School of Performing Arts Seoul

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==

• Department of Theatre & Film • Department of Practical Dance • Department of Practical Music • Department of Stage Arts • Department of Theatre Arts (combined with Department of Broadcasting Arts to form Department of Theatre & Film) • Department of Broadcasting Arts (combined with Department of Theatre Arts to form Department of Theatre & Film) ==Notable alumni==

• An Yu-jin • Bae Suzy • Bang Ye-dam • Cheng Xiao • Choi Jin-ri (aka "Sulli") • Choi Jun-hong (aka "Zelo") • Choi Jisu (aka "Lia") • Choi Min-hwan • Choi Seo-ah (aka "Juniel") • Choi Ye-won (aka "Arin") • Choi Yu-na (aka "Yuju") • Choi Seungcheol (aka "S.Coups") • Chu So-jung (aka "Exy") • Gong Chan-sik (aka "Gongchan") • Heo Young-ji • Hong Ye-ji • Hwang Eun-bi (aka "SinB") • Hwang Hyun-jin • Hwang Min-hyun • Im Da-young • Jang Do-yoon • Jang Won-young • Jang Ye-eun • Jeon Jung-kook • Jeon Wonwoo • Jeong Yun-o (aka "Jaehyun") • Jo Kwang-min • Jo Young-min • Jung Chae-yeon • Jung Eun-bi (aka "Eunha") • Jung Yoon-seok • Kang Chan-hee • Kang Mi-na • Kang Seul-gi • Kang Yi-seok • Kim Do-yeon • Kim Jae-hyun • Kim Jae-won • Kim Ji-soo • Kim Jong-in (aka "Kai") • Kim Min-jae • Kim Min-ju • Kim Nam-joo • Kim Sae-ron • Kim Woo-jin • Kim Ye-won (aka "Umji") • Kwak Dong-yeon • Kwon Eun-bi • Lee Da-bin (aka "Yeonwoo") • Lee Dae-hwi • Lee Ha-yi • Lee Dong-hyuck (aka "Haechan") • Lee Hye-ri • Lee Jae-jin • Lee Je-no • Lee Jong-hyun • Lee Na-eun • Lee Young-yoo • Mark Lee • Na Hae-ryung • Na Jae-min • Oh Ha-young • Oh Se-hun • Park Jung-hyun (aka "Xiyeon") • Park Soo-young (aka "Joy") • Ryu Su-jeong • Seo Ji-hee • Shin Ji-hoon • Son Na-eun • Son Seung-yeon • Song Seung-hyun • Yang Jeong-in (aka "I.N") • Zhou Jieqiong ==References==