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Seoul National University

National research university in Seoul, Republic of Korea

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About

instance of
inception
  • 1946
official name
  • 서울대학교 (ko) · 31 December 1949–27 December 2011
  • 국립서울대학교 (ko) · 22 August 1946–30 December 1949
  • 국립대학법인 서울대학교 (ko) · since 28 December 2011
short name
  • 서울대 (ko) · McCune–Reischauer romanization: Sŏuldae · Revised Romanization: Seouldae
  • SNU

Location and contact

country
located in the administrative territorial entity
headquarters location
  • Seoul · country: South Korea · postal code: 151-742 · coordinate location: 37.4600, 126.9525 · street address: 1 Gwanak-ro Gwanak-gu (und)
coordinate location
  • 37.4600, 126.9525
official website

People and numbers

chairperson

Rankings and recognition

ranking
  • 31 · QS World University Rankings · 2026
  • 62 · Times Higher Education World University Rankings · 2026
  • 82 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2025
Earlier figures (16)
  • 31 · QS World University Rankings · 2025
  • 41 · QS World University Rankings · 2024
  • 29 · QS World University Rankings · 2023
  • 36 · QS World University Rankings · 2022
  • 37 · QS World University Rankings · 2021
  • 37 · QS World University Rankings · 2020
  • 36 · QS World University Rankings · 2019
  • 36 · QS World University Rankings · 2018
  • 35 · QS World University Rankings · 2017
  • 36 · QS World University Rankings · 2016
  • 31 · QS World University Rankings · 2015
  • 35 · QS World University Rankings · 2014
  • 37 · QS World University Rankings · 2012
  • 86 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2024
  • 94 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2023
  • 98 · Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities · 2022

Finances

funder
  • Open Society Foundations · prize money: $990,000 · award rationale: to support the Centre for Transnational Migration and Social Inclusion's research and policy advocacy activities promoting women’s rights and social inclusion in South Korea · 2021

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit
member of
2 more
replaces
follows

Other facts

McCune–Reischauer romanization
  • Sŏul Taehakkyo
Revised Romanization
  • Seoul Daehakgyo
Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)
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Wikimedia and technical details (9)
Commons category
  • Seoul National University
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social media followers
  • 187,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCJ_3L5ElVq7fI0AAB91tfng · 25 January 2025
  • 3,782 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 317658876 · 10 January 2021
Earlier figures (4)
  • 174,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCJ_3L5ElVq7fI0AAB91tfng · 16 January 2024
  • 143,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCJ_3L5ElVq7fI0AAB91tfng · 17 February 2023
  • 78,900 · YouTube channel ID: UCJ_3L5ElVq7fI0AAB91tfng · 18 March 2022
  • 10,300 · YouTube channel ID: UCJ_3L5ElVq7fI0AAB91tfng · 11 July 2021
Identifiers in other databases (55)
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Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
  • hPJ2k · subject named as: 首尔大学 · last update: 20 January 2022
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
  • 135773 · subject named as: 首尔大学
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NDL Authority ID
  • 00925443 · subject named as: Seoul National University
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  • P4310319466 · subject named as: Seoul National University
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U.S. National Archives Identifier
  • 3966933 · subject named as: Seoul National University
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X (Twitter) username
  • snunow · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 317658876 · 29 December 2020
YouTube channel ID
  • UCJ_3L5ElVq7fI0AAB91tfng · subject named as: 서울대학교 Seoul National University · number of works: 157 · number of subscribers: 4,180 · number of viewers/listeners: 203,121 · 2 December 2020
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