Dong-Eui University (Korean: 동의대학교) is a private university in Busan, a metropolitan city on the southeastern coast of South Korea. The university comprises 10 colleges and offers 116 master's and doctoral programs across six graduate schools, It has an enrollment of approximately 22,992 students and employs around 1,690 faculty and staff members. Dong-Eui is particularly known for its medicine and engineering departments. It also has a strong reputation in management, health sciences, nursing, and various other scientific disciplines.
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Colleges and graduate schools
Colleges
College of Humanities
College of Law and Government
College of Commerce and Economics
College of Natural Sciences
College of Korean Medicine
College of Human Ecology
College of Engineering
College of Visual Image and Information Technology
College of Art and Design
College of Sport Science
Graduate schools
Graduate School
Graduate School of Public Administration
Graduate School of Business
Graduate School of Industry
Graduate School of Education
Graduate School of Visual Image and Information
History
The university was established in 1979 as a four-year college named Dong-Eui College (동의대학), with an initial enrollment of 400 students. It was founded by the Dong-Eui Educational Foundation (established in 1966), which had also established a middle school, high school, and junior college. Beginning in 1976, the foundation also operated the Kyungdong Engineering Professional School on the future site of the university campus. The college gained university status in 1983 and opened its graduate school the following year. In June 1990, Dong-Eui Hospital and the Korean Medicine Hospital of Dong-Eui University were opened under the name Dong-Eui Medical Center.
University libraries
The University Library system holds over one million book volumes and 2,000 current serial publications. Its collections include maps, newspapers, microforms, government documents, CD-ROMs, research reports, and videos. The system comprises the Central Library and the Korean Medicine Library.
Intercollegiate athletics
The university has a rich heritage in intercollegiate athletics. The university has baseball, men's soccer, men's judo and fencing teams. The baseball team has won national championships four times.
Student housing
The university maintains four residence hall complexes, which house approximately 3,200 students.
Notable people
Juno, singer
Kim Yoon-seok, actor
Oh Dal-su, actor
Kim Jun-ho, fencer
Kim Jung Gi, illustrator