functions as a think-tank in formulating and supporting the major policy goals of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, along with basic research and education. UOS has a goal of becoming an international center for the urban sciences. UOS has a specialized college, College of Urban Science.
The University of Seoul has fostered talents that are essential for the Korean society as ‘the base of learning and sharing’ driven by the university motto of "Truth, Creation, and Service" for the past 100 years. In 2012, we have halved the tuition fees for the first time among universities in Korea, sought after normalization of public education and expanded social contribution activities, fulfilling social responsibilities as a public university.
UOS has long been providing services for Seoul and Seoul citizens. In particular, UOS provides a diverse range of training programs for the municipal officials, national government officials, and experts in the public sector. From 1997, UOS provides Seoul citizens with lifelong education in UOS Open University located in the central Seoul, Kwanghwa-mun. UOS Open University provides a broad range of education programs including languages, technologies, Seoul Study, and various cultural activities. UOS has vocational and educational programs for more than 5,000 Seoulites annually in Continuing Education Center. The Social Welfare Center located in the main campus provides a wide range of social services for more than 100,000 senior citizens and disabled citizens a year.
The UOS is committed to developing competitive talents with the spirit of the times and citizenship, conducting innovative researches that can create social values, and becoming the future-leading university by proactively responding to social needs and conducting sharing programs.