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Dongguk University

Private university in Seoul, South Korea

Dongguk University

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Dongguk University (Korean: 동국대학교) is a private university in Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. It is a Buddhist-affiliated university with a long history of Buddhist education, and is a member of the International Association of Buddhist Universities. Dongguk University is well known for its Department of Film & Digital Medias. It is home to the Dongguk University Chungmuro Visual Arts Center, a major facility for film and visual-media production and research and a historical birthplace of Korean cinema. The university hosts and participates in various film-related events and programs. Established in 1906 as Myeongjin School (명진학교; 明進學校) by Buddhist pioneers of the Association of Buddhism Research (불교연구회; 佛敎硏究會), the university gained full university status with its current name in 1953. The university's symbol animal is an elephant, which stemmed from Queen Māyā of Sakya's precognitive dream of a white elephant about the birth of the Buddha, and the symbol flower is a lotus blossom...

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