Seoul National University was established in 1895. Official opening date was 1946 October 15.
During Japanese colonial era, the name of this uinversity was Keijō Imperial University.
When Korea was ruled by US military government, Keijō Imperial University has changed to Seoul National University.
Throughout the years, many departments of knowledge has been opened.
1971, a poet ,who was a student of this university at that time, wrote a poem called "The temple of the burning light".
This poem is extremely famous that became one of the symbols of the university.
Description below is the history of a creation of and abolishment of departments
Law school (1895) → Hansung Law School (1909) → Gyeongseong Law School (1911) → Gyeongseong Law School (1922) → Gyeongseong Economic College (1944) → Promotion (1946) → Seoul National University Law School (1946) → Education, Education, Education, and English Literature (1946) (1946). → Industrial Training Center (1906) → Gyeongseong High School (1916) → Gyeongseong High School (1939) → Gyeongseong Technical College (1944) → (A) Seoul National University of Technology (1946) → Promoted to Seoul National University of Technology (1946) - Department of Physics (1946) - Department of Chemistry - Department (1946) - Department of Engineering (1946) - Department of Engineering (1946). Mechanical engineering - Mechanical engineering (1938) → Promotion to the undergraduate mechanical engineering department (1946) - Electrical engineering (1938) Promotion to the
undergraduate electrical engineering department (1946) Communication engineering (1944)
→ Promotion to the undergraduate telecommunications engineering department (1946) -
Civil engineering (1946) - Civil engineering department (1916) →
Promotion to civil engineering department (1938) → Promotion to civil engineering department (1938). → →
Promoted to a university agricultural college (1946) College of Agriculture (1946) -
Department of Agriculture (1922) → Department of Agriculture (1946) - Department of Forestry (1946) -
Department of Veterinary Medicine (1946) - Department of Veterinary Medicine (1946) - Department of Veterinary Medicine (1937) -
Department of Veterinary Education (1946) - Department of Veterinary Education (1946) - Department of Veterinary Education (1937 →1946) Veterinary Livestock Industry (specialist department) - Veterinary Livestock Industry (1937) → Promotion to the Professional Department of Veterinary Livestock Industry (1946) Gyeongseong Branch School (1907) → Gyeongseong Branch School (1915) → Oriental Livestock Specialist School (1918) → Oriental Society Hard School/Administrative Department (1920) → Gyeongseong Commercial School (1922) → Gyeongseong High School (1922→Department of Law and Literature/Medical/Scientific Department of Science and Engineering (1941) → Department of Law/Medical/Scientific Department (1945) → Department of Law and Literature (1946) → Department of Law/Politics (1927) → Department of Law/Second/Third Class (1935) → Department of Law/Political/Economics (1945)[1945][]Major (1945) Philosophy of the Department of Law and Literature - Philosophy / Religion and Religion / History of Fine Arts / History of Fine Arts / History of Ethics / Psychology / Education / Major of Education (1926) Abolition (1943) → Philosophy of Philosophy / Religion / History of Fine Arts / Psychology / Psychology / Sociology (1945) [Medical Department] [Medical Department][1945]1935) → (A) Kyungsung Women's College (1946) → Promotion to Seoul National University College of Education (1946) Korean Literature (1946) - Korean Literature (1946) - English Literature (1946) - History (1946) and Biology (1946) Education - Education (1946) and Housekeeping (1946)Promoted to a department of optics (1946) - Department of Metallurgical Engineering (1917) → Department of Mining at Gyeongseong High School (1922) → Department of Mining at Gyeongseong High School (1938) → Department of metallurgical engineering (1939) → Promotion (1946) Department of Mechanical Engineering (1946) to Department (1946)
