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.

Contents 1 History 2 Colleges and Academic Programmes 3 See also 4 External link

[edit] 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 of the regional studies in South Korea.

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• Education
• List of colleges and universities

[edit] External link

• http://www.hufs.ac.kr/eng/

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