After graduating from Seoul National University (1984), President Honglim Ryu received a doctorate in political science (1994) from Rutgers University in the United States and served for 28 years (1995-2023) as a professor of the department of Political Science and International Relations at Seoul National University. President Honglim Ryu served as dean of Seoul National University's College of Social Sciences, director of Seoul National University Archives, editor of Seoul National University Press, president of the Korean Society for Political Thought, visiting professor of political science at Rutgers University, and visiting scholar at Harvard-Yenching Institute.