Ewha Womans University 이화여자대학교
Motto	Truth, Goodness, and Beauty 眞 · 善 · 美
Established	May 31, 1886 as Ewha School, college-course installed in 1910, re-established as a university on August 15, 1945.
Type	Private
President	Lee Bae-Yong
Faculty	856[1]
Staff	369 [1]
Students	19,503[1]
Undergraduates	14,904[1]
Postgraduates	4,559[1]
Location	Seodaemun, Seoul, South Korea
Campus	Urban 587,159  m²[1]
Website	www.ewha.ac.kr

Ewha Arirang Building, Main structure of the Campus

Ewha Womans University (Korean: 이화여자대학교, Hanja: 梨花女子大學校) 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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Seodaemun-gu is a gu located in northwestern Seoul, South Korea. ... Seoul   is the capital of South Korea and is located on the Han River in the countrys northwest. ... Crowded Shibuya, Tokyo shopping district An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... Jamo redirects here. ... Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... Seoul   is the capital of South Korea and is located on the Han River in the countrys northwest. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Methodist Episcopal Church, sometimes referred to as the M.E. Church, officially began at the Baltimore Christmas Conference in 1784. ...

The school flower is the pear, the Sino-Korean term for which is the school's name. While there may seem to be a grammatical mistake in the name, "womans" was the correct english spelling in the late 19th century when the university was founded (as opposed to women's or woman's). This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Sino-Korean describes those elements of the Korean language that come directly or indirectly from Chinese — namely, Hanja and the words formed from them. ...

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).^[2] 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. May 31 is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Gojong (1852–1919) was the 26th king and 1st emperor of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

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)." Gojong, the Emperor Gwangmu (광무제 光武帝 gwang mu je) (8 September 1852–21 January 1919) was the twenty-sixth king and first emperor of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. ...

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.

Photos

The following are some photos of the Campus taken by Anya Gonzalez while studying at Edae as an exchange student, 2005.

Welch-Ryang Building, Main structure of the Campus Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	International Studies Building Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	Presidential Residence, Used to be Ceremony House Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	Centennial Library Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
New Ewha Haktang, Or Ceremonial House, re-established 2006 Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	Statue of Ms. Scranton Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (453 × 604 pixel, file size: 117 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation...	Back Gate of the University Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...	Law and Humanities Library Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Magnolias on Campus during Spring Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...	One of many garden/parks inside the campus Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...	Statues outside the Museum by the Main Gate Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...	Towards the Ceramic Institute and Museum, at the back. Building to the right is Music department Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
Humanities Building Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...	View from Main Gate Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...	POSCO Building Image File history File links Size of this preview: 403 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (406 × 604 pixel, file size: 66 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) POSCO BUILDING. I took classes here. ...	View of Campus at Night from atop the mountain Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Sunset View of Street outside University Main Gate Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	Main Entrance to the Korean Dormitory, Hanwoori Kisuksa Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...

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Reputation & Ranking

Admission to Ewha Womans University is relatively selective. According to the Joongang Daily's ranking of universities in Korea, Ewha Womans University was ranked 9th in 2003, and 14th in 2004. However, the university has been ranked within the top 3 in the NCSI (National Consumer Satisfaction Index) University rankings for 4 consecutive years.

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.

Organization

The undergraduate departments of Ewha are divided among 11 colleges, 1 division with 65 departments. Likewise, the graduate courses are divided into 13 graduate schools.

College of Liberal Arts

College of Social Sciences

College of Engineering

College of Natural Sciences

College of Arts (Music/Fine Arts/Design)

College of Law

College of Pharmacy

College of Education

College of Business Administration

College of Health Sciences

University College

Division of International Studies

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Ewha Information. Ewha Womans University Official Website.
2. ^ 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)

Notable alumni

• Bang Jee Young – Pianist
• Han Myung-Sook - Prime Minister of South Korea
• Grace Park - LPGA golfer
• Yuko Fueki - Japan and Korea-based actress

Han Myung-Sook (한명숙, 韓明淑, born March 24, 1944) is a Korean deputy from the ruling Uri Party. ... The Prime Minister of South Korea is appointed by the President with the National Assemblys approval. ... Grace Park was born Park Ji-eun (박지은) on June 3, 1979 in Seoul, South Korea, and is a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. ... Yuko Fueki (Japanese: 笛木優子, Fueki Yūko, Korean: 유민, born June 21, 1979 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actress. ...

See also

• Education in South Korea
• List of colleges and universities in South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics
• Ewhaian
• Ewha Womans University Station

In South Korea, education is highly regarded and very competitive. ... A list of institutions of higher education in South Korea. ... This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ... Ewhaian (이화이언) is a Korean/Konglish coined term meaning Ewha person. ... Ewha Womens University Station (이대역) is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 2. ...

External links

• Official website, in Korean and English
• Official website for international programs, in Korean and English
• Open Directory category