Incheon National University

Incheon National University (INU), previously also known as University of Incheon (UI), is a national university operated by the legal entity established by the government of Republic of Korea (South Korea).INU was first founded as a private college known as the Incheon Technical College in January 1979.

You may be making up your mind about where you want to spend the next four years and we invite you to start your future in Incheon by joining our venerable University. We are passionate about providing you with an education of uncompromising quality and opportunity. Our commitment to academic excellence is paired with an unrelenting devotion to innovative research, global education and offering our students real-world internship experiences. INU is a place to study and learn, but it is also a supportive environment to follow your passion, grow and as our slogan says, be INspired.

Studying at INU allows you to explore and understand the world. INU is home to about 13,000 students and this gives you the opportunity to meet and work with students and faculty from all around the world. Come explore, learn and create in Incheon – the heart of Northeast Asia.

For Incheon National University (INU), the past is a stepping stone for a promising future. For INU, Korea is not big enough. For INU’s accelerated development, we should not only aim to rank higher in university rankings in Korea, but to aim to enter the world’s top 100 university rankings. INU should find out which university we may follow as model. Thus, once we are competing with Asia’s top universities, we may be chosen as the top ranking university representing Korea.

To do so, instead of conducting all fields of study, we plan to select only five fields of specialization and support these extensively. We must develop integrated, complex and creative talents that are verbally adept. They must be developed based on the demands of society and corporations, and introduce a matrix educational system. The objective is to exceed Korea’s standard when evaluated internationally. All official documents should be in English and Chinese. MOU s for educational and research exchange with about 200 universities around the globe will be negotiated. Moreover, we will provide education that targets young talents in their 20s and develop a customized educational system that may benefit all generations in fulfilling the needs of employees in their 40s and possible reentry to the employment system in their 60s.

Time for the future, create space for the future. It is not a false hope. It is possible now. Our promising future is right in front of our eyes. Like those young Romans who have advanced on the world through 2000 years of wars, like those young Britons who have advanced on the world through colonization 200 years ago, let’s give young Koreans living in this 21st century a chance to advance on the world through education, volunteering, and sharing. In America, Stanford University is competing against Harvard; in England, Cambridge is competing against Oxford; in Japan, Kyoto University competing with Tokyo University; and in China, National Tsing Hua University is competing with Peking University. We should also have the competitive spirit aiming for Korea’s top university ranking and advancement in the world. The university leading in the world’s change!! That great name is, us, Incheon National University.

INU a top 100 global university. His plan provides a roadmap that sets out our goals for the next five years, which includes recruiting the most creative and brightest students, focusing on five 'peaks' of research excellence, providing students with a truly global education, and fostering innovative partnerships with industry leaders. There is an exciting future ahead for INU and the changes we are making to become a world-class university are providing our students with a future-ready education that equips them to be global change leaders.