Chongshin University

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Chongshin University
Hangul:	총신대학교
Revised Romanization:	Chongsin daehakgyo
McCune-Reischauer:	Ch'ongsin daehakkyo

Chongshin University is a major Christian university in Seoul, south Korea. It has deep historical ties to conservative Presbyterianism. The current president is Kim In-hwan (김인환).

1 Academics
2 History
3 See also
4 External link

[edit] Academics

Undergraduate education is provided through eight departments: Social Work, Child Studies, Church Music, Early Childhood Education, History Education, English Education, Christian Education, and Theology. Postgraduate education is divided between the seminary and the graduate schools. The main graduate school offers degrees of Master of Theology, Master of Arts, Master of Music, and Doctor of Theology. In addition, there are separate graduate schools of Education, Mission, and Social Work.

[edit] History

The school was founded as a seminary in 1901 by the Korean Presbyterian General Assembly. It was located in P'yŏngyang at the time, and known as Pyungyang Theological Seminary (평양 신학교). The first president was an American missionary by the name of Thomas Moffatt. The school was forced to close by the Japanese occupation government in 1938. It was reopened in 1945, now located in Seoul. A four-year college was created in 1969. The seminary became an accredited graduate school in 1978. It became a university in 1995.