Dankook University - History

History

The foundation of Dankook University was first approved on November 1, 1947, its historical opening taking place at Nakwon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, on November 3 of the same year. The founding spirit was that of National Salvation, Independence, and Self-Reliance.

The university was launched based on the financial donations of the late Hyedang, Cho Huijae and the former chairperson Park Jeongsook, as well as the education philosophy of Beomjeong, Chang Hyong. At the time of its foundation, the university gathered 960 students, with two departments in the Faculty of Law and three departments in the Faculty of Liberal Arts. Professor Chang Dobin was inaugurated as the first dean.

The university holds international symposiums, publishes academic journals, and manages 22 important and specialized research institutes such as the Oriental Study Research Institute, the Information Display Research Institute, the Buried Cultural Property Research Institute and the Special Education Research Institute and the Medical Laser Research Institute etc., and has 20 affiliates and affiliated education organizations such as the Seokjuseon Museum and the Information and Communication Center.

As the university grew more and more prosperous as a cutting-edge digital campus, it was selected as the best institute in 10 fields for the general university evaluations of 1999. At the present, the university has

In Jukjeon Campus

• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Art and Design
• College of Natural Science
• College of Social Science
• College of Management and Business
• College of Engineering, the College of Architecture
• College of Education
• College of Music

In Cheonan Campus

• College of Cultural Science
• College of Social Science
• College of Law
• College of Management and Business
• College of High Technology
• College of Engineering
• College of Bioresource Science
• College of Art
• College of Physical Education
• College of Medicine
• Dental College
• etc.

The graduate schools were approved for and opened in 1958. A total of 12 graduate schools are managed in 65 departments for the master's course and 51 departments for the doctor's course and the Business Graduate School, the Juridical Affairs and Administration Graduate School, the Education Graduate School, the Design Graduate School, the Information and Communication Graduate School, the Special Education Graduate School, the Mass Culture and Art Graduate School, the TESOL Graduate School, the Real EstateㆍConstruction Graduate School, and the Policy Management Graduate School, the Sports Science Graduate School and the Health and Welfare Graduate School, etc. in Jukjeon Campus. (See homepage of DKU.)