Korea Aerospace University

About Korea Aerospace University

Korea Aerospace University (KAU, 한국항공대학교) is a specialized private research university situated in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, directly bordering the northwestern boundary of Seoul, South Korea. Established on June 16, 1952, during the height of the Korean War by the Ministry of Transportation as the national Civil Aviation College (국립항공대학), the institution was founded to rebuild the nation's transport infrastructure and train civil aviators, air traffic controllers, and aeronautical engineers. In 1979, the university was privatized under the governance of the Hanjin Group (the parent conglomerate of Korean Air), integrating it into one of the world's major commercial aviation, air transport logistics, and aerospace manufacturing networks. As South Korea's premier specialized aviation and aerospace university, KAU is celebrated for educating commercial flight officers, air traffic controllers, aerospace systems designers, satellite communication engineers, and global aviation logistics leaders.