Today, Seoul is considered a leading and rising global city, resulting from an economic boom called the Miracle on the Han River which transformed it into the world's 4th largest metropolitan economy (after Tokyo, New York City, and Los Angeles) with a GDP of US$845.9 billion in 2014. Notable attractions include futuristic Dongdaemun Design Plaza, a convention hall with curving architecture and a rooftop park Gyeongbokgung Palace, which once had more than 7,000 rooms and Jogyesa Temple, site of ancient locust and pine trees. Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is a huge metropolis where modern skyscrapers, high-tech subways and pop culture meet Buddhist temples, palaces and street markets. More information about the courses on offer can be found on the HUFS ISS website. Courses offered include exploring Korean media, history of South Korea, Korean Music, and Beginning, Intermediate, or Advanced Korean for language learning. This is a guided 4-week program from HUFS, with courses and modules following their guide in specified periods of learning for each week. This summer program in the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies International Summer Session allows all students to participate in learning about South Korean culture, and the Korean language, all while in the capital Seoul. NOTE: For the Summer 2021 session, the HUFS ISS program will be held online.
Approximately 20% of the students enrolled in the HUFS ISS program are domestic Korean students earning credit toward their university degrees.Ĭomplete details about the program can be found on the HUFS ISS website. Since the program’s inception in 2003, students from approximately 30 different countries attend the ISS (overseas students in past years have come from the U.S., Canada, France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Russia, Japan, China Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, and many more). Program Information This fee-paying program offered by HUFS is designed to to fill a unique niche in the offerings in Korean and Asian Studies by bringing together students and scholars residing in Korea as well as abroad and providing them with a sequence of intensive courses and associated co-curricular activities around which a learning community based on a shared interest in Asian Studies could be forged. Hankuk University of Foreign Studies International Summer Session (HUFS ISS)
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