Seoul Education Office Opens Yongsan Era: "Starting Point for a Future-Oriented Administrative System"

Relocating from Jongno Headquarters After 45 Years to New Yongsan Facility
Departments to Move Sequentially Over One Week in March
Enhanced Promotion and Collaboration Spaces... Stronger Role as Education Policy Control Tower

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education will relocate from its current office in Jongno District to its new headquarters in Yongsan District later this month.

Aerial view of the interior and exterior of the new Yongsan District office building of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. Provided by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education

The office has pursued the move to address issues such as the aging of the building and limited space, having occupied the current headquarters since 1981 for 45 years.

After establishing a comprehensive relocation plan in 2017, construction began in January 2022 and was completed in December 2025. Currently, the new headquarters is undergoing final preparations, including the creation of a smart office and move-in cleaning.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education plans to relocate to the new headquarters over the course of about a week starting from March 13. Each department will move sequentially to ensure there are no disruptions in supporting the educational field at the start of the new school year.

To ensure uninterrupted administrative services, the civil service office will be moved over the weekend. On the day of the move, each department will respond to civil service inquiries through the Seoul Education Call Center at '1396'.

The new headquarters of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education was established with the goal of creating a comprehensive educational administration platform that strengthens the planning and coordination functions of educational policy, advances the system for supporting schools, expands communication with students, parents, and citizens, and provides spaces that support future-oriented education.

The lower floors house the civil service office, lounge, and an area for promoting and exhibiting educational policies. These spaces have been designed so that visitors can easily understand the policies of Seoul’s educational system and the student- and citizen-friendly direction of the new headquarters’ operations at a glance.

The middle and upper floors concentrate the spaces for each department responsible for policy, as well as meeting and collaboration spaces. By moving away from the former dispersed structure, the office has strengthened its role as a policy control tower, capable of responding quickly to educational issues.

Jung Keunsik, Superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, stated, "This relocation is not simply a change of location, but the starting point for transforming the operation of Seoul’s education administration into a future-oriented system." He added, "With the 70-year history of Seoul education, we will use this relocation as an opportunity to make our policies faster, our support more thorough, and our communication closer than ever before."

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