{{Short description|Christian university in Gunpo, South Korea}} {{Distinguish|Hanseo University}} {{Infobox university | name = Hansei University | image_name = | motto = Righteousness, Truth, and Love | established = 1953 | type = Private | president = Kim Sung Hae | chancellor = Kim Seong-hye | provost = | city = Gunpo | state = | country = South Korea | coor = | religious_affiliation = Yoido Full Gospel Church | undergrad = | postgrad = | faculty = | campus = | website = http://www.hansei.ac.kr | endowment = | colors = | logo = }}

{{Infobox Korean name/auto |hangul = ^한세_대학교 |hanja = 韓世大學校 }}

'''Hansei University''' ({{Korean|hangul=한세대학교}}; {{IPA|ko|haːn.se}}) is a mid-sized Evangelical Christian University located in Gunpo, South Korea. It is affiliated with Yoido Full Gospel Church.

==History== thumb|220px|Hansei University Campus, Music Building In 1953, Assemblies of God missionaries established the Full Gospel Bible College.<ref>Ogbu Kalu, Alaine Low, Haig Kouyoumdjian, ''Interpreting Contemporary Christianity: Global Processes and Local Identities'', Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, USA, 2008, p. 159</ref> In 1997, the name was changed to Hansei University and became a fully accredited university by the South Korean government.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=na78O3tRb_IC&pg=PA71|title=The Holy Spirit Movement in Korea: Its Historical and Theological Development|last=Lee|first=Young-Hoon|date=2009|publisher=OCMS|isbn=978-1-870345-67-5|pages=71|language=en}}</ref>

==Programs== It has currently nine departments: Theology, Media and Communication Arts, Business Administration, Humanities and Social Science, International Language, Information Technology, Art, Design, and Nursing <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hansei.ac.kr/ |title=Home |website=hansei.ac.kr}}</ref> The university is widely recognized especially for choral music. Regarded as one of the top choral music universities in Eastern Asia, Hansei University boasts a choral music faculty of six professor/conductors on top of its 40+ music faculty. The university is planning to open an international school for choral music in 2015/16. Composer Hyo-Won Woo has served on the university's faculty. thumb|한세대영산비전센터

==Notable alumni== *Kim Jong-kook, (Turbo) *Cho Yong-gi *Choi Ja-shil

==See also== *List of colleges and universities in South Korea *Education in South Korea

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== External links == {{Commons category}} *{{Official website|http://www.hansei.ac.kr}} (in Korean) * [http://gemi.hansei.ac.kr/english/pages/home/index.html Hansei GEMI English Website]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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