Sungkyunkwan University ( SKKU ) College of Confucian Studies and Eastern Philosophy | About the College

history
1940's	Establishment of Department of Eastern Pilosophy
1950's	Master’s course and Doctorate course established in Departmnet of Eastern Philosophy
1960's	Construction of ‘Yangyhungo’ Renaming of ‘Yanghyungo’ to ‘Yanghyunjae’
1970's	Alternation of affiliation of Department of Philsophy from college of Confucian Studies to college of Liberal Arts
1980's	Establishment of Master’s course in Department of Confucian Studies
1990's	Establishment of Doctorate course in Department of Confucian Studies
2000's	Department of Eastern Philosophy selected as one of the BK21
2010's	Observation of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of College of Confucian Studies

History
1940’s	The foundation of Sungkyunkwan University under the academic system of 哲政科, 經史科 based on Confucian Studies (1946) Establishment of Department of Eastern Philosophy (1948)
1950’s	Master’s course (1953) and Doctorate course (1957) established in Department of Eastern Philosophy
1960’s	Construction of ‘Yanghyungo’ as a succession of ‘養賢庫’, the academic organization of Goryeo dynasty (1960) Promotion of Department of Eastern Philosophy to College of Confucian Studies and establishment of Department of Confucian Studies and Department of Philosophy under the college (1967) Renaming of ‘Yanghyungo’ to ‘Yanghyunjae’(1968)
1970’s	Alternation of affiliation of Department of Philosophy from College of Confucian Studies to College of Liberal Arts (1979)
1980’s	Establishment of Department of Korean Philosophy and Department of Eastern Philosophy under the College of Confucian Studies to have a total of 3 departments, Confucian Studies, Korean Philosophy and Eastern Philosophy (1981) Establishment of Special Graduate School of Confucian Studies, and set up an open course for Confucian leaders (1988) Establishment of Master’s course in Department of Confucian Studies (1989)
1990’s	Establishment of Doctorate course in Department of Confucian Studies (1991) Start of the undergraduate studies system followed by the establishment of College of Eastern Philosophy and Confucian Philosophy, Korean Philosophy and Chinese Philosophy major under the college (1996) Agreement of partnership concluded with Higashi Nippon International University (JAPAN) for exchange of studies (1996) Renaming of College of Eastern Philosophy to College of Confucian Studies & Eastern Philosophy (1998) Agreement of partnership concluded with Peking University (CHINA) for practical exchange(1998)
2000’s	Department of Eastern Philosophy selected as one of the BK21 organizations (2006)
2010’s	Host of International Academic Conference of Confucianism by SKKU and International Federation of Confucian Studies (2010) Reorganization of College of Confucian Studies & Eastern Philosophy as Department of Confucian Studies & Eastern Philosophy under the College of Confucian Studies (2012) Establishment of Eastern Philosophy/ Culture Research Institute (2013) Department of Eastern Philosophy selected as one of the BK21 plus organizations (2013) Department of Confucian Studies & Eastern Philosophy under the College of Confucian Studies selected as one of the universities of CK-II program (2014) College of Confucian Studies and College of Liberal Arts associatively selected as one of the CORE organizations (2016) Observation of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of College of Confucian Studies (2016)
2020's	Agreement of partnership concluded with Fujen Catholic University (Taiwan) for dual degree (2021)

History