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Seoul Women's University (SWU) is a private university in
Nowon District Gyonggi do District (Nowon-gu) is a residential district of Seoul, South Korea, located in the most northeastern part of the metropolitan city. It has the highest population density in Seoul, with 619,509 people living in the area of 35.44 k ...
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Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...
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South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. The university comprises five colleges and is a doctorate degree-granting institution.


History

The school was founded in December 1960 by the
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. The original idea was conceived in the 1920s, but permission was not granted by the Japanese governor at the time. In the late 1950s, the Presbyterian Church of Korea secured US$150,000 by raising funds at an American conference. In its first few years, Seoul Women's University only had two main buildings. Dr. Hwang Kyung Koh served as the first president of the university.


Campus today

The university now boasts 5 colleges, with 31
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s for undergraduate students, 25 departments for
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students, and 13 departments in 2 divisions for students pursuing
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International opportunities

Through various partnerships and exchange programs with universities in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, New Zealand, Vietnam, China, and Japan, Seoul Women's University offers many chances for people from many countries to interact. Korean students are offered short term cross cultural exchange programs, and
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s are offered
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s after finishing their studies. Korean students also have the chance to spend a year abroad in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Great Britain, Germany, Vietnam, China, or Japan. Other opportunities include the SWELL English program, and the Bahrom International Program.


SWELL English

The SWELL program stands for Seoul Women’s University English Language License. It is one of the unique programs at Seoul Women’s University. This program has two types: regular classes during semesters or an intensive program in the summer and winter vacations. The main goal of these two programs is exactly the same: improving English skills of all three areas: writing, speaking, and listening. However, the characteristics are different. A regular class during the semester is only for Seoul Women's University students, whereas the intensive program is for anyone who is willing to study English intensively. In a regular SWELL
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, students
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from their home. The class starts at 7:15 am. However, students can take regular SWELL courses between classes, so not just the early birds can participate in the program. All classes are small and taught by an English speaker, mostly American and Canadian
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. On the other hand, in the intensive SWELL program, students live in
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for six weeks. The most remarkable feature of this program is that participants should speak only English. Therefore, a lot of students of Seoul Women's’ University, as well as other well-known university students in Korea, join this program to advance their English skills. The Intensive SWELL program is not only a demanding course, but has various enjoyable activities such as
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day, sports days, a singing contest, and a field trip. In other words, Swellers (a term for participants in the intensive SWELL program) attain more active English from different activities rather than passively learning from only English textbooks. The two SWELL programs have different resident styles, run at different periods of time, and include different events. However, both programs are valuable in terms of enhancing English skills.


Bahrom International Program

The Bahrom International Program strives to invite foreign students from the university's sister colleges in Canada and the United States to learn about and experience Korean culture. Exchange students of Seoul Women's University who are attending these sister colleges in the following semester participate in this program. According to a division of International Relations in Seoul Women's University, participants will learn about Korean lifestyle, historical and religious background, the economic issues, politics, North/South tension, Korean pop culture and
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through
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s and hands-on experiences such as
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s and group activities. For four weeks of the program, participants live in the Bahrom Education building. In each room, two Korean students and one foreign student stay together. Fostering closer relationships between Korean students and foreign students enables foreign students to learn more about Korea. Korean students receive ongoing guidance from the foreign students who are from the sister colleges that they will be attending the next semester as exchange students.


Notable alumni

* Han Ji-min, actress *
Kim Ji-ho Kim Ji-Ho (born July 22, 1974) is a South Korean actress. Career Audiences were first introduced to Kim Ji-ho in 1994 in Shin Seung-hun's music video "For a Long Time Afterwards." She made her acting debut in ''Salut D'Amour'' that year, follow ...
, actress *
Lee Bo-young Lee Bo-young (; born January 12, 1979) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for starring in the television dramas ''My Daughter Seo-young'' (2012), ''I Can Hear Your Voice'' (2013), ''Whisper'' (2017), ''Mother'' (2018), ''When My Love ...
, actress *
Go Youn-jung Go Youn-jung (; born on April 22, 1996) is a South Korean model and actress signed under MAA. She made her acting debut in the television series ''He Is Psychometric'' (2019) and gained recognition for her supporting role in the Netflix series ...
, model and actress *
Min Hee-jin Min Hee-jin (; born 1979) is a South Korean art director and graphic designer. She is the current CEO of ADOR, a subsidiary of entertainment company Hybe Corporation, where she previously served as chief brand officer. She was formerly a creati ...
, art director and graphic designer *
Baek Ji-heon Fromis 9 (; stylized as fromis_9) is a South Korean girl group formed by CJ E&M through the 2017 reality show '' Idol School''. The group is composed of eight members: Roh Ji-sun, Song Ha-young, Lee Sae-rom, Lee Chae-young, Lee Na-gyung, Park Ji ...
, singer


See also

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References


External links


Official Website
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