YONG IN UNIVERSITY, CREATING LEADERS
BY FOSTERING HUMAN TALENT AND EXCELLENCE.
Yong In's name is a combination of talent (Yong) and strong character (In)that can embrace the world for over 60 years,
Yong In University has nurtured genuine leaders by fostering human excellence .

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龍仁大人
For over 60 years, Yong In University (YIU) has been cultivating
genuine leaders of talent and strong character

About YIU

Introduction to Colleges

Introduction to Institutes

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Mission Statement

22 College of Martial Arts

48 Auxiliary Organizations

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The History

26 College of Sports Sciences

49 Affiliated Institutes

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Greetings from the President

30 College of Arts & Culture

50 Affiliated Research Institutes

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Mission & Strategic Agenda

34 College of Business and

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Graduate Schools

Public Administration
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Spotlight in YIU

53 Organization Chart
38 College of Environmental Sciences

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Financial Aid

55 Campus Map
42 College of Public Health & Welfare

16International in YIU

19Academic ExcellenceMISSION STATEMENT

1953

YONG IN
UNIVERSITY

1953

1980

1990

2000

2018

Yong In University was founded in 1953 as National Judo Academy under the “DouiSangMa YogiWiin” principle, or “Becoming one who can contribute tosociety by building strong character”. This education philosophy epitomizes the university’s will to nurture human excellence in leaders who can wisely guideour country and people.

Educational Goal
The goal of Yong In University’s education is to nurture talents who will contribute to national development and the co-prosperity of humanity by building
their knowledge, character and body. On the one hand, this goal adheres to the mission of universities to be responsible for transferring academic knowledge
and culture as well as for fostering leaders and educating democratic citizens. On the other hand, this goal shows the university’s desire to ultimately
contribute to national and social development and to realize the human excellence.

YONG IN UNIVERSITY

Educational Objectives
Based on its education philosophy and goal, Yong In University has established the following four educational objectives to nurture talents in the 21st Century.
These objectives not only encompass the universal role of universities in contributing to society through academic research, they also embody YIU’s special
principle to contribute to the development of society by carrying on the traditional culture and through promoting sports culture. This sets YIU apart fromother universities.

Fostering creative talent
illuminating Korea’s
spirit and culture

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Nurturing practical talent
contributing to realizing
social health and justice

Cultivating physical talents
carrying on the nationalmartial arts spirit

Fostering enterprising talentleading the global era

June 15, 1953

July 7, 1989

April 2, 1992

September 24, 2004

Established as
National JudoAcademyLEE Kyu-hoon took office as
the fourth Chairman of theboard

Upgraded as National Sports
Sciences University

Dr. LEE Hak took office as
the fifth chairman of the
board

March 1, 1993
Name of university changed to
Yong In University

March 1, 2014
March 1, 2018
Dr. PARK Sun-kyung took
office as the seventh ,eighth president

THE HISTORY OF
YONG IN UNIVERSITY
5MISSION STATEMENT & THE HISTORY OF YONG IN UNIVERSITY

Educational Philosophy

GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENTGLOBAL LEADERS
WITH TALENT AND STRONG CHARACTER

A SPECIALIZED UNIVERSITY WHERE DREAMS GROW AND ARE REALIZED“SMALL BUT STRONG”
Strengthening educationand student capabilities• Heightening character-building andcreative education• Building a student-centered education
system• Selecting excellent students• Strengthening students’ capabilities• Expanding our specialized social
volunteering program

President Park, Sun Kyoung

Strengthening
faculty capabilities

Improving education
infrastructure• Developing the capabilities of faculty
and staff• Invigorating research and industryacademia cooperation• Fostering a student-friendly campus

I would like to sincerely welcome you to
Yong In University.

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Boosting international
competitivenessStabilizing andstreamlining finances• Strengthening our global
competitive edge
• Expanding globalization programs• Expanding funding sources andstreamlining financial operation

Heightening demand-oriented
administrative competitiveness• Strengthening the competitive edge of
our administrative organization

MISSION &STRATEGIC AGENDA
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GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT & MISSION & STRATEGIC AGENDA

Established in 1953, Yong In University (YIU) is a leading educational institution renowned at home and abroad for contributing to national prestige and academic achievement, especially in sports and martial arts as well as culture and fine artsfor over the last 60 years. It is also a university specializing incharacter-building education, practical education and global
education. YIU enables students to learn social responsibility
hands-on; prepares students for employment in a practicalway; creates a university culture geared towards proactively
participating in the global era. And YIU is continuously advancing education and research environments and heightening
the quality of education processes to be reborn as a university
taking an active part in the global stage by fostering humanexcellence in the fields of culture, welfare, environment, national reunification and more, befitting the 21st Century andthe future. YIU is rising by the day and the quality of our students, faculty and staff are continuosly being developed withthe substantial expansion of exchange and cooperation with
universities abroad. YIU will continue to educate leaders, as
it has been doing over the last six decades, to nurture distinguished and strong talents. I would like to ask you for your continued interest and support in our great endeavor.

YIU Strategy
and Agenda

SPOTLIGHT IN YIUYIU visited by the globally distinguished: Commencement speech by former U.S. President Bill Clinton
YIU drawing world leaders: The world’s first honorary doctorate degree in Judo Studies conferred to
President Valdimir Putin of Russia
YIU Museum: Sharing and preserving traditional culture
YIU Department of Cultural Properties: Leading in cultural property preservation scienceYIU Sports Stars: Training numerous summer olympics medalists were bornYIU Alumni: Perpetually adventurous Hong Sung-Taek becomes the world’s first to reach three polar
points and two polar regions
YIU Alumna: Jeong Ji-Eun becomes the first female member of Korea-U.S. “Elite Combat·Expert
Infantry”
YIU Newly Established: Department of Applied Music nurturing global musicians
YIU Department of Film: Leading the Korean movie renaissance and a 40 million-viewed blockbuster!
YIU Department of Taekwondo: Innovating a human certered martial arts philosophy
YIU Department of Military Science: Working with the Korean Army, the first of its kind in the

SPOTLIGHT IN YIUYONG IN UNIVERSITY

metro Seoul area
YIU Department of Social Welfare: Fostering welfare experts needed in an aging society
YIU Department of Police Administration: Cultivating police officers boasting a high exam passing rate

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SPOTLIGHT IN YIUYIU Sports Stars: Training numerous
summer olympics medalists wereborn
YIU visited by the globally distinguished: Commencementspeech by former U.S. President Bill Clinton
Yong In University is an academy where world leaders visit. The U.S. former President Clinton participated in YIU’s commencement ceremony and delivered acongratulatory speech encouraging our graduates. YIU students who are moving
towards the world under the attention of global leaders are positioning themselves as the best global talents with exceptional pride.

YIU Museum, an open space where the students and the community membersof the region can enjoy viewing cultural properties, promotes the significance of
Korean culture to the world by biannually exhibiting cultural properties owned
by Uhak Cultural Foundation. And the museum hosts special exhibitions and related academic seminars, reflecting on the precious value and meaning of cultural
assets. The museum’s permanent collections include earthenware, pottery, painting, writings and more.

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Yong In University that conferred the world’s first honorary doctorate degree in
Judo Studies to the Russian President Putin (in 2010 when he was Prime Minister)cooperates with renowned world leaders. Highly regarded as a university turning
out Korea’s and the world’s best talents, YIU is growing as a preeminent university
in the world.

So far, YIU graduates and students won 49 Olympic
medals. That means that out of 266 Olympic
medals Korea won, two in 10 were won by Yong In
members. This demonstrates how verified YIU is asa university specialized in sports. With systematic
sports training programs and solid curricula, YIU
is producing sports talents and uplifting Korea’s
sports into world-class levels.

As Korea’s mountaineer and adventurer, Yong In
University’s alumnus Hong Sung-Taek (Class of 1992)
reached three polar points (north pole, south pole,and the everest) and two polar regions (traversing
Greenland and crossing Bering Sea) for the first timein the world. Confidence and clear vision of Alumnus Hong Sung-Taek who was designated Asia’s
Adventurer in 2016 started with his passion for theworld unknown. Hong Sung-Taek is taking on theunchallenged and the most difficult course among
the Himalayan peaks, the south face of Lhotse(8,516m), for the sixth time. He is indeed grabbing
the attention of mountaineers across the world.

