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25 Chongshin University
26 Soongsil University
143 Sadang-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul /

110 Hakchon-ro, Yangji-myeon, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 369 Sangdo-ro, Dongjak-gu https://ssu.ac.kr
http://www.chongshin.ac.kr

Entrance of Soongsil University
“History liked steel over tears.
But we make a history with
hot tears that melt iron!”

Disciplinary Motto of Chongshin
University
Chongshin University Church
Soongsil University was founded by William M. Baird, Bronze Bust of William Martyn Baird
“The heart of Korean church, the birthplace of a missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.,
reformist theology, Chongshin University” as “Soongsil Hakdang” with 13 students at 26 Shinyang-
ri, Pyongyang. Missionary Baird was a fellow student
of McCormick Theological Seminary with Missionary
Chongshin University in Seoul was founded in 1901 in Pyongyang by missionary Samuel
Maffett who founded Pyongyang Theological Seminary.
A. Maffett. Chongshin University was one school with the Department of Presbyterian
Before coming to Pyongyang, Missionary Baird worked
Theological Seminary until 1959, but after the incident related to Principal Hyung-ryong
in Busan and also paid a lot of attention to teaching
Park, the two school was divided into two denominations, and the seminary was also
students by establishing schools there.
divided. It was in 1965 that the building was relocated to Sadang-dong. The founder of Soongsil University
Soongsil University named the school “Soongsil - William Martyn Baird-
Currently, classes for undergraduate school are held in Sadang-dong, and the Graduate
Hakdang” when the school was newly built and relocated
School of Theology is located at 41-11 San, Jeil-ri, Yangji-myeon, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si,
in 1901. In 1905, it was promoted to Soongsil University
Gyeonggi-do. Sorae Church has been restored on the campus of the Graduate School of
and became the first Christian university in Korea.
Theology, and there are also monuments of pioneers Seo Sang-ryun and Lee Su-jeong.
However, in 1925, the school was forcibly reduced to a
There is also the martyrdom monument of Pastor Choi Bong-seok (Choi Kwon-neung) .
4-year technical school of humanities named Soongsil
Technical College by Japanese oppression. On March 4,
1938 the school closed itself in order to protest against
the enforcement of Shinto shrine worship. In 1954
Rev. Han Kyungchik Memorial Hall
Soongsil College was reestablished in South Korea. In
1971 the College was merged with Daejun College into
Soongjun College. In 1983, the Daejeon Campus was
separated and renamed Hannam University. In 1986,
Soongjun University was renamed Soongsil University.
There is a Korean Christian Museum on campus based
Yangji Chongshin University Library Chongshin University Main Building in Sadang-dong on materials donated by Rev. Kim Yang-sun.