Academics
Dankook University has a global affiliate network of universities and institutes. This network helps it to facilitate and encourage international exchange all over the world. It will continue to establish a wider network and build a strong basis in research and education for a global Dankook.
Dankook University has a master plan for international programs. It enables students to choose the right program suited to them to increase their knowledge and marketability.
- Exchange programs focus on achieving world-class knowledge and technology, fluency and competence in foreign language, and adaptation of foreign culture to nurture worldly leaders.
- Study abroad programs at sister universities offer ample chances for students to improve their language skills. Dankook University gives financial support and several academic credits.
- Short-term visiting programs provide faculty, staff and students with opportunities to expose themselves to global standards.
- International summer/winter schools are designed to welcome students from sister universities and non-affiliated institutions.
- Global Talent Network is a student organization initiated to nurture global human resources. It consists of Korean and international students. It seeks to promote mutual cooperation.
There is an extension campus in Cheonan, a city in South Chungcheong province which sits on the face of hills and a lake. The Cheonan campus includes the largest hospital in the region and one of Korea's top dental programs, as well as the only four-year Mongolian Language and Literature Department in Korea. The university hosts a student body of about 20,000, and employs an instructional faculty of about 630.
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