[2] Hanyang (한양; 漢陽) derives from the former name of the capital Seoul used during the Joseon period.

[4] Hanyang University was founded as Dong-A Engineering Institute on July 1, 1939, during the Japanese occupation of Korea.

In May 1941, the Institute relocated and offered education specializing in engineering and technology to 100 students who had finished secondary school.

Institute founder Dr. Kim Lyun-joon [ko] foresaw the importance of industrial advancement in the reconstruction of Korea and established Hanyang University as a judicial and academic body.

The board of trustees at that time included Myowook Lee, Byeongok Cho, Kwansoo Baik, Wonchul Lee, Waljoon Kim, Taeyong Choi, and Lyunjoon Kim, who had led the nation's independence movement.

In July 1948, the school was accredited as the first four-year engineering college in Korea with Kim Lyun-joon as the first dean.

[7] It comprises a variety of research centers, which are based on distinct academic fields.

[9] There is Infonopia Hanyang (백남학술정보관), which has a collection of 1.5 million books, 12,500 serial publications, 83,000 electronic journals, and 50 academic databases.

HYU's reputation for research has resulted in following key accomplishments:[22][23][24][25] Joong-Ang Ilbo University Ranking In 2016, Joongang Ilbo ranked Hanyang University's Seoul Campus 2nd and ERICA Campus 9th in the country.

In the "2016 Engineering School Assessment" conducted jointly by the Korea Economic Daily and Global Research, Hanyang University was ranked No.

Hanyang University won the highest score in an evaluation of the nation's 50 engineering schools, in terms of industry-university cooperation, technology commercialization, and start-up and job search support, as well as education and research quality.

The ranking was determined by the composite score of several metrics that were focused on academic papers and patent filings.