HUFS students Lee Hye-mi, Kim Kun-woo, and Jeon Hee-ji of the Division of Language and Trade (LT, Class of ’16) won the grand prize for the College Student Export Item Discovery Competition at the COEX on Nov. 13, 2020.The competition was hosted by the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) in

HUFS undergraduates Seo Yong-won (Business ’18), Lee Soo-hyun (Business ’19), Jeong Dream (Statistics ’17), and Jeong Soo-yeon (Economics ’18) won the first prize in the 16th Business Innovation Research Paper and Case Study Competition held by Korea Management Association Consulting (KMAC) on Dec.

■ STAY STRONG! HUFS will be with you to overcome COVID-19. – HUFS President Kim In-chul -Greetings,This is Kim In-chul, the President of HUFS. Despite the grave situation brought upon by COVID-19, HUFS is doing its best to take preventive measures for the safety of students, professors, and administ

■ Global Campus Career Development Center Holds HUFS Job Talk ConcertHUFS Global Campus Career Development Center (Director Oh Se-hong) hosted the HUFS Job Talk Concert on the topic of “Changes in Hiring and Employment Strategies in the COVID-19 Era” at the Global Campus Centennial Complex Internati

■ 40th Anniversary of Global Campus Celebrated with Poet Na Tae-joo’s Book ConcertThe Global Campus Library (Director Choi Sung-eun) held the “Poet Na Tae-Joo’s Book Concert (Topic: Poems Save Lives)” at the Global Campus Centennial Complex International Seminar Room in Nov. 2020.The event was plann

■ Institute of EU Studies Signs MOU with the Korean Maritime Industries (MacNet)HUFS Institute of EU Studies (Director Kim Bong-chul) signed an MOU with the Korean Maritime Industries (MacNet) in Nov. 2020.The main purpose of the MOU is to define the realm of cooperation on various matters in which

HUFS Division of Language and Diplomacy (LD) Prof. Kim Yong-wan’s research paper was selected as the Top 50 Research Papers by the Ministry of Education Academic Research Support Project. Prof. Kim theoretically established a Korean development cooperation model with a case study of the Saemaeul Pro

HUFS Administrative Support Construction & Planning Manager Lee Jong-won published a research paper as first author in an SCI journal, Sustainability (Impact Factor: 2.576 (2019)).The research paper compared the energy savings by using body heat detectors and room management systems in classrooms, d

■ Institute of EU Studies Hosts Academic Conference with Jeollabuk-do ProvinceHUFS Institute of EU Studies (Director Kim Bong-chul) hosted an online international academic conference with Jeollabuk-do Province and other academic institutes from Dec. 17 to Dec. 18, 2020.The Institute of EU Studies pl

• Big Hit’s Korean textbook—Learn! KOREAN with BTS—is chosen by universities in the USA, France, and Egypt• Middlebury College, École Normale Supérieure, Ain Shams University open lectures for the 2020 fall and 2021 spring semesterHUFS signed an MOU with Big Hit Entertainment’s educational company (

On October 8, a group of 80 people—including HUFS Chairman Kim Chong-chul, President Kim In-chul, HUFS administrators, and employees—attended the Global Campus 40th Anniversary and front gate remodeling ceremony.HUFS Global Campus began as Yong In University in 1979 and was elevated to university st

On September 27, the 44th HUFS HIMUN General Assembly was held at the COEX Auditorium. Due to the continuous spread of COVID-19, this year’s General Assembly was held as an “untact” event for the first time ever.Under the theme of “New Climate Regime: International Governance for the Future of Fores

HUFS and Korea’s premier 24-hour news channel YTN hosted the 11th middle school English debate on August 29 and 30 online. Due to COVID-19, the event was held online and 59 teams from all over the nation participated in the two-day debate championship.On the first day, all teams participated in the

On July 1, HUFS Career Development Center invited US Ambassador Harry Harris to hold an online lecture on the topic of “International Affairs after COVID-19 and Korea-US Alliance.”The lecture was held as part of the “Smart Online Life” lecture series by HUFS Career Development Center, for which Amba

On July 16, Ambassador of China to Korea Xing Haiming visited the Seoul Campus Smart Library for a signboard hanging ceremony of the Confucius Institute. At the ceremony, Confucius Institute Director Park Heung-soo and Chinese Director Myo Chun-mei hosted the ceremony, and HUFS President Kim In-chul

HUFS International Admissions Office was selected by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the Korea Youth Activity Promotion Agency as the 2020 International Youth Leader Program management agency. HUFS will manage programs for international teenagers to strengthen their global competence,

Members of the HUFS Global Training Experts Incubating Program (GTEP, led by Baek Jae-Seung) received the grand prize award at the 2020 University Commerce Camp, which was held for four days since July 21.The 2020 University Commerce Camp was hosted by KITA and Korea Sanhak Foundation in Seoul and J

HUFS Global Campus Employment Gyeonggi-do Bridge Program received awards in 3 categories—university, company, student—from Gyeonggi-do Province and Gyeonggi-do Employment Agency for the 2020 Employment Bridge Program.The Gyeonggi-do Bridge Program for university students received a four-year grant t

HUFS Emeritus Professor Park Hee-kwon received the 2020 Sejong Book Award for his book Shall We Negotiate: an Introduction to Global Negotiation in the philosophy/psychology/ethics category.The book, published in November, 2019, focuses on negotiation skills as one of the most important success fact

■ Seoul City Campus Town Enterprise Organization opens New Business Support PlatformHUFS Seoul City Campus Town Enterprise Organization (Enterprise Organization) created a New Business Support Platform, which recruits new business teams and provides office space for free. The office space belongs to