Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yunivhesiti yakavambwa nguva pfupi pashure porusununguko rweKorea. Vakatanga Daejongkyo, pavakadzokera kuKorea pashure pokuzviisa pasi kweJapan
pashure pemakore okutapwa muChina, vakatanga kuisa pakutanga kugadzwa kwesangano redzidzo. Somugumisiro, muna 1946, vakavamba chikoro, ipapo chinonzi Hongmoon-daehakgwan (홍문대학관). Lee Hung Soo, murwi akazvimirira weKorea akapfuma, akapa mari yokutanga iyo yunivhesiti yakawana mavambo ayo. Muna August 1948, Hongik University uye Hongik Foundation yakatenderwa zviri pamutemo nehurumende yeKorea.