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Encyclopedia > Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
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. The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Hangul also refers to a word processing application widely used in Korea. ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... Seoul (Sŏul|서울) ) is the capital and largest city of South Korea (Republic of Korea). ...

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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. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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 · African Studies
  • College of Humanities
  • College of Economics and Business
  • College of Natural Science
  • College of Information and Industrial Engineering

See also

In South Korea, education is highly regarded and very competitive as similar to many East Asian countries like Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan as typical education in Asia. ... A list of institutions of higher education in South Korea. ... This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ...

External link

  • http://www.hufs.ac.kr/eng/

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Hankuk University of Foreign Studies - Galbijim (207 words)
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), a university specializing in languages and foreign studies, is located in Seoul, South Korea.
HUFS was founded as a college for studying foreign languages in April 1954 with its first students studying English, French, Chinese, German and Russian.
The university is the mecca of the regional studies in South Korea.
ELI 2001 Newsletter -- Hankuk/UD program (310 words)
ELI welcomed 69 students from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in July, the largest group hosted by the Institute this year, and a record for the long-standing program.
Two of the summer participants, said Park, were awarded scholarships by Hankuk University to continue their studies at the University of Delaware.
Many of the Hankuk University students enrolled in ELI in July were majoring in one of the 28 languages offered at that university or in diplomacy.
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