Historical Perspctives Departments and Institutes established

The University

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) was established 600 years ago on the current site in Seoul as the first institution of higher learning, founded by King Taejo of Chosun Dynasty. The meaning of Sungkyunkwan is an "institution for building a harmonious society" of "perfect human being". For over 500 years from its foundation Sungkyunkwan had been the center for the promotion of Confucianism and the cradle of most of the distinguished scholars and statesmen in Chosun Dynasty. Presently, it becomes the campus for Humanities and Social Sciences in Seoul. In 1978 a modern campus for natural sciences and engineering was constructed in Suwon, about 30 miles south from the Seoul campus. In 1996 SKKU started to be governed by Samsung Group for its running.

School of Information and Communication Engineering

Jan. 1965 Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Dec. 1969 Dept. of Electronics Engineering
Dec. 1982 Dept. of Information Engineering
Mar. 1990 Graduate School of Science and Technology
Mar. 1993 Dept. of Measurement and Control
Apr. 1994 Institute of Information and Communication Technology
Apr. 1994 Industrial Electronics Application Center
Mar 1996 School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mar. 1997 Institute of Semiconductor Production Technology
Dec. 1999 Information and Communication Business Incubator
June 2000 Institute of Information Security Information
Mar. 2002 School of Information and Communication Engineering