Hongik University
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| Established | 1946 |
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| Founder | Lee Hung soo |
| Location | Seoul, South Korea |
| Website | Hongik University |
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| Revised Romanization | Hongik Daehakgyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hong'ik Taehakkyo |
Hongik University, widely known as the best architecture and art institution rivalry with Seoul National University (SNU) in South Korea, is a university in the Mapo-gu district of central Seoul, South Korea with a second campus in Sejong. Hongik University offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate programs. As of 2007, 14,500 undergraduate students and 2,600 graduate students were enrolled at the university. The university serves as a metonym for the Hongdae area, which was named one of the coolest neighborhoods in the world in 2016.
The main campus of the school is in Seoul, Korea. The second campus of the school is in Sejong city (formerly Jochiwon, Chungcheongnam-do), an hour and half drive south of Seoul.
After independence from Japan, Daejongkyo independent activists groups came to Korea after a long struggle for Korea independence. In 1947, they decided to establish a university to continue their struggle as education.
Korean independent activist and billionaire Daejongkyo financial supporter was Lee Hung Soo donated money to establish the University. In August 1948, Hongik University and Hongik Foundation was approved officially by the Korean government.
By 1950, the school had expanded steadily to accommodate departments in law, liberal arts, political science, and science. The school was forced to move to Daejeon and Busan during the Korean War. Upon its return to Seoul in 1953, the university continued its growth.
The next chapter of Hongik history began after the school returned to Seoul. Ever since, Hongik University grew in size, expanding academic programs such as the Departments of Business and Economics, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Handicrafts, as well as a Graduate School. The foundation established Hongik Junior Technical College, Hongik Junior and Senior High Schools, Hongik Girls' Junior and Senior High Schools, and Hongik Elementary School. In 1971 Hongik College attained a new status, merging with Soo-Do Engineering College to form Hongik University, with twenty departments in the College of Business and Economics, Engineering, and Fine Arts. It was also in 1971 that the Graduate School of Industrial Arts came into being. Evening classes and the College of Education were added in 1972 and 1973, respectively. In 1981-82, the Ministry of Education authorized the establishment of the College of Liberal Arts, the Graduate School of Environmental Studies, and the Graduate School of Education.
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