YIU Alumna: Jeong Ji-Eun becomesthe first female member of Korea-U.S.
“Elite Combat·Expert Infantry””
Yong In University alumna Jeong Ji-Eun (Class of2015) is the first female officer among both Korea
and the U.S. military who passed the Elite Expert
Infantry member qualification test hosted by KoreaU.S. Combined Forces Command after passing the
Korea-U.S. Elite Combat member qualification testin 2015. These two qualification tests geared toscreen warfighters armed with physical strength andcombat skills are notorious even in the U.S., referred
to as ‘hell test’. The efforts of alumna Jeong Ji-Eun
possessing Taekwondo third dan (level) certification
and Judo third dan (level) certification show theYong in leaders’ spirit of endlessly challenging
themselves.

YIU Department of Cultural Properties: Leading in culturalproperty preservation scienceYIU Newly Established: Department of Applied Music
nurturing global musicians

YIU Department of Film: Leading the Korean movie
renaissance and a 40 million-viewed blockbuster!

The Department of Cultural Property follows the Department of Cultural Property Preservation that was opened for the first time in Korea in 1997 to preserve
cultural property and succeed tradition. This department aims to foster culturalproperty specialists by guiding students on cultural property theories, scientifically analysing cultural property and gaining cultural property preservation skills.
Yong In University produced the largest number of experts working for culturalproperty preservation related organizations including National Museum of Korea
and National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage. With professors with ample
hands-on experience and scientific educational facilities, the department runsa various range of curricula composed of preservation science, archaeology, art
history and much more.

YIU Department of Applied Music was newly established with the goal of fostering creative talents communicating with the world through music and global
musicians who can lead the global cultural market of the future. The department
was designed to provide educational facilities conducive for applied music education while enabling solid acquisition of academic basics based on curricula
as well as practical training in a systematic manner. Practicing applied discipline,
the department focuses on nurturing artistic musical talents leading the way byinviting current practitioners in the Korean pop music scene to guide its students.

YIU Department of Film alumni are rewriting the history of Korean movies. Director KANG Hyung-chul (Class of 2003) garnered 20 million viewers with only threemovies, “Scandal Makers”, “Sunny”, and “Tazza: The Hidden Card”. Director JEONG
Yoon-cheol (Master Degree Class of 2001) was awarded Best New Director Awardat the 26th Blue Dragon Film Awards with the movie “Marathon”. Producer GOH
Young-jae (Master Degree Class of 2005) was lauded at Sundance Film Festivalwith the documentary masterpiece “Old Partner”. And Director JANG Geon-jae(Class of 2000) whose movie “A Midsummer’s Fantasia” was selected as the bestindependent art film in 2015 is also a proud alumnus of Yong In University! The
university’s Department of Film is cultivating the protagonists of the future leading the renaissance of Korean movies with its best training environment and practical field-centered curriculum.

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SPOTLIGHT IN YIUYONG IN UNIVERSITYYIU Museum: Sharing and preserving traditional culture

YIU drawing world leaders: The world’s first honorary
doctorate degree in Judo Studies conferred to President
Valdimir Putin of Russia

YIU Alumni: Perpetually adventurous
Hong Sung-Taek becomes the world’s
first to reach three polar points andtwo polar regions

YONG IN UNIVERSITYYIU Department of Military Science: Working with the
Korean Army, the first of its kind in the metro Seoul area

Traditional martial arts are being segmentalized and specialized into various
fields today. Among martial arts, Taekwondo is a form of martial arts that can integrate humanity by being able to overcome philosophical division and even bygoing beyond globalization. The world’s first departments of Taekwondo at bothundergraduate and graduate levels at Yong In University with the best faculty arecontributing to its students and alumni continuously achieving excellent results
at the Olympics and other international competitions through quality education
with the spirit of virtue, wisdom and humanity. YIU Department of Taekwondo
is home to numerous international students aspiring to be Taekwondo leaders.
In particular, the department contributes to the globalization of Taekwondo by
hosting YIU President’s Taekwondo Competition not only in Korea but also in the
U.S. and China. And the Taekwondo instructors fostered by YIU are recognized fortheir leadership around the world.

YIU Department of Military Science was opened for the first time in South Korea’s
metropolitan area in 2011 upon gaining approval from South Korea’s army headquarters in accordance with the Agreement on Military Science Development
Cooperation. It is the only such department in South Korea’s metropolitan area
where its students become South Korean Army full scholarship recipient uponentering the program. And students become commissioned army officers after
graduation. Following YIU’s founding philosophy to ‘carry on the martialism spirit’, YIU has been making efforts to promote exchanges and academic development in the area of national defense by becoming a sister institution with educational institutions and major army units including South Korea’s third field army
command and the Korea Military Academy. In particular, the department is making its best efforts to specialize YIU’s programs through making synergies withYIU Department of Security Service and the Department of Police Administration.

YIU Department of Social Welfare: Fostering welfare
experts needed in an aging society

YIU Department of Police Administration: Cultivating
police officers boasting a high exam passing rateYIU Department of Social Welfare is devoted to research towards promoting
and securing happiness among people. Social welfare is a practical discipline
researching ways in which intervention on individual, family, group, communityand national levels can take us to a welfare society. As such, the department aims
to educate social welfare professionals with expertise and skills to intervene inorder to solve and prevent social problems and to effectively deliver social welfare services. Students are granted a second-level social welfare certificate upon
graduation and they can acquire the first-level certificate after passing an exam.
Graduates work as social welfare specialists at welfare organizations including
general social welfare centers; as medical and mental health social workers at
general hospitals and mental health centers; as senior citizen welfare experts andaged-friendly consultants at senior welfare organizations; as members of a range
of welfare foundations and corporate social contribution teams, as social workers
at school, as social welfare administrative civil servants and more.

In Korea, the police service exam is very difficult to pass, so much so that it is likened to a bar exam. Yet, the high passing rate demonstrated by YIU Departmentof Police Administration has made this department yet another prestigious department of YIU thanks to its thoroughly-designed program and devoted professors. By providing separate facilities to fully support students focusing on the exams, the department cultivates many elites in the police force including top-level
police officer candidates.

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SPOTLIGHT IN YIUYIU Department of Taekwondo: Innovating a humancertered martial arts philosophy

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FINANCIAL AID

Scholarship System

YIU has a vast range of scholarship programs through which financial aid is provided to students to minimize their burden over tuition. And scholarship support is actively
granted to help students further develop themselves. YIU is expanding scholarships for freshmen to attract and nurture excellent talents.
Also awaiting students are University Scholarships they can receive while attending YIU; National Scholarships; External Scholarships; National and General Work-Study
Scholarships!

University-funded scholarships include the following: Chairman of the Board Scholarship, Special Freshman Scholarship, University top-grade entrants Scholarship,
College top-grade entrants Scholarship, Top College Entrance Exam Achievers Scholarship, Special Admission Achievers Scholarship, Athletic Performance Scholarship,
Academic Achievers Scholarship (Ⅰ·Ⅱ·Ⅲ), Global Talent Scholarship, Traditional Culture Heritage Scholarship, Livelihood Welfare Scholarship, Family Welfare Scholarship,
Scholarship for the disabled, Single-parent Scholarship, Multicultural Family Scholarship, Faculty & Staff Fund Scholarship, Night College Scholarship, Faculty & Staff
Children Scholarship, Commissioned Servicemen & Public Servant Scholarship, Academic Encouragement Scholarship, Patriot & Veteran Scholarship (for patriots andveterans as well as their children and North Korean refugees), International Student Scholarship, International Exchange Scholarship, KoreaCC Scholarship, Most Improved
Academic Performance Scholarship, Competition Participation Scholarship, Point Scholarship, Government Exam Preparation Scholarship, Government Exam Preparation
Class Members Scholarship, Competition Winners Scholarship, Best Department Scholarship, Service Merit Scholarship, Media Scholarship, ROTC Scholarship, Military
Duty Merit Scholarship, Internship Scholarship, Character-building Scholarship, Social Service Scholarship, University PR Scholarship, Buddy Scholarship, Matching
Scholarship, Work-Study Scholarship and more.

