The University of Seoul is a public university funded and supported by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Seoul is the 600-year capital of Korea, a historical city with social, cultural, and physical layers spread out along a vast and complex landscape. Seoul is also well known for the successful transformation last half century into a smart and sustainable city from a devastated ruin after the war.

The university is distinguished by a commitment to civic values and a dynamic urban civilization. Along with basic research, it functions as a think-tank in formulating and supporting the major policy goals of the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

With diverse and specific programs that integrate research and policy, practice and education, the University of Seoul has an ideal mix of academic research and professional practice in the smart and sustainable urban planning.

1. Sharing of the urban planning experience of Seoul.
2. Research on comparative urbanization and its planning approach between developed and developing countries
3. Participation in urban development projects including slum upgrading, public service provision, new urban land supply, participatory planing, value-capture financing, etc.
4. University of Seoul will welcome any collaboration in education, research, project, etc.

• Youth
• Water
• Social Inclusion
• Slum Upgrading
• Sanitation
• Safety
• Resilience
• Reconstruction
• Planning and Design
• Mobility
• Legislation
• Land
• Information and Monitoring
• Housing
• Governance
• Gender
• Evaluation
• Environment
• Energy
• Economy
• Climate Change
• Capacity Development

• Urban Regeneration
• Urban Accessibility
• Urban Governance