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{{Short description|University in Incheon, South Korea}}
{{for|the University in Tashkent|Inha University in Tashkent}}
{{Infobox university
 | image_name             = Inha University.svg
 | image_size             = 150px
 | name                   = Inha University
 | native_name            = {{lang|ko|인하대학교}}
 | motto                  = Truth (眞)
 | top_free               = 
 | established            = {{Start date|1954}}
 | type                   = [[Private university|Private]]
 | president              = Cho Myeong-woo
 | city                   = [[Incheon]]
 | country                = [[South Korea]]
 | undergrad              = 17,175 (as of 2022)<ref name="eng.inha.ac.kr">[http://eng.inha.ac.kr/intro/statistical.asp inha university's statistical annual report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080903054246/http://eng.inha.ac.kr/intro/statistical.asp |date=2008-09-03 }}</ref>
 | affiliations           = [[Global U8 Consortium|Global U8 (GU8)]]
 | postgrad               = 1,716 (as of 2022)<ref name="eng.inha.ac.kr"/>
 | faculty                = 859 (full time) and 1,117 (except full time)<ref>[http://eng.inha.ac.kr/intro/statistical.asp#02 inha university's statistical annual report: number of faculty] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080903054246/http://eng.inha.ac.kr/intro/statistical.asp |date=2008-09-03 }}</ref>
 | campus                 = [[urban area|Urban]]
 | campus_size            = {{convert|150|acre}}
 | free_label             = Acceptance Rate; 6.1%
 | colors                 = {{color box|#04A9E0}} [[Sky blue]]  <br/>{{color box|#006EB8}} [[Deep blue (color)|Deep blue]]
 | mascot                 = Annyong and Induck
 | website                = {{URL|http://www.inha.ac.kr/}}
 | module                 = {{Infobox Korean name
|child  = yes
|hangul = 인하대학교
|hanja  = 仁荷大學校
|rr     = Inha Daehakgyo
|mr   = Inha Taehakkyo
}}
 | logo                   = [[Image:Inha University logotype(en).png|247px]]
}}

'''Inha University''' ({{ko-hhrm|인하대학교|仁荷大學校}}) is a [[Private university|private]] [[research university]] located in [[Incheon]], [[South Korea]]. Known traditionally for research and education in the engineering and physical sciences, the university was established by the first president of South Korea, [[Syngman Rhee]]. Inha is a Korean-American collaboration school, even in its name: the [[Morpheme]] "In" (인, 仁) comes from the city of [[Incheon]] and "Ha" (하, 荷) from [[Hawaii]], USA. Started as a polytechnic university in 1954, named '''Inha Institute of Technology''' ([[Acronym]]: '''IIT'''; [[Korean language|Korean]], {{lang|ko|인하공과대학}}, ''Inha Gonggwa Daehak'', colloquially ''Inhagongdae''), the institute has been achieving national recognition and a strong reputation as a technological research university thereafter.

Inha University is the most well-known and #1 university in Incheon area. Inha was ranked top 10 nationwide through decades according to [[Joongang Ilbo]]'s annual rankings of South Korean universities; ranked 8th in 2017{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}. Also, Inha is a member of [[Global U8 Consortium|GU8]].<ref>[http://site.inha.ac.kr/xelpa/users/u7/0_1.jsp Global U8 Consortium website] {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20070629181731/http://site.inha.ac.kr/xelpa/users/u7/0_1.jsp |date=2007-06-29 }}</ref>

== History ==

=== Establishment ===
In 1952,<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://eng.inha.ac.kr/intro/trace.asp |title=Traces - INHA University |access-date=2008-09-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929144754/http://eng.inha.ac.kr/intro/trace.asp |archive-date=2008-09-29 }}</ref> in the midst of the [[Korean War]], the first president of Korea, Syngman Rhee proposed the foundation of an educational [[institute]] that would provide expertise and hope to a lagging [[industrial sector]]. The driving force behind the proposal was the will and determination of a group of [[Koreans]] who had emigrated to [[Hawaii]] 50 years earlier.

