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===Mason Korea=== {{Infobox settlement | name = Mason Korea | official_name = Songdo Campus <br /> {{Korean|hangul=μ‘λ μΊ νΌμ€}} | settlement_type = [[Campus|University Campus]] | parts = | parts_type = | image_map = | image_skyline = File:Songdo Campus, Mason Korea..jpg | image_caption = Data Center, Library, Guest House, Student's Hall{{efn|from left to right}} | subdivision_name6 = | subdivision_type6 = [[Census-Designated Place]] | subdivision_type5 = [[Post Town|Post Town Name]] | subdivision_name5 = | subdivision_name4 = [[Songdo International Business District|Songdo]] | subdivision_type4 = International Business District | subdivision_name3 = [[Yeonsu District|Yeonsu-gu]] | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name2 = [[File:Flag of Incheon.svg|23px]] [[Incheon]] | subdivision_type2 = Metropolitan City | subdivision_name1 = [[Seoul Capital Area|Seoul Capital Area (Sudogwon)]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Korea|Region]] | subdivision_name = {{flagcountry|South Korea}} | subdivision_type = Country | postal_code_type = Postal Code | postal_code = 21985 | other_name = Korea Campus | website = {{Official website|http://masonkorea.gmu.edu/}} }} Opened in March 2014, Mason Korea is located in the [[Songdo International Business District]] in [[South Korea]], a {{convert|42000|acre|ha|abbr=off|adj=on}} site designed for 850,000 people. It is located {{convert|25|mi|km}} from [[Seoul]] and a two-hour flight from [[China]] and [[Japan]], and is connected to the [[Seoul Metropolitan Subway]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} The Commonwealth of Virginia considers the Songdo campus legally no different from any other Mason campus: {{blockquote|"... board of visitors shall have the same powers with respect to operation and governance of its branch campus in Korea as are vested in the board by the [[Code of Virginia]] with respect to George Mason University in Virginia ..."<ref name="Petersen2010">{{Citation |last=Petersen |first=J. Chapman |title=Establishment of branch campus in the Republic of Korea |access-date=2016-05-08 |date=2010-04-12 |url=http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title23/chapter9.1/section23-91.29:1/ }}</ref>}} Mason Korea's first commencement class graduated in December 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://koreabizwire.com/incheon-global-campus-slowly-coming-to-fruition/104489?ckattempt=3 |website=koreabizwire.com |access-date=June 14, 2019 |title=Incheon Global Campus Slowly Coming to Fruition |first=M.H. |last=Lee |date=December 14, 2017 }}</ref> Students can take seven bachelor's degree courses in Mason Korea. Students from Mason Korea earn the same diploma as home campus students, with [[English-medium education|English as the language of instruction]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://masonkorea.gmu.edu/about/why-mason-korea | title=Why Mason Korea? | date=July 19, 2021 }}</ref>
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