A Tradition of Excellence
Chronology
THE CRADLE OF KOREAN HIGHER EDUCATION, SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY REMAINS THE GUARDIAN OF THE NATION`S EVERLASTING SPRIRIT TO THRIVE AND SUCCEED!
- 1398~1945
- 1946~1952
- 1953~1963
- 1964~1965
- 1970~1975
- 1976~1978
- 1981~1982
- 1983~1986
- 1987~1990
- 1991~1995
- 1996~2000
- 2001~2010
- 2011~2020
1398
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The foundation of the first national education institute in Korea : Sungkyunkwan (1400-1418) Taejong initiates a tradition for royal princes to enter Sungkyunkwan
1475
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Jongyeonggak; the first library, is established
1592
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Munmyo; the Confucian Shrine, is destroyed in a fire
1601
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Munmyo is reconstructed
1895
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Sungkunkwan is reformed as a modern three-year university
1911
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The University is renamed Kyonghagwon by the Japanese