School of Performing Arts Seoul

School of Performing Arts Seoul (SOPA; 서울공연예술고등학교 / 서공예) 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 (정희고등공민학교). 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 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 Hye-ri
 * Lee Jae-jin
 * Lee Je-no
 * Lee Jong-hyun
 * Lee Na-eun
 * Lee Tae-yong
 * Lee Young-yoo
 * Mark Lee
 * Na Hae-ryung
 * 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