Seoul National University ranks 4 1 to 129 in the world. Seoul National University, referred to as Seoul National University for short, is located in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. It ranked 465,438+0 in the qs World University Ranking in 2024, 65,438+029 in the usnews World University Ranking in 2023, 98 in the Academic Ranking of Soft Science University in 2023 and 65,438 in the abc World University Ranking in 2024. One of the predecessors of Seoul National University is Imperial University, which was founded in 1924. It is the sixth imperial university in Japan and the earliest national comprehensive university in Korea. 1946, according to the Law on the Establishment of National Seoul University, 10 schools near Seoul were merged into Seoul National University. The 10 schools include Peking University, Beijing Law School, Beijing Industrial School, Beijing Mining School, Beijing Medical College, Shui Yuan Agriculture and Forestry School, Beijing Economics School, Beijing Stomatology Medical College, Beijing Normal School and Beijing Women's Normal School. From 1948, Seoul National University began to recruit female students in an all-round way. 1955, the university was officially renamed Seoul National University.