University of Incheon

Incheon National University (INU), previously also known as University of Incheon (UI), is a national university operated by the legal entity (법인, 法人) established by the government of Republic of Korea (South Korea).

INU was first founded as a private college known as the Incheon Technical College in January 1979. Later, it was renamed Incheon College in December 1979 before getting promoted to a comprehensive university in 1988. In 1994, the university was renamed once again to University of Incheon, which was a city council funded university. In addition to these changes, INU also relocated from Dohwa-dong in Nam-gu to a new location in 2009. Now, INU stands in the new and young international city of Songdo which is also known as the New Songdo City, located in IFEZ (Incheon Free Economic Zone). A year later, in 2010, INU merged with Incheon City College to expand capacity and open more curricula. The university now operates two campuses at Songdo, main campus, and also at Dohwa-dong, satellite campus. From January 2013, the university was rechartered as one of Flagship Korean National Universities (지방거점국립대학교, 地方據點國立大學校) in South Korea, representing Gyeonggi Province and Incheon city. The central and municipal government plan to fund the university more than US $70M per year to continue to expand education and research. The official name of the university also has been changed to 'Incheon National University (INU)'.

In 1979, as a part of Sunin Academy, Incheon Technical College was founded. In the late 1979, the college expanded its size, expanding its departments. In 1984, graduate school was founded. And then, in 1988, the college was promoted to a comprehensive university. Yet due to so many corruptions of Sunin Academy, the university was renamed University of Incheon. Also, ownership of the university was changed from Sunin Academy to the city. In 2009 Feb, Incheon Institute for Korean Language Studies was opended. Also In 2009 Jul, construction of Sondgo campus(Main Campus) was completed. In 2010, the university merged with Incheon City College. As a result, many new departments are opened with larger student capacities. In 2013 Feb, the university is nationalized. Also, the name of university was renamed Incheon National University.