Dankook University is a private university in South Korea. Dankook University has been constantly recognized as one of top universities in Asia ranked 148th in Asia by QS Asian Universities Ranking in 2010. The main campus boasts technologically advanced classrooms, high-end facilities, ample dorm space and one of Korea's most aesthetically beautiful university campuses. The extension campus is located in Cheonan, a city in South Chungcheong province, which sits on the face of hills and a lake. Our Cheonan campus includes the largest hospital in the region and one of Korea's top dental programs, as well as the only 4-year Mongolian Language and Literature Department in Korea. Dankook University was the first private university established after Korea gained independence in 1947. The progressive spirit behind the founding of Dankook University still leads the university today as it continues to rewrite the history of higher education in Korea. During the past sixty years, Dankook University has endlessly displayed its frontier spirit as it introduced its second campus, and undertook major efforts to become a globalized university. The university hosts a student body of about 26,000, and employs an instructional faculty of about 630.