|
Soongsil University (SSU) is a private Christian university in South Korea. The campus is located in 369 Sangdo-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul. == History == Soongsil University was founded on October 10, 1897 in Pyongyang as a private school by William M. Baird, a missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions. In 1900 the school was developed into an official 4-year junior high school. In October 1901 the school was named ''Soongsil Hakdang'' (, Soongsil Academy). The name ''Soongsil'' roughly means "Revering () ( ''soong'') with Truth and Integrity ( ''sil'')". In 1905 the academy established courses for students. In 1906 the academy again was permitted by presbyterian and Methodist missionary bodies to establish a university department. The academy was called Union Christian College (합성숭실대학), which was later authorized as a university by the Korean government in 1907.〔Abe, Hiroshi (1971), ''Higher Learning in Korea under Japanese Rule ''〕 In 1925 the school was forcibly reduced to a 4-year technical school of humanities named (崇實專門學校, pronounced ''Sūjitsu Senmon Gakkō'' in Japanese).〔See the section '02. Beginning of modern higher education under Japanese colonialism: Soongsil hakdang' in the (【引用サイトリンク】title=Overview of Soongsil History )〕 On March 4, 1938 the school closed itself in order to protest against the enforcement of Shinto shrine worship. In August 1945 Korea was liberated from Japanese colonialism, but the effort to restore the Soongsil College did not succeed until after the end of the Korean War. In April 1954 Soongsil College was reestablished in South Korea and in June 1957 it moved to the present-day Sangdo-dong Campus. In 1971 the College was merged with Daejun College (, not to be confused with present-day Daejeon University) into Soongjun College ().〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chronology of Soongsil History )〕 In December 1971 the College acquired a university status. In December 1982, Daejeon Campus of Soongjun University was separated and renamed Hannam University. In November 1986, Soongjun University was renamed Soongsil University. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Soongsil University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|