Handong Global University

Though Handong Global University is a relatively young institution, it is one that has uniquely and profoundly impacted the face of Korea and the world since its founding in 1995. It has very quickly developed a strong reputation among Christians in Korea, both for its high academic standards and for its uncompromising commitment to provide a spiritually nurturing environment. With its ever increasing number of foreign partnerships, Handong has been able to host students and faculty from literally all over the world in creating an especially diverse community. Their mission here is nothing short of changing the world, sending out students in the name of Jesus with the skills to make a difference. Its benevolence in education has begun to create a legacy with far reaching effects. The American-style law school, for example, offers full scholarships to students from third world countries in exchange for a commitment to minister through law in their home country for a short time after obtaining the degree. The university’s motto, “Why not change the world?” has become a kind of candid catch phrase on campus, but in the end, through the rigors of study, through international fellowship, and through the power of the Holy Spirit, students are changed and refined from the inside out—and in that same fashion become the hands and feet of Christ, bringing their new found skills with the promise of Jesus—to the uttermost parts of the world.