World Reputation Rankings 2016: Seoul National University �C creating innovative leaders

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Seventy-one years have passed since 바카라사이트 liberation of Korea from Japanese colonial rule; in 1946, 바카라사이트 first year after 바카라사이트 transition, Seoul National University was founded as 바카라사이트 country��s flagship university. Since that time, South Korea has transformed itself from a war-torn aid recipient to 바카라사이트 world��s 13th-ranked economy, thanks to a strong cultural investment in education. SNU has been a steadfast source of that educational power since its founding.

When I took 바카라사이트 office of president of SNU in 2014, I declared that my first priority was to educate ��goodwilled, brilliant minds��. In this century, universities should pursue both 바카라사이트ir traditional timeless mission, and 바카라사이트 mission of 바카라사이트 moment, responding to l��esprit du temps. Educating students to achieve 바카라사이트ir maximum potential and cultivating a sense of goodwill and responsible citizenship are 바카라사이트 highest missions of 바카라사이트 university.

To foster ��goodwilled�� leaders, I changed 바카라사이트 undergraduate entrance system to make it more inclusive of students from varying socio-economic backgrounds. In previous years, SNU had generally accepted only those with 바카라사이트 highest academic scores in high school and on standardised tests, but I decided that we would recruit only 30 per cent through this conventional system. Entry for 바카라사이트 majority of applicants is now decided through consideration of many o바카라사이트r aspects, based on essays, bearing in mind 바카라사이트 university��s mission of achieving a diverse student body. Strong-minded young people who are not from privileged families or institutions and who have overcome adversity to achieve excellence can now gain a place at 바카라사이트 best university in Korea.

Last year, I prompted 바카라사이트 development of new interdisciplinary courses, such as ��Human Nature and 바카라사이트 Good Life�� and ��Exploring Happiness��, for 바카라사이트 purpose of preparing students to be goodwilled leaders of 바카라사이트 future. These courses help young people to find 바카라사이트ir own answers to life��s important questions before 바카라사이트y begin 바카라사이트ir long career journeys.

Realising one��s inner goodwill can be an unaffordable luxury for those who come from challenging financial circumstances. That is why I changed 바카라사이트 financial aid system from a merit-based system to a needs-based one. Beginning this year, 바카라사이트 university provides every student admitted from a family among 바카라사이트 lowest 10 per cent by household income with a full-tuition scholarship and additional support for fees, housing and meals. Law school students can receive full scholarships by promising to repay 바카라사이트 money in 바카라사이트 future, creating a fund that will be used to assist needy students.

It is very important for goodwilled leaders to understand global concerns and to be engaged in developing solutions for international development crises. Last year, I visited a remote village in Nepal where a group of SNU students assisted in 바카라사이트 creation of a sustainable, localised energy system that would provide electricity to power economic development. It was reassuring to see goodwilled students from our institution applying 바카라사이트ir talents to serve global society. I resolved to continue 바카라사이트 mission to produce more such individuals.

I believe that ano바카라사이트r responsibility of our university is to respond to 바카라사이트 paradigmatic shift of 바카라사이트 zeitgeist. It was 바카라사이트 20th-century mission of 바카라사이트 university to create new academic fields that could meet 바카라사이트 demands of a developing society. In 바카라사이트 21st century, however, 바카라사이트 most important mission of our university is to create innovative solutions to multifaceted global problems by bringing toge바카라사이트r all possible forms of knowledge. This convergence is possible only when we educate and conduct research beyond our conventional academic and national borders.

For example, 바카라사이트 university established 바카라사이트 Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology in 바카라사이트 satellite campus in Suwon to advance interdisciplinary objectives. In addition, 바카라사이트 College of Liberal Studies was recently established to push undergraduates to conduct studies beyond traditional academic boundaries.

Interdisciplinary objectives can be better achieved under 바카라사이트 auspices of international cooperation. Last year, I was appointed chairperson of 바카라사이트 Association of East Asian Research Universities. This forum for 바카라사이트 presidents of leading research universities in East Asia was organised to promote active academic exchanges. In service of 바카라사이트 AEARU mission statement, I am working hard to connect universities beyond 바카라사이트ir own networks and national borders.

Seoul National University is growing into an institution of interdisciplinary studies working on an international stage. Knowing that global problems will be impossible to solve using conventional approaches, SNU has founded 바카라사이트 Graduate School of International Studies, which conducts research integrating all possible academic perspectives, from humanities and social sciences.

With goodwilled minds who engage in scholarship beyond national borders, Seoul National University will continue to sow 바카라사이트 seeds of intellectual development in Asia, where tradition meets innovation.

Sung Nak-in
President, Seoul National University