The name 'Inha' comes from the name of 'Incheon' and 'Ha' in Hawaii.[http://www.kihoilbo.co.kr/?mod=news&act=articleView&idxno=786205] In March 1954, with the goal of establishing a world-class engineering university like MIT in the US, Dr. Lee Won Chul, an astronomer who obtained his Ph.D. degree, was the inaugural vice president Lee Ki-bong. On April 24, 1954, he had the entrance ceremony for 179 freshmen. On March 14, 1958, the establishment of a graduate school was approved.

Financial resources for the foundation came from the proceeds of the sale of the [[Korean Christian Institute]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kinderinkorea.com/kcu.htm |title=K.C.U. |access-date=2008-09-20 |archive-date=2008-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119155804/http://www.kinderinkorea.com/kcu.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> an organization founded and managed by Dr. Rhee for the purpose of educating the children of the original emigrants, donations from Korean emigrants in Hawaii and domestic supporters, and a government subsidy. Along with school site donation from [[Incheon city]], the Ministry of Culture and Education approved the foundation of the Inha Institute in February, 1954.

Institute building construction began in earnest, to finally have the [[Inha Institute of Technology]] opened later the same year, in the scheme of the parent 6 Departments of Metallurgical, Mechanical, Mining, Electric, Shipbuilding and Chemical Engineering.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eng.inha.ac.kr/intro/history_50.asp |title=The 1950s - INHA University |website=eng.inha.ac.kr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309092235/http://eng.inha.ac.kr/intro/history_50.asp |archive-date=2010-03-09}}</ref>

=== Time of expansion and development ===
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[[File:인하대학교 본관.jpg|thumb|Inha University main building]]The Inha Institute of Technology, with its unique history and great mission to foster excellent students who would contribute to the development of the nation's scientific and technological industries, was funded to do so by the help of huge government subsidies and foreign aid from UNESCO and the German government.

In a move to improve the management of the Inha Institute, the Board of Trustees was reorganized and Dr. Choong-Hoon Jo and Dr. Jwa-Kyung Seong assumed the positions of chairman of the board and the dean, respectively. That change brought more energy to the management, and resulted in the introduction of state-of-the-art experimental and research equipment, construction of new school buildings, research centers, practice factories, experimental tanks, library, and gymnasium, and secured excellent professors, contributing to the development of the Korean industry.
With the rapid development of the Inha Institute of Technology, its size and facilities surpassed those of other colleges.

It was inevitable for the institute to be elevated to the status of university, thus in December, 1971, the Ministry of Culture and Education approved the elevation and Dr. Jwa-Kyung Seong took office as the first president, solidifying the basis toward one of the prestigious universities in Korea.

Ultimately on Oct. 2, 2014, in collaboration between Inha University and the Government of Uzbekistan, [[Inha University in Tashkent]], the first South Korean university abroad, has been established, with a view to training professional global IT leaders in the country.
The curriculum and academic program of this newly emerging international university comprise the same as those of Inha University in Korea.

== Academic structure ==
Inha has 12 colleges in Engineering, Natural Sciences, Economics and Trade, Business Administration, Education, Law, Social Science, Humanities, Human Ecology, and Medicine, and 1 affiliation, 20 departments, 9 major fields of study. Inha University's Graduate school offers 47 fields of study for the Master's program and 41 for the Doctoral program. The Graduate School of Education has 31 majors for its Master's program and research course. The Graduate School of Business Administration offers 1 Master's program and 2 certificate courses and a part-time MBA program. The Graduate School of Engineering offers 14 majors in its Master's program and research courses. The Graduate School of Public Administration has 3 majors in its Master's program and research courses. Founded in 2000, the Graduate School of Information Technology and Telecommunications offers 1 major in its Master's program and the expanded and reorganized Graduate School of International Trade and Logistics now has 2 departments with 5 majors.

