Sangmyung University

Sangmyung University was established in 1937 as Sangmyung Academy for Higher Learning for the Young.

The goal was to educate leaders amid Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula. Later, Sangmyung Academy transitioned into Sangmyung Women’s College of Education in 1965, Sangmyung Women’s University in 1986, and changed its name to Sangmyung University in 1996, becoming a co-ed university. The current system is designed to adapt to change and continually expand educational opportunities.