Daegu National University of Education, commonly abbreviated as Daegu-gyodae (Korean: 대구교대) in Korean, is one of the National Universities of Education which provides training courses for preliminary teachers in the public primary schools of South Korea.
In 1962, it was briefly attached to Kyungpook National University as a two-year college, but the institutions were separated again the following year.
The undergraduate courses of study at DNUE are divided between general education and specific training in teaching.
The university offers courses of advanced study in the following fields: DNUE consists of the main campus, the Education Research and Training Institute, and two attached schools.
There is a men's dormitory on the main campus, located in An-ji-rang station with DNUE's Research and Training Institute.
The main campus is situated in the core part of the city of Dae-gu and was finally rooted in 1953.
It also has its own subway station called Gyo Dae (교대), which means 'Educational University' in the Korean language.
Campus facilities include two lecture halls (gangyidong 강의동), a large playground, two libraries, one science laboratory, the main office, a music lecture hall, an art hall, two gyms (one large and one smaller), a concert hall (called munhwagwan, 문화관), the student union and cafeteria, a community center, a women's dormitory building, a greenhouse for practical arts education, the security office, two parks, a wooden pavilion, two tennis courts, two volleyball courts, two basketball courts, and a monument with a carving of the university's motto (usually called dong-ddaeng 동땡 by university students).
Furthermore, it recently opened a Facebook page to more freely communicate with students and hear their opinions.