Vision and Future of Sungkyunkwan University is to be ranked amongst the Top 100 Research Universities. This will be possible through the generous and continuous support from Samsung, a company which values 'vision' as the most important factor of success.

5 Strategic Tasks

1. To ensure professors meet global standards

2. To enroll excellent students

3. To add a third campus

4. To develop globally competitive educational program

5. To establish an advanced administration program and secure strong financial support

Mission of SKKU

To educate students to become:

Cultivated Persons

Creative and Challenging Specialists

Global Leaders

Pursue Truth and Embody Social Justice

The University's motto "Humanity, Righteousness, Propriety, Wisdom" reflects the basic spirit of Confucianism.
These four cardinal virtues express humankind's four inherent elements of spirit, action, conscience and intellect.
Humanity abides in the heart that loves; righteousness abides in the heart that knows right from wrong; propriety abides in the heart that knows forbearance, and wisdom abides in the heart that perceives. Confucian philosophy attests to humankind's innate goodness, and at the same time recognizes that this quality must nevertheless be awakened and nurtured.
These four principles, which comprise the University's philosophy of instruction, are the basis for higher goals of the search for truth as well as the establishment of social justice, which are, in turn, based on humanity.