VENUE

Seoul National University

The symposium will be held at the Seoul National University, and the venue of the symposium is the Global Education Center for Engineers (Building 38) in the Gwanak campus of the Seoul National University.

• Seoul National University was founded in 1946 as the first national university in Republic of Korea and is considered as the most prestigious university in the country. The university has two campuses in the city of Seoul – one in Gwanak on the southern side of the city and one within the city center in the district of Jongno, which is also the largest campus in the capital.

• Seoul National University consists of 16 colleges, 1 Graduate School and 10 Professional Schools, 2,620 full-time faculty members, 16,511 undergraduate students and 12,119 graduate students. The university has an impressive portfolio of international partnerships, with as many as 289 universities in 58 countries collaborating with the school, and it is placed joint 36^th and number one in South Korea in the QS World University Rankings 2019.

• Two international airports, Incheon International Airport (ICN) and Gimpo International Airport (GMP), are located in Seoul. Airport limousine bus is the preferred mode of transportation between the two international airports and Seoul National University (Gwanak campus) and taxi is the alternative mode of transportation to reach the university. The web site of the Seoul National University gives detailed guidance on how to reach the venue from the airports by public transportation such as subway and bus. The campus map is available here.