Sookmyung Women's University
숙명여자대학교 | |
| Motto | Modesty, Wisdom, and Justice 정숙•현명•정대 (貞淑•賢明•正大) |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | May 22, 1906 as Myeongshin Girls' School, renamed to Sookmyung Women's College on December 1, 1909, re-established as a university on May 22, 1948 |
| President | Si Yeun MOON |
Academic staff | 460 (2018) |
| Students | 10,492 (2018) |
| Undergraduates | 2,209 (2018) |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Nunsong-i (Snowflake) |
| Website | www.sookmyung.ac.kr |
| Sookmyung Women's University | |
| Hangul | 숙명여자대학교 |
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| Hanja | 淑明女子大學校 |
| Revised Romanization | Sungmyeong Yeoja Daehakgyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sungmyŏng Yŏja Taehakkyo |
Sookmyung Women's University (Korean: 숙명여자대학교) is a private women's research university in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1906, Sookmyung is Korea’s first royal private educational institution for women. Sookmyung is one of the world's largest female educational institutes. The university's name is derived from the Hanja characters of sook and Myung, which mean "elegant" and "bright" respectively.