External Scholarships

External scholarships are funded by external scholarship foundations including YIU Alumni Scholarship Foundation; individuals; and corporations. They are granted todesignated departments. They include the following: SamKoo Gu Ja-Kwan Scholarship (Dept. of Police Administration), DongWha Industrial Scholarship Foundation
Scholarship (Dept. of Police Administration), Cho Jin-Hyung Scholarship (Dept. of Police Administration), Department of Police Administration Faculty Scholarship(Dept. of Police Administration), Kim Sang-Yong Scholarship (Dept. of Business Administration), Department of Business Administration Scholarship (Dept. of Business

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National Scholarships

The government-funded National Scholarship System was established to relieve students’ burden over education costs so that anyone with commitment and ability
to learn can have a chance at receiving higher education regardless of his or her economic situation. These national scholarships include scholarship for students from
low-income families [National Scholarship Type I, National Scholarship Type II and National Scholarship for families with many children]; scholarships providing a variety
of work experiences and supporting students’ job search and entrepreneurship [National Work-Study Scholarship, Ladder of Hope Scholarship, College and Youth
Education Support Scholarship, Multicultural student-mentoring Scholarship]; scholarships supporting academic achievers [Presidential Science Scholarship, National
Scholarship for Science & Engineering Excellence, 100 Years of Humanities Scholarship, Arts and Sports Full Scholarship, Dream Scholarship, Humanities & Liberal Arts
Graduate School Student Scholarship]; Korea Student Aid Foundation’s Blue Lighthouse Contribution Scholarship realizing the contributors’ noble intention and deep
meaning and more.

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FINANCIAL AID

YONG IN UNIVERSITY

University Scholarships

Administration), Trade Promotion Scholarship (Dept. of Logistics Statistics & Information Systems), Sochi Scholarship (Dept. of Logistics Statistics & Information Systems),
Yoo Jong-young Scholarship (Dept. of Logistics Statistics & Information Systems), Sinsung Corporation Scholarship (Dept. Of Special Physical Education), Leaders Club
Scholarship (Dept. of Security Service), Department of Security Service Alumni Scholarship (Dept. of Security Service), Balkwang Entertainment Scholarship (Dept.
of Oriental Martial Arts - Taekkyeon), Taegun Scholarship (Dept. of Culture & Tourism), Scholarship for the YIU Soccer Team, Dept. of Combative Martial Arts Training
Scholarship, Dept. of Taekwondo Instructor Education Scholarship and scholarships provided by Yongin Human Resources Development Foundation; The Korea
Scholarship Foundation for Future Leaders ; Asan Foundation; S&T Foundation; Samwon Scholarship Foundation; Hanwon Scholarship Foundation; Hope Foundation
for Rural Community with KRA; Jushim Scholarship Foundation; Woori Multicultural Scholarship Foundation; Hana Financial-Nanum Foundation; DukYoung Foundation;
Korea Student Aid Foundation (Blue Lighthouse Contribution Scholarship; Gyeonggi-do Council of Sports for All; Korea Football Association, Korea Cultural Heritage
Institute; Jogye Order of Korean Athlete Buddhist Association; Korea Gas Corporation; YIU Female Faculty Scholarship Association; YIU Trade Union Association; Gyeonggido Taekwondo Alumni Association; Samsong Scholarship Association; Nonghyup Foundation; Young Poong Cultural Foundation; Geumok Academy Culture Foundation;
Hyung-Ae Scholarship Association; Haesung Cultural Foundation; Jeongsan Scholarship Foundation; Bonsol Kim Jong Han Scholarship Foundation; Han Seok-Kyung
Hamheung Scholarship Association; Region-based Local Government Scholarships; Brave Firefighters’ Children Scholarship and there are more contribution-based
designated scholarships.

INTERNATIONAL IN YIUINTERNATIONAL PARTNER UNIVERSITIES
China

RussiaBeijing Sport University

Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education,

Central University of Finance and Economics

Sport and Health

Harbin Normal University

North-Eastern Federal University

Jilin University

Far Eastern State Academy of Physical Culture

Capital Institute of Physical Education

USA

Qiqihar University
Zhejiang University, School of Humanities
Hunan Normal University
Zhejiang Gongshang University
Yanbian University
Shenyang Sport University
Shandong Liaocheng University
Shandong University of Technology

Yong In Study Abroad Program

In line with this era of globalization, this program gives students opportunities to
upgrade their foreign language skills and nurture their global mindsets at YIU’ssister universities outside Korea during school breaks.

Yong In Exchange Students Program

YONG IN UNIVERSITY

Yong In University selects exchange students at the beginning of each semester.
The students are evaluated on their academic achievements and their proficiency
in English, Japanese, or Chinese depending on which of the three regions they
aspire to go to on exchange. This exchange program provides students anopportunity to study abroad while attending YIU to enhance their foreign
language abilities while experiencing diverse cultures abroad.

Exploring Abroad Culture“Exploring Abroad Culture Program” is geared towards vitalizing enterprising andsound campus life while fostering creative university culture. The program aims
to instill a sound sense of the world among students by having them experience
history and culture of various countries; cultivate students’ ability to proactively
adapt to international environments; and inspire confidence and camaraderie
among students as members of YIU. Each team composed of 40 students or soparticipate in the program for seven days or more during their vacation. And
exemplary students demonstrating academic and school life performance are
selected and supported with scholarships, uplifting motivation among students
to learn.

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WEST is a government program where students can learn English, work as
interns and explore cultures during 12 to 18 weeks stay in the Unite States. YIU
recommends qualified students to participate in the program. Upon returnon program completion, up to 12 credits are granted because the program isrecognized as on-site classes.

Yong In Overseas Volunteers ProgramThis program fosters young global leaders realizing love for humanity by helping
them volunteer their educated knowledge and efforts as well as participate
in cultural exchanges and cultural exploration through visiting neighboring
countries over two weeks during their school vacation. In particular, Global
Village Citizen School Program promotes humanitarian worldview as well as agood sense of community.

7+1 Semester System in the Dept. of Chinese Studies

This program allows students to spend one semester at YIU’s foreign sister
university during their studies at YIU and have their credit transferred to their YIU
transcripts. This system maximizes the educational effects of Chinese language
acquisition by having students directly exposed to foreign cultures while
expanding students’ global horizons.

University of California, Berkeley
California State University, Sacramento
California State University, Bakersfield​
Southern Utah University

Beijing University of Chinese Medicine​

Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology
Saint Mary's University
The University of Winnipeg​

Hanada College

The United Kingdom

Teikyo University

University of Portsmouth

Yamaguchi University of Human Welfare and Culture

Spain

Sendai University

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Nihon University, College of Art

Universidad Camilo José Cela

Beppu University
Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences
Nippon Sport Science University

TaiwanNational Taiwan Sport University
Chinese Culture University​

Malaysia
HELP University
Universiti Utara Malaysia

Honduras
Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán

Chaoyang University of Technology​

Philippines

Hongkong

Bulacan State University

Hang Seng Management College

Australia
Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne College, Swinburne University of Technology

Germany
Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln

INTERNATIONAL IN YIU & INTERNATIONAL PARTNER UNIVERSITIESYong In University’s foreign language education program taught by specialists
dedicated to each foreign language, offers counseling, guidance and personalized
learning among other language education contents. And modern education
facilities including exclusive language drill labs and conversation rooms foster anacademic environment conducive to learning foreign languages.

Lewis & Clark College

CanadaInternational Budo University

Work, English Study and Travel (WEST) Program

Centenary University

Shanxi Normal University

Japan

Foreign Language Education Program

University of Utah

De La Salle Araneta University

Kazakhstan
Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism
Kimep University

Singapore
Nanyang Technological University

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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Credit Exchange with Open Cyber University (OCU) and Korea Cyber University (KCU)
Students can gain up to six credits per semester by taking the same offline courses online at any place and at any time.

Credit Exchange Program
The Credit Exchange Program allows Yong In students to gain credits from 29 universities - including YIU - in Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi-do province. Throughthis program that recognizes credits students received from other universities, students have the opportunity to experience programs and courses offered byparticipating universities.

