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We offer a convergence education format that fosters human resources who can answer the demands of the region and the world in the age of the fourth industrial revolution in the 21st century by harmonizing diverse fields of studies such as tourism and global business fields with programs for specific international regions (humanities), logistics (business administration), and content creation (information technology).

The Division of International Studies aims to foster international experts with excellent competencies through systematic training in foreign languages and regional studies.

The Department of English Studies aims to cultivate global experts, who actively respond to the changes in the world by strengthening their abilities based on an excellent command of English. We provide programs that intensively support students' efforts to master English, which has become the de facto official language of the international community as the world becomes more globalized and interconnected.

The Department of Japanese Studies aims to cultivate professional human resources who can understand and utilize the Japanese language and culture, which is expanding in political and economic influence in the era of internationalization.

Department of Chinese Studies is an academic field dedicated to Chinese regional studies, aiming to cultivate talents with comprehensive knowledge of China through a well-rounded, comprehensive, and systematic education.

Division of Global Business is the division that fosters international professionals on Korea leading the 21st century and based on Social Sciences, Humanities, ICT, Korean Language Education etc. Future students of the Division will learn about various perspective of Korea in the field of arts, society, culture, language, economic and management history, technology and development etc. At the same time, they will experience the mixture studies of social·humanities method, ICT and Korean studies and so on. Our division will provide an opportunity to students to study the convergence learning of global view about Korea through international curriculums of Global business major and Global trade major that will be established before long.

Department of International Trade is a practical academic field devoted to global and practical competence in trade. It aims to cultivate international trade experts with the qualities to adapt to the rapidly changing domestic and foreign trade environments.

The Global Business Studies major was established to provide learning programs related to global business theory and practice to facilitate domestic and international students to find employment. The educational goal of the Global Business Studies major is to cultivate global business professionals who can contribute to the development of national and regional economies in the global era.

The Division of Culture Contents is comprised of a multimedia department and an electronic commerce department, and aims to cultivate the professional workforce necessary for the production and distribution of culture contents according to the national vision of the 21st century that relies on the competence of culture contents industries'.

Multimedia Department aims to cultivate the professional workforce necessary for the production and distribution of culture contents in response to the national vision – to become a leading country in the culture content industry in the 21st century’ and the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Department of e-commerce aims to cultivate ICT (Information and Communication Technology) based business professionals in response to the 4th industrial revolution.

Department of Logistics and Transportation is dedicated to the education regarding logistics transportation in Yeosu, which is the key city in the Gwangyang Bay Free Economic Zone.
Department of Logistics and Transportation is a new service industry that will lead the 21st century. It is a convergence study that plans the efficient transportation of people and cargo, and plans and manages logistics management facilities and organizations.

The tourism industry is a high value-added industry in which contents from various fields such as economy, society, culture, and history of a country are converged. It has greatly contributed to the economic growth of each country and the enhancement of national brand values, thus the country is actively fostering human resources, expanding investments to build the infrastructure in this field in order to enhance tourism competitiveness.

The Graduate School of Culture and Social Sciences offers a national and global vision by providing opportunities to explore expertise in various fields such as advanced theory and applied methods for future generations in the fields of English language, international trade, transportation logistics, and culture contents. Our graduates will contribute to local and international communities as well as accomplishing their own personal hopes and dreams.

The Graduate School of English cultivates skilled post-graduates with a superb command of English for various circumstances in order to actively respond to the international community where human and material exchanges at the global level are expanding.

The Department of International Trade aims to foster talented individuals with knowledge in practical theories and policies related to international management, international trade, and international finance to equip them with the expertise necessary to operate in this field.

The Transportation Specialization in this department offers a systematic curriculum to train transportation professionals who have a comprehensive understanding of expertise in planning, designing, operating, and managing social overhead capital (SOC) such as roads, railroads, aviation, and ports.

The Graduate School of Culture Contents aims to cultivate ICT-based convergence professionals in the 21st century culture contents field through strengthening the essential capabilities in the field of digital-based culture contents production, mobile-based software development, and e-commerce-based e-application fields.

Smart City is a next-generation concept that combines the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in urban infrastructure and unit buildings such as roads, ports, and airports, and is a study that studies new urban types in the 21st century that solve various urban problems such as transportation, energy, environment, and housing problems that are currently occurring and create sustainable values. The goal of this cooperative course is to train high-level technical personnel who can respond to the paradigm change in the new city that is currently progressing rapidly by combining the knowledge of computer science (IoT, AI, big data) necessary for smart cities based on the basic knowledge of cities, architecture, and civil engineering acquired in the undergraduate course.

East Asian Studies is a study that encompasses the humanities such as culture, philosophy, history, and literature of the region including Korea and China, and social sciences such as cultural tourism and maritime culture, and is a multidisciplinary study of humanities and social convergence necessary in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The goal of this cooperative course is to cultivate high-quality human resources in the convergence type who contribute to the realization of innovative growth in the era of the industrial revolution and to cultivate high-quality human resources in the humanities and social sciences who can take the lead in responding to the paradigm change in the era of the 4th industrial revolution.

Culture and Tourism Management studies the phenomenon of regional tourism from the humanities and social sciences and derives the direction of development, and focuses on the contents that integrate culture and tourism and the changing flow of tourism management. The department aims to cultivate professional talents in the tourism industry with high potential for future growth as a national strategic industry through the operation of a differentiated curriculum by integrating culture and tourism.