International Exchange
To respond to the internationally expanding arena of cultural exchange, the College of Art and Design established a number of new courses including Art/Design in London, New York, Art in China, the International Ceramic Arts Summer Studio, and Space Design in New York for the summer semester. The college has also promoted exchange with renowned colleges in the U.S., Japan and Europe based on exhibitions of artworks by both professors and students, and academic discussions.
The college will continue to promote international exchange with worldrenowned colleges around the globe.
Ewha Womans University has concluded agreements for international exchange with some 220 colleges and universities in about 30 countries. It has established an overseas base in 8 central cities around the world including New York, Beijing, London, Tokyo, LA, Paris, Berlin and Sydney. It plans to expand its overseas base to around 20 cities by 2010. Student exchange programs include general student exchange programs and ISEP student exchange programs. The general student exchange program enables students to attend foreign colleges and/or universities with which Ewha Womans University has concluded an agreement on exchange.
Tuition fees are paid to Ewha Womans University while dormitory fees are paid to the school attended by the student. Students attend the school for either 1 semester or 1 year. The ISEP student exchange program allows students to attend foreign colleges and/or universities that are ISEP member schools but which have not yet concluded an agreement with Ewha Womans University. Students will study at these ISEP member schools for 1 semester. In addition to these programs, there are also short-term visits to foreign colleges and/or universities and programs where Ewha Womans University recognizes credits earned from individual overseas studies.
Research Institute
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Research Institute of Ceramics
The Research Institute of Ceramics was founded in 1959 with the establishment of the Ceramic Arts major with the aim of contributing to the development of Korean ceramic arts and ceramic industry by preserving the tradition of Korean ceramics and conducting studies on modern ceramic art. Since then, it has been affiliated to the College of Art and Design. The institute attempts to follow modern trends in ceramic art as well as continuously develop and succeed traditional techniques and methods. The institute provides special lectures for those interested in ceramic wares to promote an understanding of ceramic art.
Main Activities
- - Academic research and presentations on traditional ceramic wares
- - Experiments on and development of ceramic materials and glazing methods
- - Development of new methodsclasses
- - Providing classes for students in ceramics
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Fashion Design Research Institute
Since foundation in 2001, Fashion Design Research Institute has been dedicated to researching design with primary focus on education on Korea’s first fine arts-based fashion design majors in a bid to promote sensitiveness of domestic fashion industry and design planning competences in line with the consumer trends characterized by sophisticated sensitive consumption. Our institute has consistently engaged in industry-academy collaborative design projects since foundation while striving to foster fashion professionals through various education programs, including Korea’s first fashion stylist leadership education. In particular, our institute launched its in-house fashion brand in 2005 to develop products by planning and designing of professional researchers with multiple years of professional career and had our design competencies highly recognized in markets, taking the lead in reshaping the direction of domestic fashion design education and research.
Main Activities
- - To operate E:FEEL, Ewha Fashion Brand
- - To develop industry supportive designs
- - To develop contents related to cultural industry
- - To foster fashion professionals and to engage academic activities
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Research Institute of Color Design
The Color Design Research Institute is the first color research institute in Korea. It was established in 1997 under Ewha's vision to lead the 21st century culture, and government policy. The institute emphasizes the following: nurturing professionals in color design, organizing domestic and international color seminars, developing and publishing books on color, support technology for industrial coloring, and conducting color design projects (environmental colors, product colors, traditional colors, and others). The institute possesses books, color samples (NCS, Pantone, and other trendy color materials), and media (video, slides, CD-ROM and others). The institute has made available to the public materials on color including periodical publications on science, architecture, design, computer, history, social psychology, cultural anthropology, and color, as well as collections of papers.
Main Activities
- - Conducted environmental color-related project
- - Product Coloring Project
- - Color Standardizing Project
- - Cultural Contents Project
- - Educational Projects
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Design Converegence Research Center
In the past, products and services primarily pursued the utility value of physical function, but nowadays they gradually demand not only emotional function, but also intelligent service, accelerating the convergence of knowledge and technology between diverse professional fields, so called "hybrid phenomenon". From electric/electronic or wireless information device to means of transportation, medical device, robot, and game device, the knowledge and technology, which respective industrial areas have accumulated, are now enhancing their own value and utility through the point of view of new companions, such as marketing, design, psychology, brain recognition engineering, etc.
This laboratory was established to deal with this reality. We intend to provide the insight about the future of unpredictable market, retain the durability of development of technology, and contribute to the production of creative knowledge and contents through convergent design education, research, and business. The major businesses of this laboratory are certification scale development and industrial resource recovery of creative styling, and experimental-creative design DB construction of digital makers.
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- Ewha Art Center(Building A, Room 216, College of Art and Design)
- The Ewha Art Center was first founded as an art museum in 1992 on the 2nd floor of the College of Art and Design. It underwent renovation in 2004 and secured an exhibition space of some 450m2. Its name was changed from Art Museum to Ewha Art Center. The Ewha Art Center promotes exhibitions for the College of Art and Design including such as Young Artists Exhibitions and the Joseph Beuys Exhibition, international exchange exhibitions, individual exhibitions for alumnae, group exhibitions, and other high quality exhibitions.
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- Arts Resource Center
- The Arts Resource Center is located in Building A, Room 101 of the College of Art and Design. It provides publications on relevant theories, books on paintings, international and domestic arts magazines, relevant publications, updated information on modern arts and various digital media materials. The center also provides the knowledge and information required for creative and theoretical research as well as information for ongoing international and/or domestic exhibitions, art projects, and residency programs. The Arts Resource Center is open to all students, and provides copy machines, and other electrical transmission tools for students.
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- Museum
- The museum was founded in 1935 to preserve Korean cultural assets during the Japanese colonial occupation, exhibiting traditional artworks on the 1st floor of the main building. The museum secured an exhibition space of 4,300m2 and reopened in August 1990 to commemorate the 100th year of Ewha Womans University; its capacity was expanded by a further 1300m2 in May 2005. The museum currently exhibits 10,000 assets including National Treasure No.107, the Baekja Cheolhwa Podomun Hangari (White Porcelain Jar with Grape Design in Under-glazed Iron). The museum organizes two exhibitions each year to promote the diversity and excellence of its assets.