Hangul 동신대학교 Revised Romanization Dongsin Daehakgyo Acceptance rate 19.9% (2014) Phone +82 61-330-3114 Founded 31 December 1986 | Hanja 東新大學校 McCune–Reischauer Tongshin Taehakkyo Total enrollment 7,075 (2014) Province South Jeolla Province | |
Address 185, Geonjae-ro, Naju-si, Jeollanam-do, South Korea Notable alumni Yook Sungjae, Lim, Yeon-Ung, Bae Sang Duk Similar Honam University, Mokpo National University, Chosun University, Kwangju Women's University, Chonnam National University Profiles | ||
Dongshin University is a private university in southwestern South Korea. Its campus is located in Naju, a city in South Jeolla province which borders Gwangju. It enrolls about 7,000 students; the class of 2003 contained 1,378 students [1]. The current president is Kyun-Bum Lee.
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Dongshin university
Academics
Engineering, originally the school's sole focus, continues to be that of its College of Engineering. Additional undergraduate courses of study are provided through the College of Information and Science, College of Humanities and Social Science, College of Art, and College of Oriental Medicine. The university provides graduate instruction through its general graduate school, as well as the graduate schools of education and social development.
History
Having received permission to open in July 1985, the school held its first classes in 1987. At that time it bore the name Dongshin College of Engineering (동신공과학대학). The current name was adopted when the school gained university status in 1992.
Sister schools
Dongshin University maintains international ties with 12 universities in China, 5 in the United States, and 1 each in Canada (University of Alberta), Japan (Momoyama Gakuin University), Indonesia (Pancasila University), and Australia (Edith Cowan University).