AIMS OF EDUCATIONS
Cultivation of basic skills based on tradition
College of Fine Arts, Hongik University aims to produce artistically talented individuals with creativity, imagination, and originality through educating distinguished students with not only our traditional education system but also our artistic knowledge and techniques. Basic skill intensive classes will provide students with opportunities of various experiments of two and three dimensions and drawing, which will serve as a foundation for systematic curriculum. Through graded artistic technique programs, students will cultivate both artistic thinking capabilities and critical perspective.
Active and creative acceptance of contemporary artistic spirit and methodologies
College of Fine Arts, Hongik University positively accepts new movements and trends in contemporary art and design and reflects them in our curriculum. We encourage students to build up their own unique ways of thinking with open eyes and mind beyond fixed idea and conventional thinking. We aim to produce innovative and creative artists through our advanced program where students are encouraged to experiment a new artistic possibility based on tradition.
Development of future-oriented interdisciplinary and collaboration program
College of Fine Arts, Hongik University aims to develop and provide interdisciplinary programs which produce artists of various spectrum of art, liberal arts and engineering. Through this program, students are able to expand possibilities of artistic talents and creative imagination and to grow into artists whose integrated thinking abilities will contribute a global community.
GREETINGS
College of Fine Arts, Hongik University has produced numerous distinguished Korean artists, designers and thus has been ranked as one of the best art colleges. With an enrollment of 2,800 students in 11 departments at present, we have been leading a new cultural and artistic trend through interacting actively with students and artists from all of the world. Our faculty members who graduated from internationally prestigious universities invest their passion to foster promising artists with new and various teaching methodologies.
College of Fine Arts, Hongik University will not be satisfied with our great achievement and tradition of over 70 years and devote ourselves to produce creative and outstanding artists who will be able to propose new artistic possibilities based on full understanding of current artistic trends and their unique point of views. To attain this end, we have implemented educational innovation while deepening liberal education as humanities and accepting positively various new media including digital media. We expect that our innovative program would turn out creative artists who are able to rediscover authentic meaning of traditional media and thus equipped well with integrated thinking abilities.
LEE, SOO HONG
Dean of College of Fine Arts
HISTORY
HISTORY BY YEAR
2000 - 2019
| 2002.07 | The College of Arts introduces the “deferred major system”. |
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| 2004.09 | The International Design School for Advanced Studies (IDAS) is established. |
| 2006 | The College of Arts merges its Department of Visual Communication Design and Department of Industrial Design into the School of Design. |
| 2009.10 | The university’s 60th anniversary. |
| 2009.10 | The festival includes the students-staffalumni exhibition. |
| 2009.10 | The Hongik Museum of Art is established. |
| 2012.12 | Opened Daehakro Art Center |
| 2016.01 | Completed Integrated Lecture Building and Second Dormitory(Seoul Campus), Hongik |
| 2017.12 | Completed Third Dormitory. |
| 2002 | The Daehangno Campus is established. |
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| 2005.03 | The Ph.D. course is established in the Department of Advertising and Communication Design. |
| 2006.06 | The University holds the International Exhibition celebrating its 60th anniversary at the International Art Festival. |
| 2009.10 | Celebrating its 30th Anniversary, . the School of Design holds the Hongik Art Design Festival. |
| 2009.10 | Fashion shows, and seminars. |
| 2010.12 | The Hongik University College of Fine Arts’ Faculty Exhibition is held |
| 2015.02 | Completed Sejong Campus Comprehensive Lecture Building Sejong Center. |
| 2016.06 | University 70th Anniversary International Exchange Exhibition. |
| 2018.09 | Completed remodeling of Fine Arts Hall. |
| 1988.10 | The College of Arts’ School of Applied Arts separates into four departments. |
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| 1996.10 | In Celebration of the University’s 50th Anniversary, a special exhibition is held |
| 1999.11 | The Graduate School of Applied Arts and Design adds more specialized majors. |
| 1988 | The School of Industry is established at the Jochiwon(Sejong) Campus running 11 courses. |
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| 1997.10 | The Graduate Schools in the Art Field of Study is founded. |
| 1964.02 | The School of Applied Arts had two departments : the Department of Applied Arts and the Department of Design. |
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| 1971.12 | Hongik College becomes Hongik university |
| 1971.12 | The School of Fine Arts becomes the College of Arts. |
| 1971.12 | The School of Applied Arts consists of the Department of Applied Arts and the Department of Industrial Design. |
| 1976.09 | The College of Arts is recognized as an experimental university. |
| 1969.10 | The Hongik College Museum of Art is established. |
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| 1971.12 | Hongik College changes its name to Hongik University. |
| 1972.01 | The Graduate School of Industrial Art is established with three departments |
| 1978.10 | Celebrating its 30th Anniversary, an exhibition is held in various locations around Korea. |
| 1946 | Hongmoon College is established |
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| 1953.03 | The Undergraduate Course in Art produces its first six alumni. |
| 1955.05 | The College moves to its current location in Sangsoo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. |
| 1949.06 | Undergraduate Course in Art is established within the Department of Liberal Arts. |
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| 1954.03 | The School of Fine Arts is established consisting of three courses : painting, sculpture, and architecture. |
ADMISSION
Hongik University aims to cultivate creative, cooperative, professional experts. For those who wish to enter Hongik University, please refer to the admission page below.
LOCATION
Address
94 Wausan-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea 04066
Telephone
02-320-1114 | webmaster@hongik.ac.kr