Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS, Korean: 한국외국어대학교) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea, which teaches 45 foreign languages alongside the humanities, law, social sciences, business, natural sciences and engineering.韩国外国语大学（Hankuk University of Foreign Studies，简称 HUFS，韩文：한국외국어대학교）是位于韩国首尔的私立研究型大学，教授 45 种外语，并覆盖人文、法学、社会科学、商学、自然科学与工程学。

Founded in April 1954 by Kim Heung-bae, it began as Korea's only higher institution devoted to the study of foreign languages and remains the birthplace of foreign-language education in the country.该校由金兴培于 1954 年 4 月创办，最初是韩国唯一专攻外国语的高等学府，至今仍是韩国外语教育的发源地。

It operates a Seoul Campus in Imun-dong and a Global Campus in Yongin, enrolled about 25,000 undergraduates and 3,000 graduate students, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed 620th in the world.该校设有位于二文洞的首尔校区与位于龙仁的全球校区，在校本科生约 25,000 人、研究生约 3,000 人；在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列世界第 620 位。

History

• In April 1954 Kim Heung-bae founded HUFS as a college for the study of foreign languages, and its first students took up English, French, Chinese, German, Spanish and Russian.1954 年 4 月，金兴培创办韩国外国语大学，作为研习外国语言的高等学府；首届学生研读英语、法语、汉语、德语、西班牙语与俄语。
• At the time of its foundation HUFS was the only institution of higher learning in Korea dedicated to the teaching of foreign languages.建校之时，韩国外国语大学是韩国唯一以教授外国语为使命的高等学府。
• The University Press Center was established together with the university in 1954 and has since published 39 foreign-language dictionaries, including Korea's first Russian-Korean dictionary in 1963.大学出版社中心于 1954 年随建校而设，此后出版了 39 部外语词典，其中包括 1963 年韩国首部俄韩词典。
• In 1974 a foreign language training institute was established with support from the government and the Korea International Trade Association to train public officials and corporate staff working abroad.1974 年，在政府与韩国国际贸易协会的支持下，该校设立外语培训机构，为派驻海外的公务员与企业职员提供语言培训。
• The Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation was founded in 1979 in response to the growing demand for professional language specialists.为回应专业语言人才日益增长的需求，翻译研究院（GSIT）于 1979 年成立。
• In November 1999 HUFS created the nation's first doctoral programme in interpretation and translation, and by 2012 it had awarded 26 doctorates in the discipline.1999 年 11 月，该校创设韩国首个口笔译博士课程；至 2012 年，该学科已授予 26 个博士学位。
• In 2004 the Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation became the first Asian education institution to join CIUTI, the international association of university institutes of translation and interpreting.2004 年，翻译研究院成为亚洲首个加入 CIUTI（国际大学翻译学院协会）的教育机构。
• Since its establishment in 1996 the Korean Studies Department has run a scholarship programme for international students, supporting the university's early internationalisation.自 1996 年设立以来，韩国学系一直为国际学生提供奖学金项目，也支持了该校早期的国际化努力。
