Seoul National University Language Education Institute has been undertaking the critical role of globalizing Korea, as a Korean language education institution for foreigners and foreign students of Seoul National University, nationally certified language assessment organization, and publisher of Korea's major language journal or Language Studies, for 56 years. It provides classes on Korean language and Korean culture to 2,500 students from 70 countries every year, and it holds lectures in 7 different languages, including English, for the 8,000 students of Seoul National University.