Hanbat National University

In 1927, the Hongseong Public High School of Engineering Training was established in the South Korean county of Hongseong. Eight years later, it moved to the city of Daejeon, approximately 140km (or an hour by high-speed train) from the capital city of Seoul. Four name changes later, in 2001, it became Hanbat National University.

There are seven undergraduate colleges: engineering; information technology; construction, environment and design; humanities and social sciences; economics and business administration; convergence and undeclared majors – which allows for a flexible curriculum and bespoke study path; and nomad college, which offers foundational and cross-disciplinary courses. 

There are two university dormitories, one with 300 rooms and the other with nearly 400. Both have separate buildings for male and female students. As well as bedrooms, they provide a cafeteria, a communal laundry, a gym and a study room. 

Clubs are run through the student-run General Student Club Association. They fall under one of five divisions. The performance division includes a hiphop club, a dance club and several band clubs. The exhibition and cultural division includes coffee club, subculture club and film club. The volunteer division offers a range of different volunteering opportunities. The sports division covers table tennis, football, badminton and snowboarding, skateboarding and longboarding. And the religions division includes several Christian clubs, as well as one that focuses on meditation, Korean culture and Eastern philosophy.