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Overview

  • Welcoming Remark

    Korea Soongsil Cyber University is prepared to create a bright future for you.

    Photo of President Hernsoo Hahn of Korea Soongsil Cyber University

    President of Korea Soongsil Cyber University Hernsoo Hahn

    It has been more than two decades since our online university was founded. This period has seen tremendous developments in computing and networking technologies along with the emergence of state-of-the-art mobile devices. Rubbing shoulders with offline universities, online universities are now playing a crucial role in higher education with Korea Soongsil Cyber University taking the lead.

    Korea Soongsil Cyber University has been fully committed to constructing a better future with you. We have created new departments and programs that are currently needed in our society and will be required for the future. We have never neglected to develop a student-friendly online environment as well as the most efficient pedagogical methodology. We have provided a variety of scholarships to help our students focus on their studies without bearing financial burden. Our faculty members are delighted to engage with the students and advise them on their best possible career options.

    Korea Soongsil Cyber University will continue to improve its academic environment and provide higher-quality educational programs so that our students can benefit more from studying here and gain better qualifications for their career. We believe that it is our calling to educate our students to be creative intellectuals who will be embodying the Christian spirit of truth and service in their community.

    Korea Soongsil Cyber University is in the process of building up a blended learning model in collaboration with Soongsil University, which is ushering in the reunification era as Korea’s first university. You are cordially invited to join us. We are here to help you dream a bright future. You are warmly welcomed.

    President, Korea Soongsil Cyber University  

  • Vision(sprit)

    School Disciplinary Motto

    Photo of KSCU'S Vision

    Truth and Service-First National University Based on Christianity.

    Korea Soongsil Cyber University goal is to foster and nurture future leaders who will contribute to and serve our church, society and the nation. To achieve this purpose, our students are provided with a balanced curriculum of theoretical and practical education based on the principles of Christianity. Under the school's founding motto of passionate aspiration for the truth and service to the people, Korea Soongsil Cyber University has been with our people throughout the best and worst of times and will continue its proud legacy into the future.

