SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

1940 August 22 1946 Government ordinance for the establishment of Seoul National University promulgated. October 15 1946 Seoul National University established. (The Colleges of Agriculture, Commerce, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Arts, Law, Liberal Arts & Sciences, Medicine, Graduate Division) 1950 September 30 1950 Seoul College of Pharmacy, a private college, incorporated into the University as the College of Pharmacy. April 20 1953 College of Veterinary Medicine established. College of Fine Arts and College of Music separately established. January 13 1959 The Graduate Schools of Public Administration and Public Health established. 1960 December 09 1961 College of Veterinary Medicine incorporated into the College of Agriculture. February 17 1962 Graduate School of Private Law established. July 01 1963 Graduate School of Education established. November 24 1965 Graduate School of Business Administration established. December 14 1967 Graduate School of Journalism and the Division of General Education established. December 24 1968 Graduate School of Home Economics established. 1970 April 08 1970 Office of Campus Construction established as part of the University's 10-Year Plan for Campus Integration. January 25 1973 Graduate School of Environmental Studies established. January 14 1974 College of Veterinary Medicine established. February 28 1975 The Graduate Schools of Business Administration, Education, Journalism, Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Commerce, Division of General Education dissolved. The Colleges of Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Business Administration newly established. March 01 1975 The first stage of campus integration at Gwanak completed. August 16 1978 The hospitals connected to the Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry established as a special corporate body and named as the Seoul National University Hospitals. December 31 1979 Campus relocation of College of Engineering at Gwanak completed. 1980 February 15 1982 Korean Radio and Correspondence College separated from the University. January 21 1987 Proclamation of a long-term plan for the development of Seoul National University (1987-2001) 1990 May 25 1990 SNU Development Foundation established. March 06 1992 College of Nursing established. College of Agriculture renamed as College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. January 1995 Proclamation of Seoul National University's visions for the 21st century. October 15 1996 50th anniversary of the founding of Seoul National University observed. March 01 1997 College of Home Economics renamed as College of Human Ecology. September 10 1998 Department of Veterinary Science incorporated into College of Natural Sciences. November 24 1999 Academic Information Center established. 2000 September 01 2001 Office of Admissions, Office of International Affairs established. June 07 2002 Center of General Education established. March 01 2003 Graduate School of International Studies established. September 23 2003 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences relocated in Gwanak Campus. November 01 2003 Board of Trustees established. March 01 2005 School of Dentistry established.