Dongduk Women's University

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Dongduk Women's University
Hangul 동덕여자대학교
Hanja 同德女子大學校
Revised Romanization Dongdeok Yeoja Daehakgyo
McCune-Reischauer Tongdŏk Yŏja Taehakkyo

Dongduk Women's University is a private university in Seoul, South Korea. It enrolls about 6,200 students, and employs around 170 instructors.

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[edit] Academics

Undergraduate offerings at Dongduk Women's University are divided among the Division of Humanities (which provides courses of study in the liberal arts) and the university's eight colleges: the College of Humanities (which includes foreign-language courses), College of Social Science, College of Natural Science, College of Computer and Information Science, College of Pharmacy, College of Arts, College of Design, and College of Performance Arts.

Graduate offerings are divided between the general graduate school and several specialized graduate schools: Fashion, Information Science, Women's Development, Education, Performance Arts, and Obesity Research.

[edit] History

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.

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