CALS RESEARCH
It is the very right place for students who pursue their careers as scientists and professionals in agriculture, biotechnology and environmental sciences in the 21st century.
CALS Information
SNU CALS is Korea’s leading institution specializing in agricultural education and research. The College has 8 departments offering 17 major and interdisciplinary programs; these share a common vision: to develop innovative studies in the field of agricultural and life sciences, while nurturing global leaders in agriculture.
01Admission
We review each applicant with an eye to academic excellence, intellectual vitality and personal context.
02Programs
Find out more about the undergraduate and the graduate schools of CALS
CALS News
"30th Anniversary Memorial Service for the Late Cho Baik-hyun, the First Dean of SNU CALS and the Presentation of the Hwanong Award"
On November 6th, the 30th anniversary memorial ceremony for the late Dean Cho Baik-hyun (華農) and the 32nd Hwanong Award ceremony were held in the conference room of the Colleg...
75th Building Inauguration: Opening a New Space for Communication and Collaboration
On October 10, the inauguration ceremony for the newly reconstructed 75th Building, now named "Convergence Hall," took place at Seoul National University’s Gwanak Campus. ...
SNU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Successfully Concludes 2024 CALS Job Fair
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Seoul National University hosted its "2024 CALS Job Fair and Corporate Promotion" event on September 10-11 in the second-f...
Interview with Korea Talent Award Winner
The Talent Award of Korea, presented by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Student Aid Foundation, was launched in 2001 to identify and support outstanding talents who achi...
Persistent global greening over the last four decades using novel long-term vegetation index data with enhanced temporal consistency
Professor Ryu Young-ryul
Identifying long-term global plant growth trends is essential for understanding vegetation responses and the drivers of climate change.Existing studies have used AVHRR satellite...
Novel pathogenic mechanism of plant fungal pathogens
Professor Lee Yong-hwan
Crop losses due to plant diseases account for 30% of the global yearly harvest. Rice blast, which affects rice, causes food losses equivalent to what could feed 60 million peopl...
Evidence for widespread thermal acclimation of canopy photosynthesis
Professor Ryu Young-ryul
Amid growing concerns about the impact of global warming on terrestrial ecosystems, new research published in Nature Plants led by a team from Seoul National University (Profess...
Metabolic-methane mitigation by combination of probiotic Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 and biochar in rumen fluid in vitro fermentation of dairy cow
Professor Kim Younghoon
Global warming is gradually becoming more serious, and its pace is accelerating. The terms "climate crisis" and "climate catastrophe" are now being used to describe the situatio...