Professional Teachers Education ProgramThis program is open to teachers college students and for students whose majors are approved to offer this program. Upon taking a fixed number of teachingrelated courses and other basic compulsory courses to complete the process of learning teaching courses, students acquire second-grade secondary school
teacher certificate that gives them an opportunity to become teachers.

Dragon Practical Personality Program
Since the first semester of 2016, Yong in University has embarked on a character-building education program cultivating great global leaders with good character
focusing on six major virtues: decorum, patience, confidence, leadership, cooperation and justice. The curriculum for this character-building education iscomposed of YIU’s unique and specialized courses. The goal of the programs is to strengthen one’s character by developing one’s knowledge as well as empathy
and communication skills needed to actively apply the major virtues. To do so, ‘Dragon (Character-building Program in Practice)’ curriculum consisting of judo,
taekwondo, fencing, yongmudo, volunteering, etc.) is offered to provide martial arts training to help students establish balanced self-identity; succeed Korean
traditional value and culture; practice empathy and sharing with others; and cultivate the enterprising global mindset. The program also aims to foster talents
reflecting on oneself (through character-building training to find oneself via training;) talents looking out for others (through practicing community service via
volunteering) and future-oriented talents (through building character via learning humanities to seek knowledge guiding all to the future). In addition, students
must participate in a student counseling center-hosted program that includes special liberal arts lectures, group counseling and Dragon talk concert at least
once a semester and submit a character-building book report so that students can practice character building in their everyday lives. This program, along witha non-degree curriculum, is part of character-building education.

Microsoft Office 365 Service
All students are provided with Microsoft’s cloud-based Office 365 software service. While studying at YIU, students are able to install Office 365 software
programs on five PCs and five other devices (tablets and smartphones) regardless of whether the devices use Windows or MAC software. And business programs
OneDrive and SharePoint can be used to easily share documents with others, enhancing cooperative learning environment for YIU students.

English, Chinese Graduate Certification
YIU spares no effort in supporting students so that they would be able to earn a certain level of English and Chinese language proficiencies to upgrade theirlanguage skills and to be prepared for the global era.

Saving Credits System
The Saving Credits System allows students to save remaining credits each semester to use - up to three credits - in the succeeding semester when choosing
courses.

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Since YIU became a pilot university to foster ROTC officers, military science courses are offered and the students who take those courses receive credits and are
granted extra points when applying for the ROTC program.

Online Learning Center
YIU runs a cutting-edge cyber campus that operates not only online courses but also various features to enable students to learn efficiently by employing
e-learning system and the latest Learning Management System (LMS).

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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Military Science Course Completion

INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGES

College of Martial Arts

College of Business and Public Administration

Department of Judo

Department of Business Administration

Department of Judo Instructor Education

Department of Culture & Tourism

Department of Combative Martial Arts Training

Department of Police Administration

Department of Oriental Martial Arts

Department of Chinese Studies

Department of Taekwondo

Department of English

Department of Security Service

Department of Beauty Business

Department of Military Science

College of Environmental Sciences
Department of Occupational and Environmental HealthCollege of Sports Sciences

Department of Environmental Science

Department of Sport & Leisure Studies

Department of Computer Science

Department of Physical Education

Department of Logistics Statistics & Information Systems

Department of Golf

Department of Life Science

Department of Special Physical Education

College of Public Health & Welfare
Department of Food Science and Nutrition

College of Arts & Culture

Department of Physical Therapy

Department of Dance

Department of Social Welfare

Department of Media Design
Department of Fine ArtsINTRODUCTION TO COLLEGES

Department of Theatre
Department of Korean Traditional MusicYONG IN UNIVERSITY

Department of Film
Department of Cultural Heritage
Department of Cultural Content
Department of Applied Music

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Department ofJudo

Department of
Judo Instructor Education

Department of
Combative Martial Arts Training

Department ofOriental Martial Arts

Department of
Taekwondo

College ofDepartment ofMilitary Science
COLLEGE OF MARTIAL ARTSYONG IN UNIVERSITY

Department ofSecurity Service

MARTIAL
ARTS
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Department of Judo

Department of Judo Instructor Education

Department of Combative Martial Arts Training

Department of Oriental Martial ArtsYIU Department of Judo is the only globally preeminent judo education
program in Korea that carries on the Korean judo tradition. Throughtheoretical and practical skill training of judo, both students and graduates ofthis department raise the honor of YIU by ranking high and performing wellevery year in many international competition such as the Olympics and theworld championship and contribute to the development of Korean physicaleducation. Upon graduation, students can acquire certificates for both judoteaching and judo umpire and after graduation they can work as experts at
various physical education related fields including sports related research
institutes, sports-related government offices, police force and security service
companies, etc. They can also run gymnasiums, go to foreign countries as judoteaching coach or enter postgraduate school.

By discovering and nurturing superb judo players, YIU Department of Judo Instructor Education hands down various scientific theory and knowledge of judo
to its students. Furthermore, the main purpose of this department’s programis to cultivate international judo game players with superb ability in carryingout judo game and teaching judo by building good character and competencyof students. After graduation, with practical judo skill and teaching ability, students can seek various ways for themselves and become domestic or overseas
judo educators, professional coaches of all kinds of corporate teams or school
judo teams, enter postgraduate school, etc.

In order to cultivate Combative Martial Arts leaders with professional researchability and all-around character, this department freely runs independent wrestling, boxing and Korean wrestling Ssireum courses. By developing new skills
through harmonious education of practical skill and theory and organized
and scientific training, this department upholds the best tradition in Korea. After graduation, students earn certificates as leaders of sport for all, umpire ofeach sport and more so that they can find various ways to become leaders or
researchers of combative martial arts game related organizations, leaders ofsports for all or enter postgraduate school.

This department aims to cultivate international martial arts experts by educating students to learn both theory and practical skill of martial arts originatedand developed from Oriental cultures and to build necessary qualifications required for martial arts leaders. This department is also equipped with exclusive
individual gymnasium for each martial art such as oriental fencing, yongmudo,taekkyeon and so on and helps each student acquire certificates of a minimum
second-level black belt per each martial art and at least three qualification certificates. After graduation, many students have actively advanced to many fields
such as the police force, security service, security service companies, overseas asmartial art coach, postgraduate school, etc. They can also work at sports-related
fields and organizations.

Department of Taekwondo

Department of Security Service

As the first university taekwondo department in the world which was newly established for cultivating specialists to inherit the traditional spirit of martial art
with self-confidence and pride, it plays a leading role in the scientific quest forlearning and development of taekwondo skills. After graduation, students canbecome instructors of sports for all, umpires and take an active part in national
and public institutions, sports for life and school as physical education teachers, work in sports institutions and various sports team as coach after acquiring
second-level qualification certificate of competitive taekwondo. In particular,
students can go overseas to realize their full potential as taekwondo coach andleader on the international stage.

This department trains students to be experts to make major public and industrial facilities safe and protect people’s life, body and wealth. For this purpose,
this department is equipped with various practice equipment and runs practical education program in order to grow to be the best department of Total
Security in the 21st century. After graduation, students can go to postgraduate school and take active part in various fields including government organizations, police force, private security service companies, office of secretary at
leading large-corporations, and as safety managers, safety service trainers, etc.

Department of Military Science
COLLEGE OF MARTIAL ARTSYONG IN UNIVERSITYYIU Department of Military Science, established in agreement with KoreanArmy, is the first of its kind in the metropolitan area (Seoul, Gyeonggi-do Province) and in Gangwondo Province region. According to the agreement, the department selects talented students and offers them full scholarship and various
benefits to cultivate elite military officers and military leaders. After graduation,
students can become army officers and actively engage in various fields as elitearmy officers and military experts with superb qualification to meet the futureneeds of the nation and society.

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Department of
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Department of Sports & Leisure Studies

Department of Physical Education

Department of Golf

Department of Special Physical Education

This department aims to cultivate talented athletes equipped with capabilities
and leadership to meet various sports and leisure needs in a fast changing
modern society. During undergraduate years, students complete courses forone major and one minor to acquire a variety of knowledge and practical skills
required for a professional sports and leisure instructor. It especially focuses oncultivating professional sports and leisure instructors. Graduates have a varietyof opportunities including becoming a civic servant in charge of sports for life at
the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism or local governments. They can also
go into the private sector that includes sports and leisure companies, leisureevent companies, recreation planning and recreational healing company
as professional sports and leisure instructors while some can move on topostgraduate school.

