Hongik University (Korean: 홍익대학교; Hanja: 弘益大學校; RR: Hongik Daehakgyo, colloquially Hongdae) is a private university in Seoul, South Korea. Founded by an activist in 1946, the university is located in Mapo-gu district of central Seoul, South Korea with a second campus(branch campus) in Sejong. In addition, Hongik University(Seoul campus) is universities in Korea.
Hongik University has a bachelor’s degree in art(paint & drawing) in South Korea. However, the university also offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs. As of 2007, the university was home to 14,500 undergraduate students and 2,600 graduate students, and the undergraduate school consists of College of Fine Arts, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Liberal Arts, College of Architecture, College of Law, and College of Economics and Business Administration. The graduate school provides research-based and practice-based programs in comprehensive fields including liberal arts, engineering, fine arts and design, education, economics, performing arts, urban planning, architecture, film and photography. The shortened term for Hongik University, “Hongdae,” serves as a metonym for the neighborhood.
Colleges and Schools
Undergraduate
- College of Fine Arts
- Department of Oriental Painting
- Department of Painting
- Department of Printmaking
- Department of Sculpture
- Department of Woodworking and Furniture Design
- Department of Art Studies
- Department of Metal Art and Design
- Department of Ceramics and Glass
- Department of Textile Art and Fashion Design
- School of Design
- Major in Visual Communication Design
- Major in Industrial Design
- College of Liberal Arts
- Department of Korean Language and Literature
- Department of German Language and Literature
- Department of French Language and Literature
- Department of English Language and Literature
- College of Engineering
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Department of Mechanical & System Design Engineering
- School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
- School of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
- Major in Materials Science & Engineering
- Major in Chemical Engineering
- Department of Industrial and Data Engineering
- Department of Computer Engineering
- College of Architecture and Urban Planning
- School of Architecture
- Major in Architecture
- Major in Interior Architecture
- Department of Urban Design and Planning
- School of Architecture
- College of Business Administration
- School of Business Administration
- College of Law
- School of Law
- College of Education
- Department of Education
- Department of Korean Language Education
- Department of Mathematics Education
- Department of History Education
- Department of English Language Education
- College of Science and Technology
- School of Architecture Engineering
- Major in Architecture Design
- Major in Architecture Engineering
- Department of Mechanical & Design Engineering
- Department of Biological & Chemical Engineering
- Department of Electronic & Electrical Convergence Engineering
- Department of Nanomaterial Engineering
- Department of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering
- Department of Software & Communication Engineering
- School of Architecture Engineering
- College of Business Management
- School of Business Management
- Major in International Management
- Major in Accounting
- Major in Finance & Insurance
- School of Business Management
- College of Design Arts
- School of Design Convergence
- School of Film & Animation
- School of Performing Arts
- Major in Musical Theatre
- Major in Contemporary Music
- School of Economics
- School of Design Management
- School of Liberal Studies
- School of Advertising and Public Relations
- School of Games
- Major in Game Software
- Major in Game Graphic Design
- Department of Sports Science
Postgraduate
- International Design school for Advanced Studies
- Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design
- Graduate School of Business
- Graduate School of Education
- Graduate School of Fine Arts
- Graduate School of Performing Arts
- Graduate School of Culture, Information and Public Policy
- Graduate School of Industrial Arts
- Graduate School of Film, Digital Media and Communication
- Graduate School of Arts and Cultural Management
- Graduate School of Fashion
- Graduate School of Smart Urban Science Management