School of Performing Arts Seoul (SOPA; / ) is an arts high school located in Gung-dong, Guro District, in Seoul, South Korea.
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
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 Yoo-jung Choi Yu-na (aka "Yuju") Chu So-jung (aka "Exy") Gong Chan-sik (aka "Gongchan") Heo Young-ji Hong Ye-ji Hwang Eun-bi (aka "SinB") Hwang Min-hyun Jang Do-yoon Jang Won-young Jang Ye-eun Jeon Jung-kook Jeong Yun-o (aka "Jaehyun") Jo Kwang-min Jo Young-min Jung Chae-yeon Jung Eun-bi (aka "Eunha") Jeong Se-woon Jung Ye-rin Jung Yoon-seok Kang Chan-hee Kang Mi-na Kang Seul-gi Kang Yi-seok Kim Do-yeon Kim Jae-hyun 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 Hye-ri Lee Jae-jin Lee Je-no Lee Jong-hyun Lee Na-eun Lee Tae-yong Lee Young-yoo Mark Lee Na Hae-ryeong Na Jae-min Oh Ha-young Oh Se-hun Park Ji-hoon 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 Zhou Jieqiong
