Dongguk University

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Dongguk University
Hangul:	동국대학교
Hanja:	東國大學校
Revised Romanization:	Dongguk Daehakgyo
McCune-Reischauer:	Tong'guk Taehakkyo

Dongguk University is a private Buddhist university in South Korea. It operates campuses in Seoul and in Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province. In addition, it operates two affiliated hospitals of Western medicine, and four of Oriental medicine a generic term which includes Traditional Korean medicine studies.

1 History
2 Academics
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

The university began as Myeongjin School (명진학교) on May 8, 1906. It was closed by the Japanese occupation government from 1922 to 1928, after the Samil Undong uprising, and again in 1944, from the turbulent events surrounding the end of World War II. It was one of the first institutions in the Republic of Korea to gain university status, in the western sense, being designated a university in 1953.

[edit] Academics

The two campuses of Dongguk University provide somewhat different courses of study.

Undergraduate study at the Seoul campus is undertaken through the College of Buddhist Studies, College of Liberal Arts, College of Science, College of Law, College of Social Science, College of Business Administration, College of Life Resources Science, College of Engineering, College of Information & Industrial Science, College of Education, and College of Arts.

The Gyeongju campus hosts Colleges of Buddhist Culture, Humanities, Natural Science, Law & Political Science, Commerce & Economics, Tourism, Oriental Medicine, and Medicine.

Most graduate courses are provided at the Seoul campus. However, two graduate schools operate at the Gyeongju campus, those of Buddhist Culture and Fine Art, and Social Science.