people. It is located 25 miles (40 km) from Seoul and a two-hour flight from China and Japan, and is connected to the Seoul Metropolitan Subway.
The Commonwealth of Virginia considers the Songdo campus legally no different from any other Mason campus: "... 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 ..."
Mason Korea's first commencement class graduated in December 2017.
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 as the language of instruction.
== Academics ==
Mason offers undergraduate, graduate master's, law, and doctoral degrees with an emphasis on combining modern practice-based professional education with a comprehensive traditional liberal arts curriculum. The student-faculty ratio is 17:1; 58 percent of undergraduate classes …
