Seoul Women's University

Making SWU a university, to which parents want to send their daughters, for which students want to apply, from which the industry recruits talents, and of which the members feel ever so proud. Founded in 1961 by the Presbyterian Church of Korea, Seoul Women's University is celebrating its 52nd anniversary. Upon the firm foundation of Bahrom Character Education, the only residential character education program in Korea that began along with the birth of SWU, we have been equipping our students with our unique education. As a result, after half a century, SWU is establishing as a prestigious women's college.

Such efforts have been recognized in 2012, as we won a number of titles and grants from the Ministry of Education such as the Best Teaching University, University Education Capacity Enhancement Project, and Leading University for Admissions Officer System. We are still striving with enterprise to realize our full potential to become "the best of the best" teaching university.

Nowadays, however, the colleges in Korea are facing challenges that were never seen before. Due to the dwindling school age population, in a few years there will be more seats available in colleges than the total number of applicants. Moreover, as Free Trade Agreements are being signed, the college market is opening for global competition, pushing local colleges to be more international.

These challenges are telling us to change and innovate. SWU is drawing up plans to bolster our education to engage these challenges with wisdom. Just as there is an old saying, "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together," all the members of SWU would bring all of their strength, wisdom, talent and prayer together to make an amazing change in the midst of this difficult time. The bodies of SWU will do their best in their given positions, running a glorious race towards SWU's 100th anniversary.

Seoul Women's University pursues to nurture the "Plus-Type Talents" which refers to the people who are harmonious, who value the community, and who trusts that "We are smarter than I". To do this, we will continue branding Seoul Women's University's unique education by fortifying Bahrom Character Education, embedded by the Christian spirit; not to mention building up the elite education which would prepare our students with leading-edge expertise. By doing so, we will stand as a university to which parents want to send their daughters, for which students want to apply, from which the industry recruits talents, and of which the members feel ever so proud.

Another thing that we are paying attention to is making our campus a warm place that is abundant with Christian spirit. This means forming an atmosphere where students are able to freely meet the college community, talk, exchange thoughts and dream about future.

SWU cultivates female leaders complete with knowledge, virtue and expertise and contributing to the advancement of the country and mankind by acquiring knowledge and skills viable for the highly-industrialized society driven by IT, and by building up leadership qualities based on the Christian faith and national principles of education.

• To foster experts: To guide students to acquire knowledge and skills in their majors, and enhance their scientific awareness, critical and holistic thinking skills and problem-solving skills to make unbiased decisions on objects and phenomena.
• To advocate the Christian faith：To help students to uphold righteous values underpinned by the Christian faith, to cherish humanity and affective maturity and to improve leadership qualities.
• To nurture people of action：To develop students’ abilities to adapt, to utilize their knowledge, to act out democratic values and social justice, to create national culture and to serve international communities.