=== Undergraduate colleges ===
Inha university consists of 11 undergraduate colleges:
*Frontier College
*College of Engineering
*College of Natural Sciences
*College of Business Administration
*College of Education
*College of Social Sciences
*College of Humanities
*College of Medicine
*College of Future Convergence
*Arts and Sports
*Global Studies

=== Graduate schools ===
Inha has 9 graduate schools: Graduate School, Graduate School of Information Technology and Telecommunications, Graduate School of Logistics, Law School, School of Medicine, Graduate School of Engineering, Graduate School of Education, Graduate School of Business Administration, Graduate School of Public Administration.

== Facilities ==

=== Attached agencies ===
Inha university has 7 attached [[agency (law)|agencies]] which are listed below:

* Jung-Seok Memorial Library
* Language Training Center
* Center for Continuing Education
* Inha Museum
* Teachers Training Center
* Infirmary
* Jungseok Research Institute of International Logistics and Trade

=== Research institutes ===
Inha university has about 60 research institutes attached to it.<ref>[http://www.inha.ac.kr/mbshome/mbs/eng/subview.do?id=eng_040103000000 "University Annex Center - Research Organizations - Research"]. ''inha.ac.kr.'' 2016-11-08. {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428013023/http://www.inha.ac.kr/mbshome/mbs/eng/subview.do?id=eng_040103000000|date=2019-04-28}}</ref> These institutes are listed below.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Institute
! Year of Establishment
! Institute
! Year of Establishment
|-
| Science & Technology Research Institute
| 1967
| Humanities Research Institute
| 1974
|-
| Social Science Research Institute
| 1980
| Basic Science Research Institute
| 1979
|-
| Student Life Research Institute
| 1973
| Aviation Management Research Institute
| 1976
|-
| New Community Movement Research Institute
| 1977
| Center for International Studies
| 1985
|-
| Institute for Business & Economics Research
| 1985
| Center for Korean Studies
| 1986
|-
| Ocean Science & Technology Institute
| 1987
| Sports Science Research Institute
| 1987
|-
| Medical Toxicology Research Center
| 1988
| Institute of Polymer Science & Engineering
| 1990
|-
|Institute of Advanced Materials
|1990
|Institute of Computer Science & Applications
|1990
|-
|Management Research Institute
|1992
|Environmental Research Institute
|1992
|-
|Institute for Information and Electronics Research
|1992
|Institute for Mechanical Engineering
|1995
|-
|Research Institute of Ship and Ocean Engineering
|1994
|Educational Research Institute
|1994
|-
|Research Institute of Human Ecology
|1994
|Research Institute of Semiconductor Thin Film Technology
|1995
|-
|Research Institute of Chemical Dynamics
|1996
|Research Institute for Medical Sciences
|1996
|-
|Research Institute of Water Resources & Systems
|1996
|Research Institute of Construction and Environment Systems
|1996
|-
|Geoinformatic Engineering Research Institute
|1998
|Yellow Sea Transportation System Research Center
|1996
|-
|Environmental Technology Center of Thermal Plasma
|2005
|Institute of Industrial Biotechnology
|2000
|-
|Institute for Legal Studies
|1999
|Regional Research Center for Coastal Environments of the Yellow Sea
|1999
|-
|Intelligent GIS Research Center
|1998
|UWB-ITRC Center
|2003
|-
|Institute of Industrial Biotechnology
|2000
|Institute for Culture Management and Psychology
|2005
|-
|Asia Pacific School of Logistics
|2004
|Regional Innovation Center For Light Materials
|1999
|-
|Center for Advanced Bioseparation Technology
|2000
|-
|}

== Acceptance rate and Ranking ==
{{Infobox South Korean university ranking
| JOONG_N = =14
| QS_N = =19
| THE_N = 22–27
| ARWU_N = 14–18
| LINE_1 = 0
| QS_A = 116
| THE_A = =154
| USNWR_A = 
| LINE_2 = 0
| QS_W = 631–640
| THE_W = 801–1000
| USNWR_W = =1327
| ARWU_W = 601–700
}}

INHA University is one of the top private universities in Incheon, South Korea. It is ranked #531-540 in QS World University Rankings 2023, and #120 in QS Asian University Rankings 2023.