Through imparting systematic and in-depth study on physical education andsports science together with providing an opportunity to practice various
skills, this department cultivates professional manpower who can scientificallyunderstand the improvement of physical strength and sports function. Fully
equipped with state-of-the-art education facilities for professional education,
it instructs students with special emphasis on research, practical skills andexperimentation. It also supports students to acquire practical knowledge bypracticing to improve various functions of sports. Graduates go into various
professional fields such as becoming sports scientists, physical educationteachers, sports instructors, etc. And some go to postgraduate school oroverseas for further in-depth studies to become specialists or professors
needed in the 21st century.

Equipped with excellent faculty and various education labs including on-campus
golf driving range, this department aims to cultivate the best professionals in
golf. This department supports students to advance into PGA and LPGA tours
and encourages them to participate in various golf competitions hosted by
Korea Golf Association, Professional Golf Association, University Golf Federationand more to improve students’ substantive golf performance through various
golf competition experiences. Graduates can take active part in various fields as
golf instructors, professional golf management specialists, golf consultants andin other golf-related businesses.

This is the first collegiate special physical education program to meet theneeds of society that specially focuses on training students to be a physicaleducation teacher and sports instructor for the disabled, particularly thosewith psychomotor disturbance disorder to benefit from special physicaleducation and engage in sports and physical activities. In 2003, the name ofthis department was changed to the Department of Special Physical Education
as a teacher’s college and all its students are granted the second-grade formal
special teacher(physical education) qualification. Graduates can work in various
professional fields such as teaching at special schools, and at social welfare
institutions, run special physical education classes and work at facilities and theworld of physical education related to the disabled.

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Department ofMedia Design

Department ofFine Arts

Department ofTheatreDepartment of
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Department ofFilm

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Department of Dance

Department of Media Design

Department of Korean Traditional Music

Department of Cultural HeritageYIU Department of Dance not only raises leaders who can teach professional
dancers and other people dance based on traditional pure dance arts education but also fosters creative all-around talents contributing to people’s healthand everyday wellbeing. Graduates can become members of national and city
dance corps; become dance educators to other people; become dancers, actors
and choreographers of dance and musical performances; planners of performance; lighting experts; producers and more.

The rapidly changing media environment along with the advancement of digital technologies are raising the demand for new expressions and possibilities in
the field of design. The shift in the media environment called by the changing
times raises the need to nurture creative expert designers with digital sensibilities based on their understanding of the fundamental characteristics of the media. To meet these demands, the department nurtures professionals in demandin the private sector. To do so, the department provides practical on-the-field
centered education in a systematic manner for each major including visualdesign, product design and digital content design with the aim to cultivate
creative and future-oriented designers. Graduates can unleash their abilities incommercial design, identity design, package design, editorial design, new media-related design, broadcasting and video design, digital content planning &production management, web design and application design, product design
and in a variety of areas of their choice.

YIU Department of Korean Traditional Music cultivates professional Korean
traditional musicians and leaders by imparting refined research on Korean traditional music theory based on the Rite and Music Yeak philosophy and its practices and creative techniques. It is also equipped with excellent facilities and its
many professors are living national cultural assets. In addition, students are given various on-the-field experience opportunities by taking part in the annual
concert, region-visiting concert, and concerts held overseas and in other stage
performance learning practices. Graduates can become members of traditional
Korean music orchestra, traditional Korean musicians, music teachers and enter
many other fields.

YIU Department of Cultural Heritage expands opportunities for students to engage in specialized research on cultural property and get exposed to cultural
relics so that they can better adapt to on-site work. The department nurturesprofessionals who will transmit and develop unique Korean culture by arming
students with practical experiences in a systematic manner. Graduates canwork as cultural property experts in various organizations including National
Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, the National Museum of Korea, the National Museum of Arts, Cultural Heritage Administration and other public andprivate museums and more.

Department of Cultural Content

Department of Fine Arts

Department of Theatre

Department of FilmYIU Department of Fine Arts fosters professional arts and culture leaders unleashing their character and creativity by delving into comprehensive and indepth art theory and modeling experiments. The department nurtures professionals embracing new fine arts techniques without discarding the traditionalwith the right balance between the tradition and the modern. Graduates go
into various fields as artists, art teacher, curator, graphic or stage designer at
TV stations or other parts of the media, or as members of movie and animation
production teams and more.

YIU Department of Theatre provides solid practical education based on theoretical foundation spanning stage performance, performance production
and design to train creative professional talents leading the performance arts
industry. In particular, the department leads the way in nurturing professionaland creative talents through on-site specialized education, providing a variety
of international exchange and educational opportunities, and via a variety of
exchanges and cooperation with other disciplines. Graduates can seek their careers in acting as theatre actors, musical actors or stage directors, performanceart designers, performance planner and much more.

YIU Department of Film is equipped with Korea’s best studios and simultaneously-recording film camera, HD photography & video equipment, screening
system and other cutting-edge equipment. Comprehensive and professional
practice-centered courses and programs in close collaboration with outside
experts provide students with the best practical education nurturing excellent professionals. Graduates can work professionally as film director, directorof photography, commercial film director, screenplay writer, film critic, film researcher or move into film education. There are many other career routes forgraduates of YIU Department of Film .

YIU Department of Cultural Contents upgrades the resources and knowhow
of many YIU departments extensively acknowledged in culture and the arts
towards better cultural arts content planning. The department trains creative
cultural content professionals who converge globalization with business. The
department provides students opportunities to experience various aspects ofculture, better overseas and foreign language training and supports students todevelop their communication skills and leadership that includes better understanding of culture technology. Graduates can work as professionals in various
parts of the culture industry including in cultural content planning, production,
PR, marketing and more.

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COLLEGE OF ARTS & CULTUREYIU Department of Applied Music aims to nurture artists who will lead the worldin this age of globalization as creative talents communicating with the world
through music by acquiring knowledge and experience in various fields of popular music. The department does so by offering rigorous creative professional training and learning experiences. Graduates armed with music theory and practice
can grow into professional musicians, singers, music directors, and more.

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Business Administration

Department ofCulture & Tourism

Department of
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Department ofChinese Studies

Department ofEnglishYONG IN UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE OF BUSINESS & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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Department of Business Administration

Department of Culture & Tourism

Department of Chinese Studies

Department of English

The Department of Business Administration fosters professional global business leaders who can actively respond to the rapidly changing internal andexternal business environments in line with the age of globalization and information. To do so, YIU is embracing the latest business expertise and knowledge;
newest business tools employing computers and Internet; ways to raise thecommand of foreign business languages; and the latest Internet-related industry trends. YIU is nurturing the talents of the 21st Century to lead the future of
Korea equipped with business philosophy and creative leadership. Graduates
can move on to various fields and work for large-sized corporations and related
public corporations or become certified accountants, tax accountants; certified
public appraisers; civil servants; internationally licensed traders; e-commerce
managers; certified vendors, and more.

The Department of Culture & Tourism cultivates global professionals befitting
the global era and who will develop the tourism industry and improve people’squality of life and help people make good use of their leisure time. The tourism industry is growing into the best value-added industry in the 21st Century.
And to guarantee its competitiveness in the field of tourism that is diversifying,
YIU provides internship programs and a variety of up-to-date courses; operates
Tour Conductor training institute; and supports foreign language learning program. Graduates exhibit individual talents in various fields of tourism as active
experts in their respective areas, showing high rate of employment.

YIU Department of Chinese Studies nurtures multi-disciplined China region
experts in Chinese politics, economy, culture, languages and more. The department gives students an opportunity to upgrade their language skills and gain
on-the-field experiences by teaching students in-depth expert knowledge on
top of basics about China based on Chinese language training and by allowing students to study for a semester at an eminent sister university in China
through the 7+1 semester system. And students can experience China throughdepartment and university events such as Chinese Studies Academic Forum,
Chinese Language Competition and Chinese Culture Festival. Upon graduating,students can move on to work for government and public institutions as well
as China-related businesses, academia and research institutes, financial institutions and airlines, firms in China and more.

