Sejong University

Sejong University
Hangul	세종대학교
Hanja	世宗大學校
Revised Romanization	Sejong Daehakgyo
McCune–Reischauer	Sejong Taehakkyo

Sejong University
세종대학교
	Authority mark of Sejong University
Motto	Creativitas Servitium to maintain a campus environment that fosters diversity and a global outlook; to apply new knowledge and ideas to the development of the wider Sejong community and society.
Type	Private
Established	1940
Chairman	Choi Semo
President	Bae Deok-hyo
Academic staff	418
Students	16,121
Location	Seoul, South Korea; 37°33′03″N 127°04′26″E / 37.55083°N 127.07389°E
Campus	Urban
Colors	Sejong red
Nickname	SJU
Website	http://www.sejong.ac.kr

Sejong University (SJU; Korean: 세종대학교; Hanja: 世宗大學校; RR: Sejong Daehakgyo) is a private university located in Seoul, South Korea known for its standing in hospitality and tourism management, dancing, animation and rhythmic gymnastics. Founded as the Kyung Sung Humanities Institute, it was renamed in 1978 to its present name in honor of Sejong the Great, the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty and overseer of the creation of the Korean alphabet Hangul.

Sejong University has nine colleges: College of Liberal Arts, College of Social Sciences, College of Business Administration, College of Hospitality and Tourism Management, College of Natural Sciences, College of Life Sciences, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, College of Engineering, and College of Arts and Physical Education, and has a Faculty of General Education and seven graduate schools.