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History
The History of HYCU, the institution that has been the engine of Korea's online education
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- 2013
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November
- Received the 2013 Grand Prize in Future Planning Management Awards.
- Received the 2013 Grand Prize for CSR Leader by “The JoongAng Ilbo” and “JTBC”.
- Received the top ranking in Korea Satisfaction Consumer Index(KSCI) for 2013.
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August
- August Commencement(743 graduates)
- August Commencement of Hanyang Cyber Graduate School (108 graduates)
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June
- Received the 2013 Grand Prize in Korea Education Brand Awards
(in it’s 8th consecutive year).
- Ranked first place by the Korea Standard Association Service Quality
Index(KS-SQI) for 2013.
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April
- Received the 2013 Grand Prize in National Brand Competitiveness
(in it’s 3rd consecutive year).
- Received the 2013 Grand Prize in Korea Education Awards.
- Received the 2013 Grand Prize for Best-Loved Brands of Korea Awards
(in it’s 2nd consecutive year).
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February
- February Commencement(1,596 graduates)
- February Commencement of Hanyang Cyber Graduate School(64 graduates)
- 2012
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November
- Held Hanyang Cyber University 10th Anniversary.
- Received the 2012 Grand Prize in Korea’s Highest Brand by Brand Stock
(in it’s 7th consecutive year).
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October
- Received Silver Stevie Winner for 2012 International Business Awards.
- Ranked first place by the Korea Standard Association Service Quality Index(KS-SQI) for
2012 (7 times).
- Signed a MOU with Centria University of Applied Science, HAMK University of Applied
Science, Finland.
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August
- August Commencement(664 graduates)
- August Commencement of Hanyang Cyber Graduate School (133 graduates)
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July
- Signed a MOU with University of Utah, USA.
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June
- Concluded a Consignment Agreement with Ministry of Security and Public Administration and Central Office Group.
- Received the 2013 Grand Prize in National Brand Competitiveness
( by “The JoongAng Ilbo” in it’s 2nd year).
- Signed a MOU with Silpakom University, Thailand.
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May
- Received the 2013 Grand Prize for Best-Loved Brands of Korea Awards by “The Chosun Ilbo”.
- Signed a MOU with University of Central Lancashire, UK.
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March
- Established the Graduate School of Education and Information, and the Graduate
School of Design (with 350 students in total).
- Signed a MOU with APCEIU.
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February
- February Commencement(1,495 graduates)
February Commencement of Hanyang Cyber Graduate School(10 graduates)
- Selected as the 2013 Korea’s Most Admired Company by “Korea Management Association” (in it’s 2nd consecutive year).
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Association” (in it’s 2nd consecutive year).
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January
- Reshuffled the organization(Established the Office of Academic Support and Center for Teaching and Learning Support).
- 2011
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November
- Received the 2011 Grand Prize for Korea’s Highest Brand, by Brand Stock
(in its 6th consecutive year).
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October
- Received additional approval for graduate schools (Education Information Graduate School and Design Graduate School. Entrance quota: 60.).
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September
- Concluded an academic exchange agreement with Illinois Institute of Technology, USA.
- Concluded an academic exchange agreement with Terbuka University, Indonesia.
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August
- August Commencement(534 graduates)
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June
- Received the top ranking in customer satisfaction for 2011, from “The Sports Chosun.”
- Received the 2011 Best Brand Prize from “Asia Today.”
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May
- Entered into the business commissioned education agreement with the National Medical Center.
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April
- Received the 2011 Grand Prize in national brand competitiveness
(top ranking in the cyber university sector), from “The JoongAng Ilbo.”
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March
- Established a mobile campus based on a cross-platform.
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February
- February Commencement(1,099 graduates)
- 2010
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December
- Received the top prize in the 2010 Higher Education E-learning Contents Contest sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
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November
- 3,150 students for the 2011 entry, which is the largest number among the cyber universities in Korea
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October
- Ranked first place among cyber universities by the Korea Standard Association Service Quality Index(KS-SQI) for 5 consecutive years
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September
- Inauguration of the 4th Vice-President Byeong-tae Yoo
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July
- Selected by Sports Chosun as the cyber university providing the top customer satisfaction, for 5 consecutive years
- Selected as the most popular education institute by Sports World
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June
- Received orders for 4 research projects from Korea Education & Research Information Service(KERIS), worth \310 million
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April
- Opened the comprehensive research institute as the first remote university
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March
- Established the Graduate School as Korea’s only cyber university
(3 departments with 8 courses, with 290 students in total)
- Total of 14 departments, advertising for 3,000 students in total
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February
- February Commencement(1,078 graduates)
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- 2009
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November
- Received approval for graduate schools, as the only cyber university in Korea(Business, Human Service, Real Property Graduate Departments: for 290 people)
- Won an award in the KS-SQI
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September
- Inauguration of the 3rd Vice-President Hong-gu Yeo
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August
- August Commencement(498 graduates)
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July
- Established the Cyber Hall 2
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June
- Held an international conference
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March
- Launched the course characterization project
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February
- February Commencement(1,714 graduates)
- 2008
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November
- Revised the middle- and long-term development scheme(the HYCU Project 2020+: Global Top)
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October
- Obtained the approval for the change in the Higher Education Act
- Obtained the “Highest Brand” title for three consecutive years
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September
- Ranked the first place among the cyber universities by the Korea Standard Association Service Quality Index(KS-SQI) for 3 consecutive years
- Obligated the use of authentication certificate to log into the website
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August
- August Commencement(456 graduates)
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July
- Applied for a change in the Higher Education Act
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June
- Reshuffled the organization(Established the Research Student Affairs Section, Educational Affairs Team, Lecture Operation Team, Research Support Team.)
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March
- Established 2 departments: Counseling Psychology, Silver Industry Management. Total of 14 departments, advertising for 2,800 students in total
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February
- February Commencement(1,079 graduates)
- 2007
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November
- Evaluated as the Best University for Most Outstanding Contents by the Korea Education and Research Information Service(KERIS) three years in a row
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October
- Designated as No. 1 ‘Highest Brand’ two years in a row
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September
- Ranked 1st place among the cyber universities by Korea Standard Association Service Quality Index (KS-SQI) two years in a row
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August
- August Commencement (299 graduates)
- 2006
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December
- Won the highest award from Korea eBI
- Won the second-highest award from Web Award Korea 2006
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October
- Designated as No. 1 ‘Highest Brand’ of the year
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September
- Ranked 1st place among the cyber universities by Korea Standard Association
- Service Quality Index (KS-SQI) (2nd time)
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August
- August Commencement (185 graduates)
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March
- Established 3 departments; Business Administration, Child Study and Education, and Cadastral Science
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February
- February Commencement (496 graduates)
- 2005
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August
- Commencement for early graduates (46 graduates)
- Won the Brand Management Award under the sponsorship of the Seoul Newspaper
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February
- Commencement for early graduates (9 graduates)
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- 2004
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March
- Established 4 departments; Real Estate, Social Welfare, Practical English, and Tourism Registration of 2,200 students in 12 departments
- 2003
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March
- Ranked first among the cyber universities by Korea Standard Association Service Quality Index (KS-SQI) Established 3 departments; Information and Communication Engineering, Space Design, and Advertising Total of 8 departments with 1,500 students
- 2002
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March
- Founded Hanyang Cyber University
