Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
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| Hankuk University of Foreign Studies | |
|---|---|
| Korean Name | |
| Revised Romanization | Han-guk Oegugeo Daehakgyo |
| McCune-Reischauer | Han'guk Oegugŏ Taehakkyo |
| Hangul | 한국외국어대학교 |
| Hanja | 韓國外國語大學校 |
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), a university specializing in languages and foreign studies, is located in Seoul, South Korea.
History
HUFS was founded as a college for studying foreign languages in April 1954 with its first students studying English, French, Chinese, German and Russian. Through the 1960s and 70s, the college expanded its programs and finally became a university in 1980. In 1981, it opened its second campus in Yong-in near Seoul.
HUFS has continued to set up new language departments, graduate courses, and various research institutes. Now, there are more than 50 departments including Social sciences, East European studies, Humanites, Asia-African studies, Natural sciences. The university is the mecca for regional studies in South Korea.
Since 2004 the closely-associated Cyber University of Foreign Studies, based at HUFS, has been offering on-line courses in English, Japanese and Chinese language, as well as Business Administration and Journalism and Mass Communication.
Colleges and Academic Programmes
- College of English
- College of Occidental Languages
- College of Oriental Languages
- College of Social Science
- College of Law
- College of Business and Economics
- College of Education
- College of West European and American Studies
- College of Central and East European Studies
- College of Asia ยท African Studies
- College of Humanities
- College of Economics and Business
- College of Natural Science
- College of Information and Industrial Engineering
See also
- Education in South Korea
- List of colleges and universities in South Korea
- List of Korea-related topics
External link
- http://www.hufs.ac.kr/eng/
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