The goal of YIU Department of English is to create global talents in demand in
the international age of the 21st Century. The curriculum is operated to help
students gain comprehensive skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking in
English. The classes take place in cutting-edge audiovisual facilities and are interactive and communication based. Native non-Korean English speakers who
are members of the faculty actively teach YIU students and a variety of special
lectures and events provide diversified opportunities for students to practicetheir English. After graduation, YIU English majors can pursue their careers at
companies involved in international trade, financial institutions, airlines, translation firms, and as interpreters and other professions requiring good commandof English.

Department of Beauty BusinessYIU Department of Police Administration nurtures future professionals withexpertise to share their talents as police, prosecutors, and as professionals at
court, correctional facilities and in other public institutions. Faculty polishedwith theory as well as on-the-job techniques share with their students efficient
ways to carry out police work (such as criminal and judicial operation, etc.) The
curriculum also provides information needed to build one’s abilities to respondto globalized and organized crimes and to make policies. Graduates can pursue
their careers in the police force and prosecutors’ offices or become presidential
bodyguards, correctional officers, or work at military investigation organizations, drug control departments, customs offices, National Intelligence Service,private security services, and in many other areas.

Department of Beauty Business aims to cultivate human talent who will lead the future

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Department of Police Administrationof Korea’s beauty industry. Through both extensive latest theories on Beauty Businessand practical job training, students develop their skills and qualifications towards becoming high-caliber beauty professionals. The department also emphasizes creative
learning in line with the upcoming digital era. Graduates can go on to beauty-related
graduate schools in Korea and abroad or pursue their careers as beauty researchers,
beauty business specialists, beauty managers, researchers at cosmetics companies,
trainers at beauty academic institutions, or be employed in the beauty industry as hairstylists, beauty therapists, nail artists, makeup artists, performance artists and more.
There are also a variety of other areas to explore such as becoming image consultants,

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Department ofEnvironmental Science

Department ofComputer Science

Department of
Logistics Statistics & Information Systems

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Department of Occupational and Environmental Health

Department of Environmental Science

Department of Logistics Statistics & Information Systems

Department of Life Science

People need to work for their lives but as countries develop, specialization ofjobs and environmental pollution expose people to all sorts of hazards thatdamage their health. YIU’s Department of Occupational and Environmental
Health predicts and assesses a range of occupational and environmental hazards and imparts expert knowledge and technologies to manage these harmful
agents. Students can become certified Industrial Hygiene Management Engineer or Air Pollution and Environmental Engineer. Upon graduation, students
can further their studies at industrial and environmental health related graduate schools or work for government, government-funded organizations (suchas industrial complexes and public corporations), research institutes, large-sizedcompanies as health managers as well as at businesses related to industrial andenvironmental health.

YIU’s Department of Environmental Science fosters professionals who are able
to understand the issues of people’s health and environmental pollution andwho can prevent the spread of and treat environmental pollutants. The talents
nurtured by the department also learn how to detect and respond to problems of air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, waste pollution and otherenvironmental pollution destroying the environment. Students can become
certified engineers tackling water, air, waste and soil pollution and engineers inriver restoration. Graduates can move on to environmental public service, postgraduate school and research institutes, startup entrepreneurship and a rangeof corporations and more.

In line with the exploding demand for logistics specialists in this age of rapid
emergence of the logistics industry, YIU’s Department of Statistics & Information Systems gears towards developing experts in demand-customizing logistics in cooperation with logistics specialized companies. Its curriculum focuseson teaching students statistics methods, information processing methods andcourses related to becoming certified logistics managers. The on-site centeredhands-on education provides a foundation for students to grow into high-end
logistics professionals with practical capabilities. Logistics Statistics & Information Systems majors earn logistics manager and distribution manager certificates while studying at YIU. Graduates can work for airlines, transportation andshipping companies, logistics teams of manufacturers and the service industry,
consulting firms, and more.

Life sciences is a discipline that strives to understand the nature of life by studying the form, structure and function of living organisms and comprise thebranches ranging from areas in the level of molecules all the way to ecosystems.
Thanks to the striking development molecular biology of late, life sciences has
become the most challenging area garnering attention in the 21st Century.
Cultivating able life scientists has become urgent than ever with the exponential rise in social and economic interest in life sciences to treat cancer andhard-to-cure diseases, prevent aging and deal with cloning life as well as in theconservation of ecosystems and of fauna and flora resources. To meet these demands, this department is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment including
electronic microscopes, fluorescence microscopes, chemidoc system, 2D-electrophoresis system and thermal cyclers as well as cell and tissue culture rooms,
animal breeding room, joint-equipment room, microscope room, fauna andflora specimen room, flora nursery fields, marine exploration vessels and GPS
navigation systems. Graduates can move into government service (as membersof National Institutes of Health, Rural Development Administration, National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea National Park Service, etc.) They can also
pursue their careers at public or private-funded research institutes (including
National Cancer Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Samsung Medical Center, and research arms of LG and SK and other research
centers). Or they can work at large hospital research centers, research arms ofpharmaceutical companies, bio venture companies, cutting-edge life sciences
corporations, agriculture & fisheries companies and more. Students can also go
on to life sciences and related postgraduate schools or pursue studies at medical and dental schools.

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Department of Computer ScienceYIU Department of Computer Science fosters computer experts by teaching
students theories and practice in computing. The department trains professional software engineers able to design and build web and mobile-based
systems. The departments is equipped with six labs including programminglab, database lab and network lab and the practical classes are taught with thelatest servers and computers along with a range of software programs. Seniors
heighten their hands-on skills by benefiting from internships and individual
guidance from professors via the Capstone project. After graduation, students
can become computer programmers or web, mobile, game or other application
software developers. They can also become software program instructors or
network managers and work at research institutes of firms as well as startups.

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Department of
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Department of

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Department of Food Science and Nutrition

Department of Physical Therapy

YIU Department of Food Science and Nutrition nurtures professionals who canapply theories about food and nutrition critical to dietary life for human survival. The demand for food and nutrition experts capable in the field of disease
treatment, anti-aging, growth development and weight control is rising in thefood and restaurant industries. Following the department’s curriculum enables
students to earn certificates to work as nutritionist, nutrition lecturer, food manufacturing and processing engineer, hygienist and cook. Graduates can work as
nutritionists at hospitals, hotels and other food service facilities or as nutrition
teachers, nutrition researchers, food stylists, food quality evaluators, and producers of space for dietary life.

YIU’s Department of Physical Therapy cultivates more specialized and global
physical therapists to live up to the changes in domestic and global fields of
medicine that are becoming more segmentalized and specialized. The department trains students on each specialized division of physical therapy including
Orthopedic Physical Therapy, Neurological Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy
for Pain Release, and Sports Physical Therapy. Graduates can pursue their careers at general hospitals and regular hospitals, rehabilitation centers, research
institutes, elderly homes, industrial health management centers, academic institutions and as medical trainers of sports clubs, and more. .

Department of Social Welfare

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The social welfare discipline researches ways to solve a variety of social issues
arising in modern industrial society and attempts to put those solutions into
practice to improve people’s quality of life. The need to nurture experts in elderly care in line with population aging is growing. To create the best professionals
in this field, YIU’s social welfare curriculum is composed of comprehensive andpractical courses including social welfare theory research and on-site training,social welfare ethics internalization education, education converging social
welfare, health, physical education and art. Graduates can work actively as professional social workers, elderly care specialists, aged-friendly consultants andfamily welfare specialists.

