HUFS students in Arabic Studies participated in the 2020 Asian Arabic Debate Championship held at International Islamic University Malaysia in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur from January 31 to February 3 and earned the grand prize in the non-Arab Participants category.The HUFS students were Park Su

HUFS PhD candidate Hwang Yoon-jeong (faculty advisor Myung Hee-joon) in the Bioscience and Biotechnology program of the College of Natural Sciences received the Best Presentation Award for the thesis on “Engineered Bacteriophage T7 As A Potent Anticancer Agent In Vivo” at the 2020 Winter Symposium o

Two books from HUFS University Knowledge Contents and Press received the 2019 Outstanding Book Awards from the Association of Korean University Presses in the Academics and Liberal Arts categories. Respectively, they are “The History of Indonesian” (translated by Kim Jang-kyum) and “Russia, Reading

HUFS Seoul Campus Student Counseling Center received an Outstanding Counseling Center Award from the 2019 Korean Counseling Psychological Association General Assembly. In addition, the center received an Outstanding Counseling Center Award from the Counseling Council for University Students from its

■ The 8th HUFS Staff Scholarship (“Seed Scholarship”) Award Ceremony HeldThe 8th HUFS Staff Scholarship (“Seed Scholarship”) award ceremony was held at the Seoul Campus Main Building Room 402 on February 20.In the same manner as previous ones, four HUFS students (two from the Seoul Campus and two fr

■ HUFS holds ceremony for International Education Center in SongdoOn February 10, HUFS held an opening ceremony for the International Education Center in Songdo. The ceremony proceeded with opening remarks, business and status reports, introductions of honored guests, the chairman and president’s re

■ HUFS Global Politics Research Center signs MOUs with the Korean Association of Peace StudiesHUFS Global Politics Research Center signed MOUs with the Korean Association of Peace Studies on January 17, 2020, at the Seminar Room of the Faculty Office Building (Seoul Campus) to strengthen the ties fo

■ Students from HUFS Department of South Slavic Studies publish poetry bookStudents from HUFS Department of South Slavic Studies who major in Serbian and participate in Serbian plays have published a poetry book titled Danica. The meaning of “Danica” in Serbian is “morning star, Venus” and the stude

HUFS received an achievement award from the Azerbaijan Republic on November 19, 2019.2019 marks the 101st year for the foundation of the Azerbaijan Republic and the 100th year the nation has started diplomatic relations. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Azerbaijan Republic presented the award

On November 21, 2019, the “Year-End Gathering” for HUFS dignitaries was held at the Plaza Hotel, Seoul. More than 150 key alumni, donors, department heads gathered for the event, which was organized by the university and the alumni association. Kang Young-eun, head of Cultural Project Production Cen

On September 26, 2019, Bulgarian Prime Minister Bokyo Borissov visited HUFS.Prime Minister Bokyo Borissov’s visit marks the first time as an official visit by a Bulgarian Prime Minister, adding more significance to the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Korea and Bulgaria in 2020. Bulgaria

HUFS Seoul Campus Vice President Yoon Seok-man and Dean of International Affairs Oh Jong-jin participated in the World University Presidents Forum, which was held in recognition of the 70th anniversary of Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), located in China.Vice President Yoon Seok-man

On October 25, 2019, the Confucius Institute at HUFS (CIHUFS) celebrated its 10th anniversary in the International Building’s Aekyung Hall on the HUFS Seoul Campus.CIHUFS opened 10 years ago on October 31, 2009, and celebrated to recognize its achievements in the past decade. CIHUFS Director Kim Heu

On October 20, 2019, HUFS Vice President of Finance and External Affairs and Development Kim Hak-tae and Dean of International Affairs Oh Jong-jin participated in the “SDU Global Partners Week” event held at Shandong University, China.During SDU Global Partners Week, HUFS signed an MOU with Shandong

HUFS participated in the CAAS Symposium (Topic: Cultural Expression in the Era of Globalization), which was held from October 19, 2019, until October 21, 2019, at Shanghai International Studies University, China. A CAAS coordinator meeting was held during the symposium, and the symposium in the year

HUFS maintained its strength in globalization and reputation in various recent reports on university rankings.The first report by JoongAng Ilbo University Rankings was published on November 16, 2019, noted that HUFS ranks 13th in overall factors—same as the previous years’ rank. In the report, HUFS

In September, 2019, Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT selected HUFS as a Software (SW) centered university.The selection was made in recognition of the growing need to educate SW talent for the Fourth Industrial Revolution era; 17 universities entered the selection process, which showed a competit

On September 10, the Ministry of Personnel Management announced that among the 41 finalists that passed the National Exam for Foreign Service Officer Candidates, HUFS produced six finalists.The assigned posts among the six HUFS finalists are as follows: one in general diplomacy, one in specialized d

Student representatives from HUFS won the championship for the 1st DECOS (Debate Contest of SUN) 2019 Championship that was hosted by the World Silk Road Universities Association from October 7 to October 11, 2019, at Romania’s University of Bucharest.The championship involved debate competitions on

HUFS student representatives won the grand prize for the 2019 POSTECH TJ Park Institute national essay contest, which was held on December 1 by the TJ Park Institute and funded by Pohang city.13 teams passed the initial round of document review, in which the topic of the essay was “How will AI chang