Dongduk Women's University (DWU) is a private university in Seoul, South Korea. Dongduk Women's University is originated from Dongwon Girls School, founded in 1950. DWU is composed of eight colleges, six departments, 18 majors, 16 departments of majors, and seven graduate schools. It has about 7,500 students and 350 faculty members. Facilities include its Design Research Center in Chungdam, Performing Art Center in Daehangno, and Dongduk Art Gallery in Insadong. Academics Undergraduate offerings at Dongduk Women's University are divided among the Division of Humanities 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. History Dongduk Women's University was established 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. 1900s 1950 Founded Dongduk Women's College (DWC) 1952 Dr. Cho, Dong-Shik as the First President of Dongduk Women's College 1960 Lee, Kyung-Se as the Chairman of the Board of DWC 1961 Dr. Cho, Young-Wook as the Second President of DWC 1963 Dr. Cho, Dong-Shik as the Chairman of the Board of DWC 1967 Moved to current campus in Wolgok-dong, Seoul 1970 Dr. Lee, Neung-Woo as Chairman of the Board 1976 Dr. Cho, Young-Gak as Chairman of the Board 1980 Established Dongduk Women's Graduate School 1981 Dr. Jung, Hae-Dong as Third President 1983 Dr. Kim, Jong-Hyub as President 1987 Accredited as a University with four colleges (Humanities, Social Science, Natural Science, and Arts & Physical Education) 1988 Dr. Kim, Jong-Hyub as First President of Dongduk Women's University and Dr. Cho, Won-Young as Vice President 1995 Opened Korea's First Women's Studies Library on campus 1996 Dr. Cho, Won-Young as Third President of DWU; moved College of Design & Graduate School of Design to Design Research Center Building in Chungdam-dong 1997 Established DWU Library Information Network System (DULINET) 1997 Opened two new buildings on Main Campus: Soonginkwan & Women's Studies Center 1998 Concluded cooperative agreement