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Dongseo University now supports King Sejong institutes in three countries: Lithuania, Indonesia and Russia.

Dongseo University leads the way in spreading Korean language education and Korean culture through King Sejong Institutes.

On June 8th, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the King Sejong Institute officially announced the 2017 New King Sejong Institute designations, in which six new King Sejong institutes were designated in six different countries, including the King Sejong Institute in Russia.

Dongseo University has garnered a high approval rating in its application for a joint venture with Astrakhan State University, which is located in the delta of Russia’s Volga River Estuary. In 2017, 51 organizations from 27 countries applied for the King Sejong Institute designation project.

Administrators from the newly designated King Sejong Institute will attend the 9th World Korean Language Educators' Conference held in Seoul from July 18^thto July 21^stand receive an appointment letter as the largest exchange program for Korean language education in Korea.

Dongseo University has also been operating a King Sejong Institute in Lithuania since 2014 and in Indonesia since 2015. The King Sejong Institute of Lithuania is run with Mykolas Romeris University, and the King Sejong Institute of Indonesia is run with Petra Christian University, each of which is a sister university of Dongseo. The number of students applying to the King Sejong institutes is increasing and the institutes are proving to be very popular.

“It was possible to achieve this success because our university has made great achievements in the operation of King Sejong institutes in other countries,” said President Jekuk Chang. “Dongseo University is a global university and it will do its best to spread Korean language and culture abroad.”