The Graduate School of Logistics Incheon University is the first specialized graduate school of logistics in Korea, and it has played a leading role in informing the importance of logistics in national management and applying its value to all human life.
The Graduate School of Logistics fosters the best talented people to lead the global logistics, satisfies the various logistic demands of the field, develops into the best professional graduate school boasting excellent competence and tradition of education and research not only in Korea but also all over the world.
The Republic of Korea is one of the seven nations in the world with a trade volume of $1 trillion and a population of more than 50 million and a per capita income of more than $20,000. Korea has signed free trade agreements with major countries such as the European Union, the United States, and China, leading to remarkable exchanges and mutual development in the fields of culture, sports and politics as well as economic aspects.
Today, in a rapidly changing environment, information, medical technology, education and service industry, information-intensive industry are computerized with IT, robot and artificial intelligence(AI). Klaus Schwab, Chairman of World Economy Forum, said “We will not change what we do, but we will change ourselves.”mentioning the future of the new technology such as AI, VR, AR, IoT which lead to the era of the 4th industrial revolution. The world economy is being reorganized in order to strengthen the influence of BRICS in the international trade and logistics conditions of protectionist tendency and the ongoing WTO structure by US priority policy. With the continuous expansion of the trade volume with China and Southeast Asia, the logistics role of Incheon International Airport and Incheon Port is emphasized, and the demand of related manpower is increasing due to the automation of industry, labor, the advancement and the spread of ICT.
The Graduate School of Logistics was opened as the first specialized graduate school of logistics in 2003 and has been continuously funded by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Land Transportation and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and has been providing special exchange programs for overseas exchange students, overseas filed trip, a variety of lectures, acquisition of certification and scholarships. After graduation, students work in government departments, Incheon city, universities, public institutions, national research institutes, logistics companies, IT companies, production and distribution companies. In the undergraduate school, the logistics related majors are operated for students in various departments, and the employment rate of undergraduate graduates is rising. Foreign students are also employed in universities, government agencies, logistics companies and others after graduation.
The professors of Graduate School of Logistics have a variety of experience in research institutes, universities, logistics enterprise research institutes, and large corporations home and abroad. We hope that you will be able to fulfill your dreams at the Graduate School of Logistics, Incheon National University which are leaping into the hub of logistics in Northeast Asia and the world. The Graduate School of Logistics will fulfill your dreams and be a partner of success and happiness in the future. Thank you.
"The Graduate School of Logistics in Northeast Asia looks to the future and leads the way."
The school looks to become an institute that is recognized for specializing in fostering logistics and lifelong education.