• The Global Leadership Academy opened in 2001 to train regional experts equipped with the university's 45 major world languages and its area-studies programmes.全球领导力学院于 2001 年开办，旨在依托该校 45 种世界主要语言与区域研究课程培养区域专家。
• In November 2003 the school-based business i-HUFS Enterprise was founded to commercialise the university's language and cultural knowledge for educational programmes.2003 年 11 月，校办企业「i-HUFS Enterprise」成立，把该校的语言与文化知识转化为可创收的教育项目。
• Since 2004 the closely associated Cyber Hankuk University of Foreign Studies has offered online courses in English, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, business administration, journalism and mass communication.自 2004 年起，与该校紧密关联的网络韩国外国语大学开设英语、日语、汉语以及工商管理、新闻与大众传播的在线课程。
• In 2007 HUFS launched the first UPEACE dual-degree programme in Asia, under which students spend one year in Korea and one year in Costa Rica to earn a dual master's degree.2007 年，该校推出亚洲首个 UPEACE 双学位项目，学生分别在韩国与哥斯达黎加各学习一年，取得双方联合颁发的硕士学位。
• In 2010 the university established a Department of International Development Studies and a GSIAS-affiliated think tank, the Center for International Cooperation and Strategy, while the Seoul Institute for Continuing Education opened in August 2010.2010 年，该校设立国际发展研究系以及隶属于国际与区域研究院（GSIAS）的智库「国际合作与战略中心」，首尔继续教育学院则于 2010 年 8 月成立。
• In 2012 U.S. President Barack Obama spoke at HUFS in Seoul about global progress toward nuclear non-proliferation during his visit to Korea.2012 年，美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马访问韩国期间，在该校首尔校区就全球核不扩散进程发表演讲。
• In the first semester of 2017 the Graduate School of International and Area Studies established a Department of International Studies and recruited its first master's students in the second semester of that year.2017 年第一学期，国际与区域研究院设立国际研究系，并于当年第二学期招收首批硕士研究生。
• Throughout its history the university has been visited by numerous foreign dignitaries, including Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Joko Widodo of Indonesia, Viktor Orban of Hungary and Abdullah Gul of Turkey.纵观其历史，该校接待过众多外国政要，包括瑞典王储维多利亚、印度尼西亚的佐科·维多多、匈牙利的欧尔班·维克托以及土耳其的阿卜杜拉·居尔。
• The university has secured 300 billion won in investment from Korea Investment and Securities, Hyundai Engineering and Construction and ZINOL D and C to build a third campus focused on artificial intelligence and big data in the Songdo International Business District.该校已从韩国投资证券、现代建设以及 ZINOL D&C 获得 3000 亿韩元投资，用于在松岛国际商务区建设以人工智能与大数据为核心的第三校区。
• As of March 2026 the university had academic exchange agreements with 616 universities and 73 institutions across 102 countries, a network that had grown from 431 universities in 88 nations in 2014.截至 2026 年 3 月，该校已与 102 个国家的 616 所大学及 73 家机构签订学术交流协议，较 2014 年覆盖 88 个国家的 431 所大学显著扩张。
• By the 1970s HUFS had consolidated its position as Korea's leading centre of foreign-language education, and in 1974 it added a language-training institute for officials and business people working abroad.至 1970 年代，该校已确立其作为韩国外语教育领军中心的地位，并于 1974 年增设面向驻外公务员与商务人士的语言培训机构。

