Established in 1920, Duksung Women’s University is a private institution focused on humanities, social sciences, and art education with emerging science programs.
Address: 29 Tongil-ro 8-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Education, Humanities, Art
Domains taught:
- Industrial Design, Life Sciences
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Master
Status:
- Private
Partnerships:
Domestic partnerships with women’s education organizations
Research:
Research in women’s studies and liberal arts
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
300
Current students***:
4800
Foreign students***:
25%
Cumulative former students***:
40000
Pros
Strong support for women students
Cons
Limited STEM offerings
Best For
Women’s education and arts
Most Similar Schools Locally
- For students who like the life sciences focus of this university but want another option nearby, Seoul Women's University fits well: it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's and master's.
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of industrial design and life sciences can consider Daejeon University, and it is also a private institution and runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes.
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of life sciences can consider Sungshin Women's University, and it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's and master's.
- Where this university leans on industrial design, Paichai University does the same, and it runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes and covers project management and engineering as well.
- Another national school that puts industrial design at the centre is Sangmyung University, and it is slightly larger, at about 7,000 students against roughly 4,800 here, and is also a private institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on life sciences is Brandeis University in the United States, and it covers finance and microbiology and genetics as well, and has almost the same size, at about 4,696 students.
- Medical University of Graz offers an international parallel to this institution, with life sciences as common ground; it has almost the same size, at about 5,110 students, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
- For life sciences outside the home country, Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria is a natural reference; it is public, whereas this institution is private, and also offers doctoral programmes.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on life sciences is Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in the United States, and it covers bioinformatics and microbiology and genetics as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 4,200 students against roughly 4,800 here.
- China Medical University Taichung in Taiwan shares the life sciences orientation of this institution, and it covers microbiology and genetics and bioengineering as well, and is larger, enrolling about 8,000 students against roughly 4,800 here.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Research and Development, Social Engineering, User experience (UX), User-Centered Design
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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