Hanyang University is a private research university in South Korea. The main campus is in Seoul, and the second one, the Education Research Industry Cluster at Ansan, or ERICA campus, is located in Ansan. Hanyang (한양;漢陽) derives from the former name of the capital Seoul which was used during the Chosun Dynasty. Its motto and educational philosophy is Love in Deed and Truth.
Every year Hanyang International Summer School is becoming increasingly popular among international students visiting Korea. Over the last 7 years, Hanyang International Summer School (HISS) has grown out to be one of the biggest summer programs in Korea.
During the summer vacation of 2018, international students will be able to experience the Korean Wave culture through the Summer K-POP Camp 2018 for the first time. The Summer K-POP Camp 2018 is a two-week, four-week camp that will have Korean language class, KPOP training course and fun local trips together.
The camp will be held at Hanyang University’s Erika Campus with a 30-hour weekly curriculum, and all students will receive a certificate. In particular, a special benefit will be given to the winner of KPOP talent show competition after the completion of all the courses.
Hanyang University has an alumni network of 300,000 that is not limited to the field of engineering but also to other fields. In 2015, Hanyang was ranked 1st for the number of CEO alumni of venture companies. In 2017, QS ranked Hanyang University 155th in ‘2017 QS World University Rankings’.
The university enrolls over 3,000 foreign students each year and more than 3,000 students study abroad annually. HYU counts the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, and Tsinghua University among its 777 partner universities in 76 countries.