Academics

• HUFS comprises more than 50 departments organised across colleges covering social sciences, Eastern European studies, the humanities, Asian and African studies, and natural sciences.该校设有 50 多个系，分属覆盖社会科学、东欧研究、人文、亚非研究以及自然科学等领域的学院。
• The university teaches 45 foreign languages, making it the most comprehensive centre of foreign-language instruction in South Korea.该校教授 45 种外国语，是韩国最全面的外语教学中心。
• The Seoul Campus concentrates on major languages, the humanities and social sciences, while the Global Campus teaches additional languages together with engineering and the natural sciences.首尔校区以主要语种、人文与社会科学为主，全球校区则教授更多语种以及工程学与自然科学。
• The Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation offers master's degrees in interpretation and translation in eight languages, namely English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic.翻译研究院开设八种语言的口笔译硕士课程，即英语、法语、德语、俄语、西班牙语、汉语、日语与阿拉伯语。
• The Graduate School of International and Area Studies houses departments in European Union studies, Latin American studies, Korean studies, Chinese studies, Japanese studies, Russian and CIS studies, and Indian and ASEAN studies.国际与区域研究院下设欧盟研究、拉丁美洲研究、韩国研究、中国研究、日本研究、俄罗斯与独联体研究，以及印度与东盟研究等系所。
• HUFS developed and jointly administers the FLEX foreign-language examination with the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, testing proficiency in English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese.该校开发并与韩国商工会议所共同实施 FLEX 外语考试，测试英语、法语、德语、俄语、西班牙语、汉语与日语的熟练度。
• The university operates a school of law, making it one of the 25 universities in Korea with a law school, and it runs a Graduate School of TESOL with concentrations in English language teaching and ELT content development.该校设有法学院，是韩国 25 所拥有法学院的大学之一；同时开办 TESOL 研究生院，分设英语教学与英语教学内容开发两个方向。
• According to its own international profile the university employs about 620 faculty members, of whom roughly 160 are international professors, and hosts some 3,600 international students from 90 countries.据该校国际概况介绍，其聘有约 620 名教员，其中约 160 名为外籍教授，并接待来自 90 个国家的约 3600 名国际学生。
• The university reports a student body of about 25,896 undergraduates and 3,297 graduate students, supported by research institutes comprising three centres and 27 institutes.该校公布其学生规模约为本科生 25,896 人、研究生 3,297 人，并设有由 3 个中心与 27 个研究所组成的研究机构体系。
• HUFS graduates are required, in principle, to demonstrate foreign-language proficiency, and students with double majors must achieve specified FLEX scores for graduation.该校原则上要求毕业生证明其外语能力，修读双学位的学生还须在 FLEX 考试中达到规定的分数方可毕业。
• The Center for Korean Language and Culture provides Korean-language education to learners from around the world and trains teachers of Korean as a foreign language.韩国语言文化中心面向世界各地的学习者提供韩语教育，并培养对外韩语教师。
• The GSIAS has concluded agreements with bodies such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy and the National Research Foundation to carry out joint research projects.国际与区域研究院已与外交贸易部、韩国国际经济政策研究院以及国家研究基金会等机构签订协议，开展联合研究项目。
• Degree programmes across the university include undergraduate and graduate study in linguistics, philosophy, history, economics, business, computer engineering, semiconductor engineering and bioscience.该校的学位课程涵盖语言学、哲学、历史、经济学、商学、计算机工程、半导体工程与生物科学等本科与研究生专业。
• The university's educational philosophy of advancing truth, peace and creation underpins a curriculum that combines language mastery with area studies and professional training.该校倡导「真理、和平与创造」的教育理念，支撑着一套把语言能力与区域研究及专业训练相结合的课程体系。
• International students studying at HUFS number roughly 3,800 as of autumn 2025, spread across both the Seoul and Global campuses.截至 2025 年秋，在该校就读的国际学生约 3,800 人，分布于首尔与全球两个校区。
• The university maintains an extensive network of partner institutions for student exchange, internships and joint research supporting its goal of training independent, international and original intellectuals.该校维系着广泛的伙伴院校网络，用于学生交换、实习与联合研究，以支撑其培养「独立、国际化且具原创性知识分子」的目标。
• The Seoul Campus is organised into colleges including the College of English, the College of Occidental Languages, the College of Asian Languages and Cultures, the College of Chinese and the College of Japanese.首尔校区设有英语学院、西洋语言学院、亚洲语言文化学院、中国语学院与日语学院等。
• The Global Campus houses the College of Interpretation and Translation, the College of Central and East European Studies, the College of International and Area Studies and the College of Engineering.全球校区设有翻译学院、中欧与东欧研究学院、国际与区域研究学院以及工学院。
• The Graduate School of International and Area Studies maintains particular strengths in the study of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and India.国际与区域研究院在印度尼西亚、马来西亚、泰国、越南与印度的研究方面尤具优势。
• Undergraduate teaching at HUFS is organised across 28 colleges and 128 majors, allowing students to combine language study with a second field of study.该校本科教学分布于 28 个学院与 128 个专业，学生可将语言学习与第二领域相结合。
• The university maintains additional educational organisations, including the FLEX Center, the HUFS TESOL Professional Education Center and the Center for Korean Language and Culture.该校还设有 FLEX 考试中心、HUFS 英语教学专业教育中心以及韩国语言文化中心等教育机构。

