Myongji University

Arabic Studies

Myongji University established the second ‘Dept. of Arabic’ in Korea in March 2, 1976. The doctor’s course was established and Arab experts were truly produced in 2003. Currently, there is Dept. of Arabic or Dept. of Arab Studies in four universities (Myongji University, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies and Chosun University) and because there is the doctor’s course in only Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and Myongji University, the Dept. of Arabic Studies is a department that has scarcity and competitiveness.
Arabic is used as a national language by about 300 million Arab and is a religious language and UN common language used by 1.6 billion Muslims all over the world.
The Dept. of Arabic Studies is a department that masters Arabic used in 22 Arab countries located in the Middle East and the northern Africa and systemically studies culture, politics, economy, history, and religion of Arabs with this. According to the flows of globalization and internationalization, the essential era to understand about each region in the world has dawned. Notably, it is time to need local experts in the Arab world who have infinite potentials than ever. Arabic countries are major nations in energy resources and the largest primary market that can provide us with needful resources and import our technology or products. They have complementary economic structure with Korea. The Dept. of Arabic Studies is reinforcing Arabic conversational education through an Arabic professor and video education media and focusing on developing language abilities by supporting Arabic conversation clubs. During vacation, students go abroad for short-term language training with university’s support fund in Arab countries. Through this, they acquire their field senses as well as language and develop field applicable ability. The Dept. of Arab Studies makes studies develop appropriate qualifications as an Arab expert by educating them in literature, culture, politics, economy, history, and religion to understand Arab as well as language ability. For substantive understating of Arab, it makes the effect of empirical education high by diplomats’ personally conducting special lecture with 12 Arab local embassies’ cooperation that preside in Korea.
Until now, about 700 graduates are showing all their abilities in diplomacy, press, broadcasting, interpretation and many companies. In addition, they can enter a graduate school of interpretation and translation or graduate school. They also are actively working as an Arab local expert in the field of academy and industry by going abroad to study in Arab countries and obtaining a degree.