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In Mongolia, Korean language education began in 1990 when Korea and Mongolia established diplomatic relations, and it was National university of Mongolia which founded the department of Korean language for the first time, in 1991. Now, Mongolia has 25 universities which teach Korean language, including 19 universities that have the department of Korean language or the department of Koreanology. This study examine the education of Korean literature which is taught in a undergraduate courses of the department of Korean language (or Koreanology) in Mongolia. The reason is that the education of Korean literature, as a part of Korean language teaching, has been carried out as an effective way for improvement of Korean language skill and the education of Korean culture and besides, in teaching Korean literature itself in multidimensional ways, the importance is growing bigger. Firstly, the study surveys the present operating state of the education of Korean literature in the department of Korean language (Koreanology) in Mongolia. Secondly, it shows the present operating state of the education of Korean literature in the department of Koreanology and the department of Korean language at (a private university) Ulraanbaatar university, by objectives, curriculums and course materials, teaching-learning methods, and assessments respectively. Thirdly, it suggests some of the improvement directions for the education of Korean literature. This survey was conducted by interviewing professors personally, telephone surveys, e-mail interviews and surveying learners of Korean language. (a private university) Ulraanbaatar university is the first university founded by a Korean in Mongolia, so it has much more learners of Korean language and faculty members than any others. It can be considered to have taken a leading role in the education of Korean literature, therefore, this university was chosen as the most appropriate one for case study of the education of Korean literature. The biggest problems in the education of Korean literature at the universities in Mongolia are lack of faculty members for teaching Korean literature, nothingness of proper textbooks, quantitative shortage and qualitative inferiority for Mongolian language version of auxiliary textbooks, and so on. Therefore, I came to the conclusion that it is urgent to train teaching professors, make universities as footholds for retraining existing professors, translate various Korean literature works, educate expert translators for qualitative improvement of translations, have a variety of events like poetry readings which attract attention, and make diversification of teaching methods.