The University of Suwon was founded by Kowoon foundation in 1982 under the mottos of Thrift, Justice, and Originality. The University has rapidly grown to be one of the major universities in Seoul metropolitan area by virtue of superb educational environment and sincere efforts of prestigious faculty and excellent students. It presently comprises ten colleges with eight divisions and forty six departments as well as a graduate school and seven special graduate schools.
Greeting the first year of the new millenium, the University has made and been carrying out short-and-long-term plans in order to actively meet the changes of national and interiverse needs of the country, and ultimately to develop its competitive power among universities of the world.
With that purpose in mind, the University continues to develop a more suitable educational system and offer a high quality educational service to students.
The multi-major system is one of those efforts through which students are expected to be able to develop their capabilities in broad and various ways.
Moreover, the University is operating various research institutes, such as Kowoon Institute of Technology Innovation and Regional Consortium Center, and has been playing the role of the Mecca of the development of fundamental sciences as well as the stronghold of the cooperation of industries with universities.
The Women's Basketball team of The Suwon University was founded at 1987 and since then the team has been one of the best women's basketball teams in Korea. The achievements speak themselves as they include more than 30 championships won from nation wide leagues. At years 2007 and 2008, the team won all the games held in Korea. At year 2009, the team won four games. The team also won MBC national competition for 4 consecutive years and national college competition for 3 years in a row. The quality of Korean women's basketball could not be developed into the state of today without Suwon University's team. Undoubtedly the basketball team is a proud symbol of the Suwon University as an example of pursuits for excellence in athletics as well as in academics.
水原大學是由皐雲學園(1977年成立)在1981年成立。其校訓為節儉,正義與創意。因為優良的讀書環境、聲望的教授和優秀的學生之努力,水原大學迅速發展為首爾地區主要的大學之一。其大學現在有十個研究所,並由十個學院,五十一個系所,研究所和八個獨特的研究中心所組成。
在迎接千禧年的第一年,為了配合國家的需求改變與提高學校與其他世界上的大學之中的競爭力,水原大學策劃並實行一些短期與長期的計劃。朝此目標,水原大學繼續發展更適合的教育制度與提供學生一個高水準的教育服務。多元主修制度是學校其中一種協助學生開發他們不同的潛能的方式。
除此之外,其大學也經營幾所不同的研究單位,如皐雲尖端科學技術研究院及區域聯盟中心等,在基本科學發展的發源地水源,發展為產學合作的聖地。
水原大學的女子籃球隊於1987年成立,自此之後,它成為韓國女子籃球隊最好的隊伍之一。其成果包括韓國國內聯盟所舉辦的錦標賽中,獲得30次以上的冠軍。在2007與2008兩年,水原大學女籃隊在韓國所有比賽中皆獲勝。在2009, 也贏了四場比賽。並曾經連續四年在MBC杯全國大學籃球比賽中獲勝,也連續三年在國內大專比賽中獲勝。沒有水原大學的女子籃球隊,韓國女籃隊的品質可能沒有辦法發展到如今的狀況。沒有疑惑的,女籃隊是水原大學很驕傲的標誌,也代表了在運動上與學術上追求優秀的表現。