  • History

    2022
    June
    KSCU held a ceremony to declare the 2030 vision of Soongsil Cyber University.
    March
    Obtained a quality certification for web accessibility.
    2021
    January
    Pastor Seong-Ki Cho was elected as the 5th chairman of Soongsil Cyber University.
    February
    Dr. Hernsoo Hahn was elected as the 6th president
    March
    Obtained a quality certification for web accessibility.
    2020
    April
    KSCU was selected as a content development business for short-term curriculum for adult learners in 2020.(Korean Care Management Course)
    2019
    March
    KSCU was Selected as a Cooperative University of the ACU(Asean Cyber University) Project of the KERIS
    February
    Byung Wook Jung, Doctor of Business Administration, was elected as vice-president.
    2018
    March
    KSCU was selected as a Cooperative University of the ACU(Asean Cyber University) Project of the KERIS
    2017
    September
    Acquired the "2017 2nd 'Good Content Service' Certification Mark" hosted by the Korea Data Agency.
    March
    KSCU was selected as a Cooperative University of the ACU(Asean Cyber University) Project of the KERIS
    February
    Moo Sung Chung, Doctor of Social Welfare administration, was elected as the 5th president.
    Dr. Eun Gui Kim was elected as vice-president.
    January
    Dr. Young-sang Noh was elected the 4th chairman of Soongsil Cyber University.
    2016
    May
    KSCU was selected as a Cooperative University of the ACU(Asean Cyber University) Project of the KERIS
    2015
    October
    KSCU was designated as a leading university for overcoming dementia at the Central Dementia Center.
    June
    Acquired the "2015 1st 'Good Content Service' Certification Mark" hosted by the Korea Data Agency.
    2014
    September
    KSCU won a bronze prize in an excellent content contest hosted by the Korea National Institute for General Education.
    February
    KSCU was selected as the highest grade in all areas of cyber university competency evaluation in 2013.
    2013
    December
    Received the Korea Service Quality Award, which was hosted by the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. KSCU has received the Excellence Award for four years.
    September
    Acquired Web Accessibility Quality Site Certification Mark.
    February
    Hernsoo Hahn, Doctor of Engineering, was elected the 4th president.
    Awarded the top prize in the category of contents marketing in the 'Hankyung Marketing Award, 2013' hosted by the Korea Marketing.
    2012
    November
    Awarded the top prize in the category of educational contents in the 'Korean Customer Trust Brand Awards, 2012' hosted by the Korea Brand Management Association
    June
    Approved to change the school name from 'Bongam Education School Foundation' to 'Korea Soongsil Cyber University Foundation'
    Changed the name of the school from 'Korea Cyber University' to 'Korea Soongsil Cyber University
    April
    Awarded the top prize in the category of ‘Online Universities’ in the First Mobile Brand Competition hosted by Maeil Business Newspaper.
    Pastor Park, Jong Soon was elected as a chairman of the board of Bongam Education Institute, a school corporation.
    Dae-Keun Kim, Doctor of Business Administraion, was elected acting president.
    2011
    October
    Provided the ELITE service (online access to e-books and e-journals) in collaboration with LG Sangnam Library.
    2010
    December
    Established a mobile campus.
    January
    Advanced Distrubuted Learning(ADL), e-learning interational standard organization, obtained certification of the international standard 'SCORM.'
    2009
    July
    Representatives from Laureate Education Group visited KCU.
    May
    Opened an Internet radio station.
    Opened a Student Service Center.
    April
    Opened an Evergreen Daycare Center in Mapo and managed a reading room for the youth.
    February
    An administrator from the Defense Security Command visited KCU.
    2008
    December
    Acquired certification of the top-grade as a professional e-learning institution by the Korea U-learning Association.
    October
    Accredited as a higher education institution.
    Evaluated as a top-grade professional e-learning institution by the Korea Association of Consilience Education.
    September
    KCU’s Information Security Management System certified by the Korea Information Security Agency (KISA)in the category of ‘Operation of Distance Learning System’.
    May
    Neil Besner, Vice President of the University of Winnipeg, visited KCU.
    January
    Established a "3D virtual campus" and a cyber promotion hall for the first time in Korea.
    2007
    October
    Mohamed Nizar Akil, President of Aleppo University in Syria visited KCU.
    May
    President Lee Woo-young declared KCU Vision 2010, a three-year school development plan.
    January
    Woo-Young Lee, Doctor of Business Administration, was elected as the second President.
    2006
    December
    The E-Learning Committee under the Ministry of Education(MOHE) in Saudi Arabia visited KCU.
    November
    Researchers from the National Institute of Multimedia Education (NIME) in Japan visited KCU.
    2005
    June
    KCU signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SK Telecom for the creation of a new U-Learning environment.
    2004
    August
    KCU received ISO 9001 Certificate (Development and management of Cyber educational system and online education service)
    2003
    August
    KCU won the “Golden Brand” Prize for its excellence in cyber education from KOAS, a state-owned agency under the Ministry of Knowledge Economy.
    January
    Dr Song Ja was elected the first president of KCU.
    Hwa-guk Lee, Doctor of Chemistry Education, was elected vice president of KCU.
    2000
    November
    Korea Cyber University was officially launched. It has been approved by the Ministry of Education as a remote university.
    October
    Establishment of the Foundation of CUCEK
    July
    Yonsei University President Kim Woo-shik was elected as the first chairman of the board of the foundation of CUCEK
    1999
    November
    Explored some ways to better evaluate KUC’s cyber education.
    1998
    November
    Consoritium's Steering Committee decided to use the name "Korea Cyber Education".
    April
    Opened the Cyber Education Forum and the first board meeting for Cyber Education Universities in Korea.
    February
    Designated by the Ministry of Education as an experimental operator of cyber education programs.
    1997
    November
    Established the Consortium of University Cyber Education of Korea( First presidentL Song Ja, former Education Minister).

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