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Auxiliary Organizations

Affiliated Research Institutes

University Library

Institute for Martial Arts

Office of Athletics

Institute for Sports Science

University Newspaper & Broadcasting Center

Institute for Natural Science

Dormitory

Institute for Humanities & Social Science

University Museum

Institute for Special Physical Education

Office of Information Manegement

Institute for Unification & Security Studies

Center for Industry & Academic Cooperation

Institute for Arts & Culture

Sports & Wellness Research Center
Social Service Center

Affiliated Institutes

Graduate Schools

Academy for Instructors of Sports for All

Graduate School

Center for Continuing Education

Graduate School of Sports Wellness Industry

Center for In-Service Education

Graduate School of Business Administration

Center for Tour Conductor Program

Graduate School of Education

Training Center for the Adapted Sport Instructors

Graduate School of Arts & Culture

ROTC(Reserve Officer’s Training Corps)

Graduate School of Rehabilitation & Welfare

Center for Teaching & Learning

Graduate School of Tae Kwon Do

Center for Student Counseling Service

Graduate School of Reunification

INTODUCTION TO INSTITUTESYONG IN UNIVERSITY

Center for Liberal Arts

Institutional Review Board

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University Library

University Museum

Academy for Instructors of Sports for All

ROTC(Reserve Officer’s Training Corps)

The University library composed of two five-story buildings (7,642㎡: oldbuilding (4,760㎡); and the new building (2,882㎡)) is divided into Academic
Information Support Center and Academic Information Services Center. The
library arranges and stores materials to efficiently support university education
and research and displays new books and domestic and international academic
journals. The library is playing a pivotal role as the cradle of academic researchthrough actively making efforts to collect and utilize all sorts of electronicmaterials that can be accessed online and by supporting research and learning
among faculty and students by providing prompt and thorough service.

YIU Museum plays its part in the development of regional culture by promoting
sound source of leisure and space for cultural experiences for members of theregional community and the students. The museum consists of exhibition
space, museum storage, DB room, preservation room and research space. The
museum hosts annual exhibitions and academic seminars to revisit traditional
culture and the value and significance of traditional cultural assets and develop
and succeed cultural heritage. Also, the museum plays the role of a professional
academic research institute as a museum acknowledged for its performancerecords and as a registered institution specialized in finding cultural heritage
and researching cultural property indicators.

This academy offers regular training courses to foster government-certified
second-level instructors of sports for all based on Ministry of Culture, Sport &Tourism plans to develop and establish 'sports for all' members of society.

After YIU was designated as a university to train reserve officers in 2004, the203rd ROTC was first officially established in March 2006. Setting ‘Honor and
Dedication’ as YIU ROTC motto, demonstrating the officers’ commitment
to sacrifice their lives for the country and the nation, YIU officially started
conducting military training for future reserve officers. In February 2008, thefirst 29 ROTC officers were born at YIU, making YIU ROTC cadet program thecradle for officer training. And despite its short history, YIU ROTC received
nationally advanced ROTC award; advanced military duty training program
award; best military studies instructor award and more. YIU ROTC offers apleasant educational environment that sets it apart from other univesities
with its independent building, video education/discussion and lecture room,computer room/library, gym, shower room, etc. YIU ROTC trains reserve officers
possessing both literary and martial arts abilities and able to raise their own
honor as well as that of YIU.

Office of Athletics

Dormitory

The Office of Athletics has been established and operates to exclusively improve
the the performance of the YIU athletes and its training corp by managing theathletes’ records and analyzing their capabilities. The center strives to help
each athlete improve his or her performance through various scientificallycomprehensive programs available for each game.

YIU makes continuous efforts to operate all dormitory amenity and welfare
facilities effectively so that the students can readily participate in academic
and other activities and enjoy their campus life. The five-storied dormitorybuilding (6,426㎡) can accommodate up to 576 pupils in 144 rooms. The
dormitory is designed to create an environment that fosters a sound academic
environment balanced with freedom and discipline. Major facilities including aroom independently run by resident students, shower room, kitchen and otheramenity facilities further upgrade convenience for the students.

University Newspaper & Broadcasting CenterCollege Newspaper - This paper serves as university press that contributes
to social development by highlighting and realizing the truth. YIU’s college
paper strives to be a spokesperson in striving to advocate university media
by delivering campus opinion and extending objective criticism on a neutral
footing.
University Broadcasting Center - This broadcasting center was founded on
October 23, 1986 to contribute to meet the goal of education to guard its
founding philosophy and tradition and to deliver the mission of promoting
university culture. The center makes efforts under the motto of realizing truth,
creativity and sincerity to promote university media and to foster university
spirit among university communities.

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By tapping into experimental and scientific approaches of theory and practicethat YIU accumulated through educating and experiencing martial arts andsports, this center maximizes YIU’s academic capacity and strengthens support
for Korean society. The center aims to uplift the status of YIU by realizing thespecialization and internationalization of sports at home and abroad.

Social Service Center
This center is responsible for all YIU social service activities, actively responding
to issues and demands of regional communities by forming networks among
various social welfare service organizations in the region. The center practices
the significance and value of social service and manages as well as supports
related student and faculty/staff volunteering activities.

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Office of Information ManagementYIU Information Management Office is equipped with high-speed wired andwireless communication network, comprehensive information system, lecture
support system, portal system and other advanced IT services. The office
imparts its services to develop YIU that strives towards internationalization andglobalization by extending continuous, efficient and systematic information
management and prompt and accurate information delivery system.

Center for Industry & Academic Cooperation
This center extends its industry-academia cooperation activities andcommissioned research to foster talents and implement R&D and technologicaltransfer and more. By efficiently managing the research system, the center
supports the faculty’s creative R&D activities and all-around industry-academia
administrative duties.

Center for Continuing Education
This center offers quality education service to regular citizens in humanities andother professional areas by fully utilizing YIU’s human and physical resources.
The center’s objective is to open the university to build mutual trust between
YIU and the regional communities and to create a learning environment for all.

Center for Teaching & Learning
Center for In-Service EducationYIU Center for In-Service Education was established to cultivate characterand class among educators and to foster educational professionals who cansearch far and wide to acquire ever-changing and developing knowledge andinformation. The center offers general training and training for accreditation to
help secondary school educators upgrade their knowledge about education
theory and education methodologies.

Center for Tour Conductor Program
The Center for Tour Conductor Training Program has been designated by the
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as an educational institute specializing
in fostering overseas tour conductors and refining their professional capacity.
The center was established to nurture professionals who will lead Korea’s
tourism in the 21st Century.

Center for Liberal Arts
Center for Liberal Arts is in charge of academic affairs regarding all aspects ofliberal arts education aimed at fostering talents befitting Yong In University’sfounding philosophy and educational objective. The goal is to cultivate talents
fit for the era of the fourth industrial revolution through curricula development
in terms of mandatory, elective and teaching courses in liberal arts andthorough academic affairs management.

Training Center for the Adapted Sports Instructors
This training center aims to improve the quality of the leaders working topromote sports for the disabled by nurturing adapted sports instructors withbasic and expert knowledge; cultivating practical skills required by the adapted
sports field; and by making the training programs more substantive.

YIU Center for Teaching & Learning is comprised of Faculty Support Team,
Learning Support Team and E-Learning Support & Content Development
Team. The center strives to create professors who teach well and students withexcellent learning capabilities as well as develop educational content befitting
the ubiquitous era. The aim is to actively carry out the education philosophy of
YIU and heighten the quality of higher education. The center spares no efforts
in supporting the center, setting a foundation for future-oriented teaching andlearning, by running lecture consulting, DouiSangMa (practicing moral justice)mentoring, developing online lecture contents and more.

Center for Student Counseling Service
YIU Center for Student Counseling Service provides professional counseling forstudents to enjoy healthy campus life in academics, interpersonal relationships
and in developing careers and potential. The center aims to help students adapt
themselves to university life.

Institutional Review Board“Bioethics and Safety Act” requires Institutional Review Board to monitor
research institutes so that they abide by bioethics and safety standards whenexperimenting on human beings and human biological materials. Institutional
Review Board is an autonomous and independent ethics-abiding body that
reviews research plans as well as implement research and investigates andmonitors research results to protect researchers and research subjects.

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AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS & AFFILIATED INSTITUTESAUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONSAFFILIATED RESEARCH INSTITUTESGRADUATE SCHOOLS

Institute for Martial Arts

Institute for Special Physical Education

Graduate School

Graduate School of Arts & Culture

YIU Institute of Martial Arts aims to research martial arts on an academic level
to develop its scientific principles and technologies so as to upgrade competitive performance and establish academic theories on martial arts. The institutestrives to establish modern sports philosophy based on the Korean Hwarang
spirit and contribute to the development of Korean martial arts by forging mutual exchange with countries worldwide.

