The Catholic University of Daegu is the largest Catholic-affiliated university in South Korea. The main campus is located some distance outside Daegu in neighboring Gyeongsan, with two smaller campuses within Daegu. The university enrolls about 17,000 students.
[edit] History
The St. Justino Seminary, from which the university claims descent, opened in Daegu on November 1, 1914, having been founded in May of that year. The first four rectors of the school were French missionaries, the first being Fr. Chargeboeuf, also known by his Korean name Song Duck-mang (송덕망). The first Korean rector, Fr. Choi Min-sun (최민순), who took up the post in 1945, was also the last rector of the seminary, which closed due to the turbulent events of that year, sending most of its students home in May but remaining open until December to allow the final class of 4 to graduate.
In 1952, the Hyosung Women's Junior College (효성여자초급대학) was established, offering instruction to 150 students in the fields of music, literature, and home economics. The following year, it became a four-year college, also offering instruction in pharmacology. The college continued to expand steadily in the following years, establishing its graduate school in 1972 and gaining university status in 1980.
[edit] Sister schools
Daegu Catholic University maintains international sisterhood relations with 31 universities in 13 countries: Georgia Southern University, Doane College, Mississippi State University, Kettering University in the USA; Aichi Shukutoku University, Beppu University, Elisabeth University of Music, Sophia University, and Saga University in Japan; The Central University of Nationalities, China National Academy of Fine Art, Jiangxi Normal University, and Yanbian University in China; Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan; Donsky State Technical University, Russian Peoples' Friendship University, Saint Petersburg State University, Russian State University for the Humanities, and Buryat State University in Russia; Tashkent University in Uzbekistan; Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca in Spain; Universidad de Guadalajara in Mexico; Ferenc Liszt Academic of Music in Hungary; the University of Saint La Salle of in the Phillippines; the Australian Catholic University; Universite Catholique De Lille in France; and Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra, Conservatorio di Musica S. Cecilia di Roma, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Universita per Stranieri di Perugia, and the Conservatorio Statale Di Musica, in Italy.
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