Ewha Womans University
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| Motto | 진, 선, 미 (Truth, Goodness, and Beauty) |
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| Established | 1886 |
| Type | Private |
| President | Lee Bae-Yong |
| Faculty | 1,204 |
| Undergraduates | 14,723 |
| Postgraduates | 4,535 |
| Location | Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
| Campus | Urban, 5.854 km² |
| Website | www.ewha.ac.kr |
| Ewha Womans University | |
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| Hangul: | 이화여자대학교 (short 이화여대 or 이대) |
| Hanja: | 梨花女子大學校 (short 梨花女大 or 梨大) |
| Revised Romanization: | Ihwa Yeoja Daehakgyo (short Ihwayeodae or Idae) |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Ihwa Yŏja Taehakkyo (short Ihwayŏdae or Idae) |
Ewha Womans University is a private women's university in central Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the city's largest institutions of higher learning, the world's largest female educational institute and one of the best-known universities in South Korea. Ewha was founded in 1886 by the Methodist Episcopal missionary Mary F. Scranton.
The school flower is the pear, the Sino-Korean term for which is the school's name. Although the name of the university may seem to contain two grammatical errors, the term woman's university is consistent with late 19th and early 20th century usage of American English, and was considered perfectly correct at the time the school was named. The absence of an apostrophe in the school's name is intentional. It refers to its humble begining of 120 years ago when it was founded by a single woman.
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[edit] History
Ewha Womans University traces its roots back to Mary Scranton's Ihwa Hakdang (also Ewha Hakdang; 이화학당 梨花學堂) mission school for girls, which opened with only one student on May 31, 1886 (Lee, 2001).[1] The name, which means “Pear blossom academy”, was bestowed by the Emperor Gojong the following year. The school began to provide college courses in 1910, and professional courses for women in 1925. Immediately following liberation of Korea on August 15, 1945, the college received government permission to become a university. It was the first South Korean university to be officially organized.
Ewha is now responsible for many firsts in Korean history: Korea's first female doctor, Esther Park; its first woman to get a doctoral degree, Helen Kim; the first female Korean lawyer, Lee Tai-young; the first female justice on the Constitutional Court, Jeon Hyo-sook, and the first female prime minister, the incumbent Han Myeong-sook, were all Ewha graduates. The "firsts" is in part due to the fact that many Korean women in older generations were discouraged from attending co-ed universities in Korea. Despite producing these ambitious women, Ewha's most notable reputation had been to produce the "best wife candidates" for Korean male elites. Ewha's zeal to remain at the vanguard of women's education in Korea is encapsulated in its new motto, "Frontier Ewha."
1886 - In May, Mary F. Scranton, an American Methodist missionary, opens Korea's first school for women in her house with a single student. In November, the construction of a school building (the former base of Ewha Womans University) is completed in Jeong-dong.
1887 - King Gojong officially names the school "Ihwa(also Ewha)."
1910 - College courses begin.
1925 - Ewha Women's Professional School opens.
1935 - The campus moves to its current location.
1946 - Ewha becomes Ewha Womans University, Korea's first university for women.
1950 - Ewha graduate schools open.
1977 - Women's Studies classes begin.
1984 - The School of Continuing Education opens.
1996 - Ewha opens its College of Engineering, the first such school in a women's university.
2001 - Division of International Studies established.
2006 - Ewha offers inaugural Ewha Global Partnership Program and completes the restoration of Ewha Hakdang.
[edit] Reputation & Ranking
Admission to Ewha Womans University is relatively selective. According to the 2004 University Rankings released by Korean Council for University Education, Ewha Womans University scored 97.75 scoring the top place out of 40 universities.[citation needed] By discipline, Ewha has ranked number 1 in journalism & mass communication, advertising & PR. The school was ranked number 2 in biology and biotechnology, and at the graduate level, this discipline was in the top group scoring 95.0. Ewha has also been ranked top 3 in the NCSI University rankings for 4 consecutive years.
[edit] Areas of Specialization
Ewha has largely 8 specialization areas: Life science, Nanoscience, IT, Design Technology, Women’s studies, Korean Studies, Business Management and International Studies.
Life science triggered Ewha's specialization efforts and represents the school's 8 specialization programs. It started to grab attention by receiving 3.5 billion KRW of funding as it earned the spot in BK21 project promoted by MOE. Ewha's life science program also received extra funding of 9.9 billion KRW from the Ministry of Science and Technology. Industry-academia cooperation is brisk as well earning funding of 9 billion KRW from SK over a 3-year period and 5 billion KRW from LF--a life science startup--for 5 years. Ewha's life science recorded the highest IF (Impact Factor: A quantitative measure of the frequency with which the "average article" published in a given scholarly journal has been cited in a particular year or period) in Korea recording a whopping 8.6 last year. It also holds 6 international patents and 13 domestic patents. Ewha's Nanoscience program received support from the school in earnest as it won the spot in Ewha specialization project in 2003. The Division of Nanoscience was established at the graduate school in the same year. It achieved excellent performance in a short period in industry-academia cooperation with 15 companies such as Amorepacific, Leadgene, Scinco, and Bipolymed. Life Science and Nanoscience are the two engines that lead Ewha’s strength in engineering and natural science.
[edit] Organization
The undergraduate departments of Ewha are divided among 14 colleges. Likewise, the graduate courses are divided into 14 graduate schools.
College of Liberal Arts
College of Social Sciences
College of Engineering
College of Natural Sciences
College of Music
College of Arts and Design
College of Human Movement and Performance
College of Law
College of Medicine
College of Pharmacy
College of Education
College of Business Administration
College of Nursing Science
College of Human Ecology
Division of International Studies
[edit] References
- ^ Lee Jeong-kyu. (2001). The establishment of modern universities in Korea and their implications for Korean education policies. In Education Policy Analysis Archives 9 (27)
[edit] Notable alumni
- Bang Jee Young – Pianist
- Han Myung-Sook - Prime Minister of South Korea
[edit] See also
- Education in South Korea
- List of colleges and universities in South Korea
- List of Korea-related topics
- Ewhaian
- Idae area
[edit] External links
- Official website, in Korean and English
- Official website for international programs, in Korean and English
- Open Directory category
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