History
The university opened its doors in 1979, as a four-year college (Dong-eui College, or 동의대학) with 400 students. It was established by the Dong-eui Educational Foundation (est. 1966), which had also established a middle school, a high school and a junior college. Beginning in 1976, the foundation had also operated Kyungdong Engineering Professional School on the future site of the university campus. The college became a university in 1983, and opened its graduate school the following year. Dong-eui Hospital and Oriental Medicine Hospital of Dong-eui University was opened as Dong-eui Medical Center in June 1990.
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