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Dec 24, 2007 Student-Directed Curriculum Launched SNU Faculty of Liberal Education is introducing the Student-Directed Education program beginning from the 2007 winter session. The Student-Directed Education program allows students to choose their own topics and to design their research.

Dec 24, 2007 College Life Counselor, The Center for Campus Life The Center for Campus Life & Culture of Seoul National University provides students with an exclusive counseling program each semester to help them adjust to campus life smoothly.

Dec 24, 2007 Training for Professionals The Graduate School of Business at Seoul National University, which was founded in August, 2006, is world-class in key measures such as the ratio of salary increases after graduation, achievement in research bby professors, the proportion of professors from other countries, and the number of students from other countries.

Dec 24, 2007 Phase Two of BK 21 Project Proceeding Well Forty-four groups within Seoul National University are involved in the second phase of the BK 21 Project, which is continuing from its initial stint from 1999 to 2005.

Dec 24, 2007 SNU's 100 Recommended Classic Books Seoul National University has published a list of 100 recommended classic books from places across the world and through the ages, in a move towards strengthening liberal education and fostering the development of creative and intellectual people.

Dec 24, 2007 China’s Rise and America’s Response On December 5, Dr. Richard Bush, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Director of its Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies delivered a public lecture on "China’s Rise and America’s Response" held by the Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University.

Nov 26, 2007 Public Internship Offered The Seoul National University Faculty of Liberal Education will offer a Public Internship Program in the spring semester of 2008.

Nov 26, 2007 SNU Graduates Make Sucessful Career The number of foreigners who receive their master or doctoral degrees from Seoul National University and take professorship at universities of their native countries has been gradually increasing.

Nov 26, 2007 20th Model United Nations The Department of International Relations hosted the Twentieth Annual Model United Nations Conference on Wednesday, November 21st.

Nov 26, 2007 [Faculty Essay]Man as a Species The entirety of human genetic information, the complete sequence of base-pairs comprising the human genome was announced in April, 2003, 50 years after the discovery of the structure of genes.

Nov 08, 2007 The Times Ranked SNU 51st in the World Seoul National University ranks 51st, up from 63rd in 2006, according to the World University Rankings 2007 by the Times Higher Education Supplement.

Oct 31, 2007 [Meeting Films in Museum] Theme VIII - Truth & Lie This semester, Seoul National University Museum presents "Meeting Films in Museum” showing five films listed below to provide student, staffs, and citizens with great opportunities to experience a variety of cultures.