School of Performing Arts Seoul


School of Performing Arts Seoul, colloquially known as 서공예 in South Korea, is an arts high school in Gung-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul.

History

SOPA was founded on March 6, 1966 as Jeonghui High School. On February 28, 2002, Park Jae-ryeon was appointed as principal. SOPA was relocated on September 1, 2008 to its current location at 147-1 Gung-dong, Guro-gu in Seoul.
After changing its name to School of Performing Arts Seoul, SOPA took in their first batch of students on March 1, 2009. There are a total of 11,935 graduates as of February 4, 2016, with March 2, 2016 marking new student admissions for the 2016 school year.

Departments