Dankook University

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Dankook University
Hangul:	단국대학교
Hanja:	檀國大學校
Revised Romanization:	Danguk Daehakgyo
McCune-Reischauer:	Tan'guk Taehakkyo

Dankook University is a private university in Seoul, South Korea. There is also an extension campus in Cheonan, a city in South Chungcheong province, and a third campus is scheduled to open in Yongin in 2006. The university hosts a student body of about 20,000, and employs about 630 instructors.

Contents 1 Academics 2 History 3 Notable alumni 4 Sister schools 4.1 Belarus 4.2 China 4.3 France 4.4 Gabon 4.5 Germany 4.6 Ghana 4.7 Hungary 4.8 Japan 4.9 Laos 4.10 Malaysia 4.11 Mexico 4.12 Mongolia 4.13 Peru 4.14 Russia 4.15 Spain 4.16 Sweden 4.17 Taiwan 4.18 United Kingdom 4.19 United States 4.20 Vietnam 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Academics

[edit] History

Founded in 1947, Dankook University claims to be the oldest four-year private college in South Korea [1]. Academics were suspended in 1950 after the start of the Korean War, but were resumed in 1951.

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Sister schools

Source: Dankook University website [2]

[edit] Belarus

• Belarusian State University

[edit] China

• Northern Jiaotong University
• Heilongjiang University
• Sun Yat-Sen University
• Nanjing Normal University
• East China Normal University
• Sichuan University

[edit] France

L' Universite De Montpellier

[edit] Gabon

• L' Universite Omar Bongo

[edit] Germany

• Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat, Mainz
• Dekan Fachbereich Architektur Technische Universitat Darmstadt

[edit] Ghana

• University of Ghana

[edit] Hungary

• Budapesti Muzaki Egyetem

[edit] Japan

• Senshu University
• Tsurumi University

[edit] Laos

• National University of Laos

[edit] Malaysia

• Multimedia University

[edit] Mexico

• Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana

[edit] Mongolia

• Soyombo College of Public Administration

[edit] Peru

• Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
• Universidad Catolica de Peru

[edit] Russia

• Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Institute of Economic Research, Khabarovsk
• St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology
• St. Petersburg State University
• Far Eastern National University

[edit] Spain

• Universidad de Salamanca

[edit] Sweden

• Stockholm University

[edit] Taiwan

• Tamkang University

[edit] United Kingdom

• University of Wales, Bangor
• University of Gloucestershire

[edit] United States

• Southern Oregon University
• Ohio Northern University
• Graduate School of Public Administration, George Mason University
• Wichita State University
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• St. Vincent Hospital & Medical Center
• School of Dentistry, University of Washington
• California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• School of Dentistry, Indiana University
• California State University, Long Beach
• College of Social Work, University of South Carolina
• Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• California State University, San Bernardino
• Madonna University
• Shenandoah University
• Center for Global Education, George Mason University
• School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles

[edit] Vietnam

• Hanoi National University of Technology

[edit] See also

• List of colleges and universities in South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics
• Education in South Korea
• List of sister schools of Dankook University

[edit] External links

• Official school website, in English and Korean