Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies (abbreviated as HAFS; Hangeul: 용인한국외국어대학교부설고등학교; Hanja: 龍仁韓國外國語大學校附設高等學校) is a private boarding school located in the northern part of Yongin, South Korea, and is the first Korean high school formed by a collaboration between the government and a university. It is the most selective and prestigious boarding school in Korea, renowned for its high academic levels and successful college admission results. Timeline 2002 October 16 The mayor of Yongin Mr. Jeong-mun Lee and the president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) Mr. Byeong-man Ahn(appointed Minister of Education, Science and Technology later, by President Lee Myung-bak) decides to create Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies (한국외국어대학교 부속 외국어고등학교). 2002 December 6 The mayor signs a written agreement after making a rough draft and tuning it. 2003 November 27 Groundbreaking of Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies takes place. 2005 March 3 The construction becomes complete, and the school inaugurates Mr. Bong-chul Nam as principal and admits first students. 2005 July 2 U.S. College Board designates HAFS as an official test center for PSAT, SAT, and AP. 2008 February 7 Graduation of class of 2008 takes place. 2008 Official Korean name changes from 한국외국어대학교 부속 외국어고등학교 to 한국외국어대학교 부속 용인외국어고등학교; the official English name remains the same. 2010 November 1 The second principal, Dr. Song-ki Kim, is inaugurated. 2011 HAFS becomes designated as an Independent Private High School (5-year-term) 2014 Official Korean name changes again from 한국외국어대학교 부속 용인외국어고등학교 to 용인 한국외국어대학교부설고등학교; the official English name remains the same. 2015 July 3 Re-designation of HAFS as an Independent Private High School is approved (5-year-term). 2018 The third principal, Jeong Yeong-woo is inaugurated. Founding Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) and the local government of the City of Yongin decided to fund constructions of the Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies in order to stop the outflow of local students moving out of Yongin city for better education. The City of Yongin provided approximately $16 million in USD while HUFS yielded of its Yongin Campus. In return, the official Korean name of the school was to include both names of Yongin City and HUFS - the result of which is "한국외국어대학교 부속 용인외국어고등학교", literally meaning "Yongin Foreign Language High School Affiliated with Hankuk University of Foreign Studies", and Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies is required to admit at least 30% of its freshmen from Yongin every year. In 2011, as the