Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Rankings

In the World	#1421 of 14178
In Asia	#317 of 5833
In South Korea	#26 of 193
In Seoul	#15 of 39

Quick Review

Acceptance rate: 15%
Enrollment: 21,240
Funding: Private
Highest Degree: Doctorate
Website: hufs.ac.kr
Languages: Korean;English;Japanese;Chinese;Russian

Publications & Citations

Publications: 4,410
Citations: 60,505

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies majors

by publication count

Computer science	841
Chemistry	427
Materials science	403
Mathematics	398
Psychology	353
Economics	293
Business	236
Biology	220
Political science	205
Sociology	159
Engineering	153
Environmental science	127
Physics	85
Medicine	83
History	58
Philosophy	53
Geography	45
Art	37
Geology	4

Topical rankings by citation count

Discipline	World Rank	Citations
Business	720	6,859
Political science	929	1,198
Economics	938	4,264
Environmental science	1026	4,123
Materials science	1173	12,945
Philosophy	1215	66
History	1233	74
Sociology	1334	1,021
Computer science	1490	5,082
Mathematics	1646	2,893
Psychology	1662	3,730
Chemistry	1801	7,898
Art	1866	13
Engineering	2052	1,048
Biology	2209	4,418
Physics	2372	564
Geography	2407	235
Medicine	3629	496
Geology	4346	3

Annual publication & citation counts

Year	Publications	Citations
1990	0	5
1991	1	5
1992	2	11
1993	6	12
1994	9	17
1995	8	41
1996	19	41
1997	26	72
1998	29	113
1999	22	129
2000	45	155
2001	61	254
2002	62	369
2003	68	410
2004	69	667
2005	59	882
2006	89	1110
2007	102	1265
2008	118	1563
2009	147	2053
2010	155	2220
2011	203	2985
2012	226	3445
2013	269	3740
2014	308	4367
2015	380	4772
2016	366	4923
2017	359	5021
2018	342	4300
2019	330	5611
2020	325	6223

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Acceptance Rate	15%
Admissions Requirements	Graduation from high school or equivalent, and entrance examination
Academic Calendar	March to December (March - July; September-December)
Enrollment	21,240
Full time employee	652
Student:staff ratio	33:1

Tuition

	Undergraduate	Graduate
Local students	$3,750	$3,750
International students	$3,750	$3,750

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies has financial aid programs and on-campus housing.

Programs and Degrees

Programs	Associate's degree	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctoral
Design \| Arts \| Humanities	–	+	+	+
Business \| Politics \| Social Sciences	–	+	+	+
Languages \| Culture \| Linguistics	–	+	+	+
Nursing \| Health \| Pharmacy \| Medicine	–	–	–	–
Engineering \| IT	–	+	+	+
Maths \| Natural Sciences	–	+	+	+

Master's Degree	Accountancy, Advertising and Publicity, African Languages, African Studies, Air Transport, American Studies, Arabic, Archiving, Asian Studies, Biological and Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Bulgarian, Business Administration, Business Education, Canadian Studies, Central European Studies, Chemistry, Chinese, Cognitive Sciences, Computer Education, Computer Engineering, Cultural Studies, Czech, Development Studies, East Asian Studies, Eastern European Studies, Economics, Education, Educational Administration, Educational and Student Counselling, Electronic Engineering, English, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Studies, European Studies, Finance, Foreign Languages Education, French, German, Hindi, History, Human Resources, Human Rights, Humanities and Social Science Education, Hungarian, Indonesian, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, Information Management, Information Sciences, Information Technology, International Business, International Economics, International Law, International Relations, International Studies, Italian, Japanese, Journalism, Korean, Latin American Studies, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Malay, Management, Marketing, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Media Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Native Language Education, Peace and Disarmament, Persian, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, Polish, Political Sciences, Portuguese, Preschool Education, Public Administration, Public Relations, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian Languages, Science Education, Slavic Languages, Social Studies, South and Southeast Asian Languages, South Asian Studies, Spanish, Statistics, Telecommunications Engineering, Thai Languages, Translation and Interpretation, Turkish, Vietnamese
Doctor's Degree	African Studies, American Studies, Arabic, Archiving, Asian Studies, Biological and Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Canadian Studies, Central European Studies, Chemistry, Chinese, Cognitive Sciences, Comparative Literature, Computer Engineering, Cultural Studies, Czech, East Asian Studies, Eastern European Studies, Economics, Electronic Engineering, English, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Studies, European Studies, Foreign Languages Education, French, German, History, Hungarian, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, Information Sciences, Information Technology, International Business, International Economics, International Law, International Relations, International Studies, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Studies, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Management, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Middle Eastern Studies, Philosophy, Physics, Polish, Political Sciences, Public Administration, Romanian, Russian, Slavic Languages, Social Studies, South Asian Studies, Spanish, Statistics, Telecommunications Engineering, Translation and Interpretation

