University of Incheon ("UI" in short) is a public university operated by the municipal government of Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea. UI was first founded as a private college known as the Incheon Technical College in January 1979. Later, it was renamed Incheon College in December 1979 before getting promoted to a comprehensive university in 1988. In 1994, the university was renamed once again to her current name, University of Incheon (UI), which is now a city council funded university. In addition to these changes, UI also relocated from Dohwa-dong in Namgu to a new location in 2009. Now, UI stands in the new and young international city of Songdo which is also known as the New Songdo City, located in IFEZ (Incheon Free Economic Zone). A year later, in 2010, UI merged with Incheon City College to expand capacity and open more curriculums. With all these changes, it has been confirmed that UI will join the group of national universities in 2010, which is a great advantage in Korea.