Established in 1978, the College of Oriental Medicine is located in Onbanggol, a propitious site of Gyeongju which is an ancient city of 1,000-year history. Carrying on the Buddhist spirit of wisdom and benevolence, it has performed education and research of fundamental medicine and clinics. Based on Buddha’s teachings, the College improves learning and character, and makes its best efforts for strict management of academic affairs and construction of the highly advanced educational environment in order to cultivate competent specialists who can make contributions to human health. Centering around three hospitals of oriental medicine attached to the University including the hospital attached to the College of Medicine and the College of Oriental Medicine of Dongguk University (Buddhist General Hospital), it is carrying out clinical practices actively. On the other hand, a medical service team consisting of students, alumni doctors, and faculty is doing activities for improvement of health in the community.       Recently, Oriental Medicine is getting much interest from the medical world as Western Medicine gets to face certain limits in clinical treatment and diagnoses. Therefore, for the diseases that are too difficult to cure with Western Medicine (local and analytic diagnoses and remedy), the approach of Oriental Medicine, which is comprehensive and overall, is getting more strength. The modern Oriental Medicine has grown in knowledge, coming out of the classical education and research methods, it has made many scientific achievements through research and experiments, and remedial clinics within the system of a college. As a result, Oriental Medicine can cure diseases which Western Medicine is incapable of curing even by genetic therapy. The College teaches the traditional Oriental Medicine and the acupuncture remedy, which depend on physical constitution, and also develops and teaches various new medical treatments, such as pharmaceutical acupuncture, and scent treatment. The curriculum is divided into the preparatory course of 2 years and the regular course of 4 years. In the preparatory course, students learn cultural subjects related to Oriental Medicine (readings in Chinese, oriental philosophy), basic theories of Oriental Medicine (medical classic Chinese, medical herbology - medical pharmaceutical plant), and basic knowledge of medicine (biochemistry, histology, anatomy). The regular course handles clinical treatment (diagnosis, treatment, practice) including physiology, pathology, physical examination, pharmacology, oriental physiology, oriental pathology, medical herbology, oriental prescription, oriental physical examination, acupuncturogical points, internal medicine (Gan’s system, Sin’s system, Pye’s system, Sim’s system, and Bi’s system), acupuncture & moxibustion, obstetrics & gynecology, pediatrics, psycho-neurology, otolaryngology, physical constitutional medicine, etc. Through this curriculum, the College teaches students to have basic knowledge of Oriental Medicine, to master clinical techniques, to be able to interpret and apply various research results, and to participate in academic activities in and out of the country.