Master's Degree

Accountancy, Advertising and Publicity, African Languages, African Studies, Air Transport, American Studies, Arabic, Archiving, Asian Studies, Biological and Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Bulgarian, Business Administration, Business Education, Canadian Studies, Central European Studies, Chemistry, Chinese, Cognitive Sciences, Computer Education, Computer Engineering, Cultural Studies, Czech, Development Studies, East Asian Studies, Eastern European Studies, Economics, Education, Educational Administration, Educational and Student Counselling, Electronic Engineering, English, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Studies, European Studies, Finance, Foreign Languages Education, French, German, Hindi, History, Human Resources, Human Rights, Humanities and Social Science Education, Hungarian, Indonesian, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, Information Management, Information Sciences, Information Technology, International Business, International Economics, International Law, International Relations, International Studies, Italian, Japanese, Journalism, Korean, Latin American Studies, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Malay, Management, Marketing, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Media Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Native Language Education, Peace and Disarmament, Persian, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, Polish, Political Sciences, Portuguese, Preschool Education, Public Administration, Public Relations, Radio and Television Broadcasting, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian Languages, Science Education, Slavic Languages, Social Studies, South and Southeast Asian Languages, South Asian Studies, Spanish, Statistics, Telecommunications Engineering, Thai Languages, Translation and Interpretation, Turkish, Vietnamese

Doctor's Degree

African Studies, American Studies, Arabic, Archiving, Asian Studies, Biological and Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Canadian Studies, Central European Studies, Chemistry, Chinese, Cognitive Sciences, Comparative Literature, Computer Engineering, Cultural Studies, Czech, East Asian Studies, Eastern European Studies, Economics, Electronic Engineering, English, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Studies, European Studies, Foreign Languages Education, French, German, History, Hungarian, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, Information Sciences, Information Technology, International Business, International Economics, International Law, International Relations, International Studies, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Studies, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Management, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Middle Eastern Studies, Philosophy, Physics, Polish, Political Sciences, Public Administration, Romanian, Russian, Slavic Languages, Social Studies, South Asian Studies, Spanish, Statistics, Telecommunications Engineering, Translation and Interpretation

General info

Alternative names	HUFS 한국외국어대학교
Founded	1954
Wikipedia	Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Accreditation	Korean Council for University Education (KCUE)
Motto	Veritas, Pax, Creatio Truth, Peace, Creation
Colors	navy, gold
Academic structure	College of English College of Occidental Languages College of Oriental Languages College of Chinese College of Japanese College of Social Sciences College of Law College of Business and Economics College of Business College of Education College of Humanities College of Interpretation and Translation College of Central and East European Studies College of International and Area Studies College of Economics and Business College of Natural Sciences College of Engineering Minerva College Graduate School Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation Graduate School of International and Area Studies Graduate School of Education Graduate School of Politics, Government and Communication Graduate School of Business Graduate School of TESOL Law School
Affiliations and memberships	Consortium for Asian and African Studies (CAAS) Silk-road Universities Network (SUN)

Location and Contacts

Address	107 Imun-ro, Dongdaemun-gu Seoul, Seoul, 02450 South Korea
City population	9,807,000
Phone	+82 (2) 2173 2657
Fax	+82 (2) 2173 2877

Rank 🏆	University name	Acceptance rate Acc. rate	Country & City
18	Sejong University		Seoul
19	Soongsil University	57%	Seoul
20	Dankook University		Yongin
21	Dongguk University	8%	Seoul
22	Chungbuk National University	20%	Cheongju
23	Kookmin University	75%	Seoul
24	Kangwon National University		Chuncheon
25	Pukyong National University		Busan
26	Hankuk University of Foreign Studies	15%	Seoul
27	Chosun University	25%	Gwangju
28	Hongik University		Seoul
29	Chonnam National University	23%	Gwangju
30	Yeungnam University	63%	Gyeongsan
31	University of Seoul	15%	Seoul
32	Chonbuk National University	20%	Jeonju
33	Gyeongsang National University	17%	Jinju
34	The Catholic University of Korea	24%	Seoul