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President of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Kang Kee-hoon
First Science-Trained President Prioritizes AI Campus and Global Think Tank
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Last Updated on Nov 6, 2026
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President of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Life Summary
Kang Kee-hoon is president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.
He is focusing on building an AI campus and establishing a global think tank.
He was born in Jeju on May 20, 1966.
He graduated from Jeju Jeil High School and Seoul National University with a degree in computational statistics. He earned master's and doctoral degrees in statistics from Seoul National University.
He worked as a research fellow at the Mathematical Sciences Institute (MSI) of the Australian National University (ANU). After being appointed professor of statistics at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, he played a particularly active role in industry-academia cooperation, serving as head of the Technology Transfer Center and the Business Incubation Center. He served as head of the Administrative Support Office and chairman of the Consumer Cooperative, as well as vice president for industry-academia cooperation and head of the Business Division.
He was elected the top-ranked candidate in the university's presidential election. In December 2025, he was unanimously appointed president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies by the board of directors of the Dongwon Educational Foundation.
He also serves as president of the Korean Statistical Society.
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He is focusing on building an AI campus and establishing a global think tank.
He was born in Jeju on May 20, 1966.
He graduated from Jeju Jeil High School and Seoul National University with a degree in computational statistics. He earned master's and doctoral degrees in statistics from Seoul National University.
He worked as a research fellow at the Mathematical Sciences Institute (MSI) of the Australian National University (ANU). After being appointed professor of statistics at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, he played a particularly active role in industry-academia cooperation, serving as head of the Technology Transfer Center and the Business Incubation Center. He served as head of the Administrative Support Office and chairman of the Consumer Cooperative, as well as vice president for industry-academia cooperation and head of the Business Division.
He was elected the top-ranked candidate in the university's presidential election. In December 2025, he was unanimously appointed president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies by the board of directors of the Dongwon Educational Foundation.
He also serves as president of the Korean Statistical Society.
#KangKeeHoon #HankukUniversityOfForeignStudies #HUFS #UniversityPresident #ArtificialIntelligence #AICampus #GlobalThinkTank #Statistics #HigherEducation #AcademicLeadership