Dongduk Women's University - History

History

Dongduk Women's University was established in 1908. The school opened as Dongduk Women's College (동덕여자대학), a four-year institution, in 1950. It moved to its present location in 1967. The college received permission to open a graduate school in 1980, and gained the status of a university in 1987. The most recent academic reorganization, resulting in the current structure, took place in 2003.

• 1900's
  • 1908. 4. Dongwon Girls Boarding School Founded
  • 1950. 5. Founded Dongduk Women's College (DWC)
  • 1952. 8. Dr. Cho, Dong-Shik as the First President of Dongduk Women's College
  • 1960. 6. Lee, Kyung-Se as the Chairman of the Board of DWC
  • 1961. 9. Dr. Cho, Young-Wook as the Second President of DWC
  • 1963. 7. Dr. Cho, Dong-Shik as the Chairman of the Board of DWC
  • 1967. 3. Moved to current campus in Wolgok-dong, Seoul
  • 1970. 6. Dr. Lee, Neung-Woo as Chairman of the Board
  • 1976. 12. Dr. Cho, Young-Gak as Chairman of the Board
  • 1980. 10. Established Dongduk Women's Graduate School
  • 1981. 3. Dr. Jung, Hae-Dong as Third President
  • 1983. 12. Dr. Kim, Jong-Hyub as President
  • 1987. 10. Accredited as a University with Four Colleges (College of Humanities, College of Social Science, College of Natural Science, and College of Arts & Physical Education)
  • 1988. 3. Dr. Kim, Jong-Hyub as First President of Dongduk Women's University and Dr. Cho, Won-Young as Vice President
  • 1995. 9. Opened Korea's First Women's Studies Library on Campus
  • 1996. 3. Dr. Cho, Won-Young as Third President of DWU; Moved College of Design & Graduate School of Design to Design Research Center Building in Chungdam-dong
  • 1997. 5. Established DWU Library Information Network System (DULINET)
  • 1997. 12. Opened Two New Buildings on Main Campus: Soonginkwan & Women's Studies Center
  • 1998. 5. Concluded Cooperative Agreement with Open Cyber University (OCU)
  • 1998. 10. Opened Dongduk Student Service Center
  • 1999. 3. Opened The Art Center (Yesoolkwan)
  • 1999. 11. Ms. Lee, Eun-Joo as Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees
• 2000's

2000. 05. Opened The Yuldong Memorial Music Hall
2001. 11. Opened The Performing Arts Center
2003. 11. Dr. Song, Suk-Goo as Fifth President of DWU
2004. 07. Dr. Park, Sang-Gi as Chairman of the Board of Trustees
2004. 10. Dr. Son, Bong-Ho as Sixth President of DWU
As of 2008, 8 Colleges, 6 Departments, 18 Majors: College of Humanities, College of Social Science, College of Natural Science, College of Information, College of Pharmacy, College of Arts, College of Design, College of Performing Arts7 Graduate Schools: General Graduate School, Graduate School of Fashion Design, Graduate School of Design, Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Graduate School of Education, Graduate School of Obesity Science, Graduate School of Performing Arts 2005. 03 Signed MOU with California State University, Sacramento(U.S.A.), Ochanomizu University(Japan) 2005. 05 Signed MOU with Ministry of Employment and Labor(Seoul)
2005. 10 Signed MOU with Zhejiang(浙江大學) University(China), Opened Center for Teaching & Learning, Accredited Department of Beauty Enhancement in Graduate School
2006. 01 Opened the Art and Craft Institute
2006. 03 Signed MOU with Meiji University (Japan), Opened Division of Family & Child Studies and Department of Model Major Renaming the Social Education Center for Women to the Dongduk Women’s Continuing Education Center
2006. 09 Signed MOU with Lueneburg University(Germany), Opened co-department of Korean Language Education and Creative Writing in Graduate School, Opened Graduate School of Obesity, Beauty & Health Science, Graduate School of International Culture Dr. Hong, Seong-Am as Acting President
2007. 03 Signed MOU with Siegen University (Germany) and University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambresis (France)
2007. 12 Signed MOU with The Paul-Verlaine University in Metz (France) and Northumbria University (U.K.)
2008. 03 Signed MOU with Friedrich-Schiller Universitat Jena (Germany)
2008. 09 Dr. Kim, Un-Bae as Acting President
2010. 02 Dr. Maeng, Won-Jai as the foundation chairman of the board of the trustees
2010. 03 Dr. Kim, Yoon-Sik as acting president
2011. 02 Dr. Kim, Young Rae as the seventh president
Currently, there are 9 Colleges and 30 Departments:

• College of Humanities - Humanities, English, Japanese, French, German, Chinese
• College of Social Sciences - Business Administration, Economics, International Business, Library and Information Science, Social Welfare, Child Development and Education
• College of Natural Sciences - Food and Nutrition, Health Sciences, Physical Education, Applied Chemistry
• College of Information Science - Computer Science, Statistics and Information Science
• College of Pharmacy - Pharmacy
• College of Arts - Painting, Digital Craft Arts, Curatorial Studies and Art Management, Piano, Orchestral Instruments, Vocal music
• College of Design - Design
• College of Performance Arts - Dance, Media Arts and Entertainment, Applied Music, Modeling
• College of Liberal Arts and Teaching Profession

7 Graduate Schools:

• General Graduate School
• Graduate School of Fashion Design
• Graduate School of Design
• Graduate School of Education
• Graduate School of Performing Arts
• Graduate School of Obesity, Beauty and Health Sciences
• Graduate School of International Culture