Ewha Womans University has produced numerous South Korean women leaders, including politicians, CEOs, and legal professionals.

Immediately following the liberation of Korea on August 15, 1945, the college received government permission to become a university.

[22][23] While Ewha Womans University has been the center of women's rights movements, this feminist feature created controversies in Korea.

Originally, getting extra points on employment and being paid for higher step in the salary class were available to males who had done their mandatory military service.

Ewha Womans University became embroiled in the 2016 South Korean political scandal, because a former student, Chung Yoo-ra, had been admitted under a special rule change by virtue of her mother's close connections to South Korean President Park Geun-hye despite not meeting requirements.

Students had already been protesting against some of the university's unilateral changes to the degree system and departments before the political scandal blew up.

As a result, the university's president, Choi Kyunghee, was ousted and convicted and Chung Yoo-Ra's degree was rescinded.