In 2022, 43,062 applicants applied to 2,631 recruitments for early admission to INHA University, recording a competition rate of 16.37:1 (6.1%). This is the result of an increase of 2.10 points in competition rate from 14.27:1 (7.0%) and the increase in number of applicants by 4,936. Despite the continuous decline in school-age population, it showed the highest competition rate in the pasts four years.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ratio.uwayapply.com/Sl5KOHxXJUpmJSY6JkpwZlRm | title=인하대학교 경/쟁/률/서/비/스 }}</ref>

Taejoon Jeon, the director of the Admissions Office, said “Despite various difficult conditions such as a decrease in the school age population and a decrease in the number of early admissions, INHA University's competition for early admissions has risen sharply. This is the result of the recent recognition of INHA University's potential, which has shown excellent business orders in various education and research fields."

== Notable alumni ==
{{alumni|date=April 2017}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* [[Changmin]] ([[TVXQ]])
* [[Ren (singer)|Choi Min-gi]] (NU'EST)<ref name=nuest>{{cite news|title=뉴이스트 민현·렌·백호, 수시합격..14학번 대학생|url=http://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2013111309394673423&type=3|access-date=4 June 2017|language=ko|publisher=starnews}}</ref>
* [[Choi Si-won]] ([[Super Junior]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Super Junior's Choi Siwon graduates from Inha University|url=http://star.mt.co.kr/stviewEng.php?type=3&no=2012022511312287920|access-date=1 May 2012|newspaper=Star News|date=25 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325211416/http://star.mt.co.kr/stviewEng.php?type=3&no=2012022511312287920|archive-date=25 March 2014}}</ref>
* [[Lee Min-hyuk (rapper, born 1990)|Lee Minhyuk]] ([[BTOB]])
* [[Chun Ho-jin]]
* [[Chae Sang-woo]]
* [[Han Bo-bae]]
* [[Afzal Husain]]
* [[Hwang Min-hyun]] ([[NU'EST]]/[[Wanna One]])<ref name=nuest/>
* [[Jeon Hyoseong]] ([[Secret (South Korean band)|Secret]])
* [[Kim Gura]] 
* [[Kim Ki-Tae]] 
* [[Kim Ryeowook]] ([[Super Junior]])<ref>Lee, Nancy [http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=3804 "Super Junior's Ryeowook Graduates from College"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120708182330/http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=3804 |date=2012-07-08 }} ''CJ E&M enewsWorld''. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-10</ref>
* [[Kim Sung-ryung]]
* [[Lee Hyun-Seung (baseball)|Lee Hyun-seung]] 
* [[Lim Kyung-Wan]]
* [[No Min-woo]] ([[TRAX (band)|TRAX]])
* [[Park Chan-dae (politician)|Park Chan-dae]]
* [[Park Chanyeol]] ([[Exo (group)|Exo]])
* [[Suho|Kim Jun-myeon]] ([[Exo (group)|Exo]])
* [[Park Cho-a]] ([[AOA (group)|AOA]])
* [[Seo Jun-young]]
* [[Song Ji-Man]] 
* [[Song Yoo-geun]]
* [[Isak Rajjak Shaikh]]
* [[Park Kyung]] ([[Block B]])
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* {{Cite web |title=Inha University |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/inha-university |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}
* {{Cite web |last=UWay Apply |first=UWay Apply |date=23 September 2022 |title=INHA University Recruitment for the 2023 academic year |url=http://ratio.uwayapply.com/Sl5KOHxXJUpmJSY6JkpwZlRm |access-date=23 September 2022 |website=Uway Apply}}

== External links ==
* [http://eng.inha.ac.kr Inha University Homepage, in English]
* [http://www.inha.uz Inha University in Tashkent Homepage]

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