Campus

• The Seoul Campus occupies a site at 107 Imun-ro in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, and is the university's historic core for major languages, humanities and social sciences.首尔校区位于首尔东大门区二文路 107 号，是该校以主要语种、人文与社会科学为主的历史核心校区。
• The Global Campus is located at 81 Oedae-ro, Mohyeon-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, in Gyeonggi Province, and teaches languages and disciplines not offered in Seoul.全球校区位于京畿道龙仁市处仁区慕贤邑外大路 81 号，教授首尔校区未开设的语种与学科。
• The Global Campus offers additional languages such as Polish, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Serbian, Croatian, Ukrainian, Greek, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Uzbek and African languages including Swahili.全球校区开设波兰语、罗马尼亚语、捷克语、斯洛伐克语、匈牙利语、塞尔维亚语、克罗地亚语、乌克兰语、希腊语、保加利亚语、哈萨克语、乌兹别克语以及包括斯瓦希里语在内的非洲语言等更多语种。
• Alongside those languages the Global Campus houses the College of Engineering, the College of Natural Science, the College of Humanities and the College of International and Area Studies.除上述语种外，全球校区还设有工学院、自然科学学院、人文学院以及国际与区域研究学院。
• The Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation is equipped with an international conference hall providing simultaneous interpretation in eight languages, lecture halls with interpretation booths and a satellite broadcast resource centre offering 110 channels in 30 languages.翻译研究院配备可提供八种语言同声传译的国际会议厅、设同传厢的讲厅，以及可接收 30 种语言、110 个频道的卫星广播资源中心。
• A third campus focused on artificial intelligence and big data is planned in the Songdo International Business District, financed by 300 billion won of investment secured from three Korean firms.该校计划在松岛国际商务区建设以人工智能与大数据为核心的第三校区，资金来自三家韩国企业投入的 3000 亿韩元。
• The university provides dormitories and international student services at both campuses, and the Seoul Campus in particular sits within a lively student district of the capital.该校在两个校区均提供宿舍与国际学生服务；首尔校区尤其坐落于首都充满活力的学生街区之中。
• Both campuses are well served by public transport in the Seoul metropolitan region, linking students to the cultural and employment opportunities of the capital and Gyeonggi Province.两处校区均处于首尔都市圈公共交通的良好覆盖之下，把学生与首都及京畿道的文化与就业机会连接起来。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 HUFS is placed 620th in the world, and it has long been ranked among the leading universities in South Korea in the humanities and social sciences.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列世界第 620 位，并长期位居韩国人文与社会科学领域的领先大学之列。
• HUFS does not appear in the numbered main table of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名的带名次主榜。 ^[1]
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026 to 2027 places HUFS 2,242nd in the world, reflecting its specialised, language-centred profile.2026 至 2027 年版《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳全球大学排名将该校列为世界第 2,242 位，折射出其以语言为核心的专门化定位。
• The university does not appear in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities published by ShanghaiRanking.该校未出现在上海软科发布的 2026 年世界大学学术排名中。
• The OpenAlex database attributes 9,356 works to HUFS with 207,435 citations, a research output concentrated in the humanities, social sciences and area studies.OpenAlex 数据库为该大学收录 9,356 篇成果、被引用 207,435 次，其科研产出集中于人文、社会科学与区域研究领域。
• In 2020 eight HUFS students passed the Korean diplomat bar examination, the second-highest number in the country behind only Seoul National University, after ranking third nationally with six successful candidates in 2019.2020 年，该校有八名学生通过韩国外交官考试，仅次于首尔大学位居全国第二；2019 年则以六人通过位居全国第三。
• In the QS World University Rankings 2024 the university was ranked 575th in the world and 69th in Asia, according to its own published figures.据该校公布的数据，在 2024 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列世界第 575 位、亚洲第 69 位。
• HUFS is widely regarded as the centre of foreign-language education in Korea, and its Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation was the first such institution in Asia to join CIUTI.该校被普遍视为韩国外语教育的中心，其翻译研究院是亚洲首个加入 CIUTI 的同类机构。