The goal of this institute is to contribute to academic development by scientifically researching adapted physical education and to invigorate physical education activities for the disabled and promotion their health. The institute conducts research, releases publications, carries out educational projects, operates
information center and hosts academic meetings and seminars to lead researchin Korean adapted physical education studies.

YIU Graduate School realizes YIU educational objectives in detail and was established to foster advanced talents by nurturing students’ skills in academic
research, teaching and capability development that sets it from others. The
General Graduate School is composed of nine PhD programs, nine master programs and one integrated master & PhD program.

YIU Graduate School of Arts & Culture researches overall art theory and practice
to foster advanced talents who can proactively respond to this age of culture
and the arts and contribute to the development of welfare enhancement of acultural country.

Institute for Sports ScienceYIU Institute of Sports Sciences aims to contribute to academic development
by engaging in scientific research in the sports area, and to invigorate sports
science and promote people’s health. To be a leader in sports science, the institute promotes international exchanges and publications, and hosts academic
meetings and seminars and more.

Master Program : Department of Physical Education, Department of Environmental
Health, Department of Food and Nutrition, Department of Security Service, Departmentof Life Sciences, Department of Martial Arts, Department of Conservation of Cultural
Heritage, Department of Archaeology & Art History, Department of Police & Security
Information Science(Interdisciplinary Studies Program)
PhD Program : Department of Physical Education, Department of Business Administration, Department of Security Service, Department of Physical Therapy, Department ofMartial Arts, Department of Public Health and Welfare(Interdisciplinary Studies Program),
Department of Police & Security Information Science(Interdisciplinary Studies Program),
Department of Total Art Therapy, Department of Conservation of Cultural Heritage

Institute for Natural Science

Integrated master & PhD program : Department of Physical EducationYIU Institute of Natural Sciences was established to promote quality enhancement of education through research in basic and applied natural sciences andcontribute to technological industrial development. The institute is establishingitself as an exemplary industry-academic cooperation model that is giving backits research achievements to society by maintaining a system of industry-academic cooperation with small and medium-sized companies.

Graduate school of Sports Wellness Industry

Masters Program : Department of painting, Department of Korean Music, Department ofDrama Therapy, Department of Art Therapy, Department of Cultural Content, Department of Dance

Graduate School of Rehabilitation & Welfare
YIU Graduate School of Rehabilitation & Welfare has been established to rehabilitate the disabled and help them live healthy lives by researching and developing knowledge about health. This graduate school aims to nurture professional health management leaders who can treat patients in well-rounded way
to help people seek happiness to live dignified lives.
Master Program : Department of Physical Therapy, Department of Language Rehabilitation, Department of Social Welfare

YIU Sports wellness industry graduate school has been established to nurture
physical education leaders who can promptly respond to the demand of thetimes requiring specialization in physical education and sports, play their rolein society and carry out his or her function. The school is divided into four departments.

Institute for Unification & Security Studies

Master program : Department of Sports Sciences, Department of Leisure·health, Department of Golf, Department of Developmental Rehabilitation·adapted physical activity

Institute for Arts & Culture

YONG IN UNIVERSITYThis institute integrates joint academic research, academic seminars and announcements and industry-academia cooperative research on arts and culture
to conduct research in the area.

Institute for Humanities & Social Science
The goal of YIU Institute of Humanities & Social Sciences is to participate inacademic development and international cultural exchange by publishing its
systematic and in-depth research results in humanities and social sciences indomestic and international journals.

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Graduate School of Business Administration

Graduate School of Tae Kwon Do

With the goal of fostering creative business leaders who will lead the advanced
industrial society, YIU Graduate School of Business Administration researches
advanced theory and practical methods that can contribute to all sorts of business issues. Military servicemen, civil servants and public and private school
teachers are given scholarship each semester so that they can focus on theirstudies without feeling burdened.

YIU Graduate School of Taekwondo was established for the first time in South

Korea to cultivate professional leaders who can succeed the traditional martial
arts spirit and develop academic and technical aspects of Taekwondo and develop and specialize martial arts sports into a global industry.
Master Program : Department of Tae Kwon Do

Master Program : Department of Business Administration, Department of Beauty Business

Graduate School of Reunification

Graduate School of EducationYIU Graduate School of Education trains education professionals in demand insociety and in the in education field by providing specialized, scientific and indepth education in each field.

YIU Graduate School of Unification seeks to foster unification policy experts andnational defense and military experts who can contribute to realizing national
unification, a long-cherished yearning among Koreans. To do so, the graduate
school engages in comprehensive research on ways towards unification of thetwo Koreas.

Master Program : Department of Education(Physical Education, Special Education, KoreanMusic Education)

Master Program : Department of Military Science, Department of National Security and
Policy for Reunification

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AFFILIATED RESEARCH INSTITUTES & GRADUATE SCHOOLSYIU Institute for Unification and Security Studies is making efforts to take partin research development in preparation for unification on the Korean peninsula
and its aftermath. Research on national unification policies, national defense
and military, unification policies and hosting national defense research-related
seminars are some ways the institute makes contributions.

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VICE PRESIDENT

Administrative
Offices
Office of Planning· Planning & Budget Division· Evaluation & Audit Division· Public Relations Division
Office of Academic Affairs· Admissions Division· Educational Affairs Division· Academic Affairs Division· Faculty Division

Office of Student Affairs· Student Services Division· Scholarship Division· Welfare Division· Center for Students with Disabilities

Graduate

Undergraduate

Graduate School

College of Martial Arts

Graduate School ofSports Wellness Industry
Graduate School ofBusiness Administration

Graduate School of Education

Career Development Center· Career Development DivisionInternational Cooperation &Education Center· International Cooperation &Education Division· Korean Language InstituteAffiliatedInstitutes

Affiliated ResearchInstitutes

Main Library

Academy for Instructors ofSports for all

Institute of Martial Arts

· Academic Information
Support Center· Academic Information
Services Center
Dormitory

Graduate School ofArts & Culture
Graduate School of
Rehabilitation & Welfare
Graduate School of
Tae Kwon Do

Graduate School of Reunification

College of Sports Sciences

Center for Continuing Education

Institute of Sports Science· Continuing Education Center

Center for In-Service Education

Institute forSpecial Physical Education· Dormitory Operations
Athlete Support Center

Office of General Affairs· General Affairs Division· Accounting Division· Management Division· Emergency Planning Division· Dept. of Judo
· Dept. of Judo Instructor
Education· Dept. of Combative Martial
Arts Training· Dept. of Oriental Martial Arts
· Dept. of Taekwondo· Dept. of Security Service· Dept. of Military Science

Auxiliary
Organizations· Athlete Support Operations· Dept. of Sports & Leisure Studies· Dept. of Physical Education· Dept. of Golf
· Dept. of Special Physical
Education· College Newspaper· University Broadcasting CenterCollege of Arts & Culture

University Museum

University Newspaper &Broadcasting Center

Center for Tour Conductor
ProgramTraining Center for the AdaptedSports Instructors
ROTC(Reserve Officer’s Training Corps)

Institute of Natural Science

Institute of Humanities &Social Science
Institute of Unification &Security Studies

Institute of Arts & Culture· Dept. of Dance· Dept. of Media Design· Dept. of Fine Arts
· Dept. of Korean TraditionalMusic· Dept. of Theatre· Dept. of Film
· Dept. of Applied Music· Dept. of Cultural Heritage· Dept. of Cultural Content

Industry-Academia
Cooperation Center· Industry-Academia Cooperation
Division

Center for Teaching & Learning

Center for Student CounselingService

Institutional Review Board

Sports &Wellness Research Center
Information Management Office

College of Business & Public
Administration· Dept. of Business Administration· Dept. of Culture & Tourism· Dept. of Police Administration· Dept. of Chinese Studies· Dept. of English· Department of Beauty Business· Information Management
Division

Reserve Army Battalion

Social Service Center· Senior Citizen Service Center

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College ofEnvironmental Studies

Center for Liberal Arts

· Dept. of Occupational &Environmental Health· Dept. of Environmental Science· Dept. of Computer Science· Dept. of Logistics Statistics &Information Systems· Dept. of Life Science
College of
Public Health & Welfare· Dept. of Physical Therapy· Dept. of Food Science & Nutrition· Dept. of Social Welfare

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