Sungshin Women's University is located at a transportation hub, with both campuses near major subway stations.

The north-running Ui-Sinseol Rapid Transit Light metro line opened in 2017 and connected to Sungshin Women's University Station.

When she was once more elected as president for a third term, which would extend her incumbency to 2019, four members of the university's student association raised concerns that Shim had embezzled funds from the school, which led to their suspension in January 2016.

[6] Meanwhile, investigative journalists found that a prominent individual's daughter had been admitted to Sungshin after cheating in the assessment,[7] while one of Shim's relatives had also been appointed as a tenure-track lecturer using a plagiarised dissertation.

[1] She was demoted from her position as president and served nine days in prison before posting bail of 50 million won on 20 February.