Student life

• The university's educational philosophy and motto is "Truth, Peace and Creation", expressed in Korean as 진리, 평화, 창조.该校的教育理念与校训为「真理、和平与创造」，韩文作「진리，평화，창조」。
• The founding spirit of truth and peace, combined with the ideal of cultivating independent, international and original intellectuals, shapes the university's mission.「真理与和平」的创校精神，连同培养独立、国际化且具原创性知识分子的理想，共同塑造了该校的使命。
• The university presents itself under the slogan "A University Where Students Dream, Develop and Succeed", emphasising global talent development.该校以「让学生梦想、成长、成功的大学」为口号，强调全球人才的培养。
• HUFS hosts roughly 3,800 international students from some 90 countries, giving campus life a strongly cosmopolitan character.该校约有 3,800 名来自约 90 个国家的国际学生，使校园生活带有鲜明的国际化色彩。
• Students are encouraged to master 45 major world languages and to pursue double majors and minors, with a completion rate reported at about 79.8 per cent.该校鼓励学生掌握 45 种世界主要语言并修读双主修与辅修，据报完成率约达 79.8%。
• About 2,000 HUFS students study abroad each year through the university's exchange and overseas programmes, one of the largest such cohorts in Korea.每年约有 2000 名学生通过该校的交换与海外项目出国学习，是韩国规模最大的此类群体之一。
• The Seoul Campus in Imun-dong places students within easy reach of the cultural, commercial and political life of the capital, while the Yongin Global Campus offers a self-contained suburban setting.位于二文洞的首尔校区使学生得以便捷地融入首都的文化、商业与政治生活，龙仁全球校区则提供自成体系的郊区环境。

Notable people

• Kim Heung-bae founded Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in April 1954 and is honoured as the institution's founder.金兴培于 1954 年 4 月创办韩国外国语大学，被尊为该校的创办人。
• Jeong-Woon Park has served as the 12th President of HUFS since 2021, leading the university's drive to globalise Korean higher education.朴正云（Jeong-Woon Park）自 2021 年起担任该校第十二任校长，领导学校推动韩国高等教育的国际化。
• Oh Se-hoon, an alumnus, has served as Mayor of Seoul since 2021, having previously held the same office from 2006 to 2011.校友吴世勋自 2021 年起出任首尔市长，此前曾于 2006 至 2011 年担任同一职务。
• Kim Chong-in, who studied at HUFS, has led both the ruling Democratic Party of Korea and the main opposition People Power Party.曾就读于该校的金钟仁，先后领导过执政的共同民主党和最大在野党国民力量党。
• Pang Ha-nam, a HUFS graduate, served as Minister of Employment and Labor of South Korea.该校毕业生方河男曾任韩国雇佣劳动部长官。
• Cho Won-jin, an alumnus, is a South Korean politician and a member of the National Assembly.校友赵源震是韩国政治人物，也是国会议员。
• Lee Sung-soo, a graduate of the university, served as chief executive officer of SM Entertainment, one of Korea's leading entertainment companies.该校毕业生李成洙曾任韩国主要娱乐公司之一 SM 娱乐的首席执行官。
• Moon Kook-hyun, a HUFS alumnus, was chief executive of Yuhan-Kimberly and stood as a candidate in the 2007 South Korean presidential election.校友文国现曾任柳韩金佰利首席执行官，并曾参加 2007 年韩国总统选举。
• Kwon Oh-gap, who studied at HUFS, is chairman of HD Hyundai, one of the world's largest shipbuilding and heavy-industry groups.曾就读于该校的权五甲出任 HD 现代会长，该集团是全球最大的造船与重工集团之一。
• Gene Yoon, an alumnus, serves as chairman of the sportswear brand Fila.校友尹基元（Gene Yoon）出任运动服饰品牌斐乐（Fila）的会长。
• Joo-Heon Shin, a HUFS graduate, is a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a director at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development.该校毕业生申柱宪是约翰斯·霍普金斯大学医学院教授，并在利伯脑发育研究所担任主任。
• Yongcheol Shin, another graduate, is an economist and professor at the University of York in the United Kingdom, and Kim Sun-il, an alumnus, was a Korean interpreter taken hostage in Iraq in 2004.同为校友的申用澈是经济学家、英国约克大学教授；而校友金善逸则是 2004 年在伊拉克遭绑架的韩国翻译。