Datsan

thumb|300px|Ivolginsky datsan thumb|300px|Tseezhe-Burgaltaysky datsan, [[Buryatia, Russia]]

Datsan (, , ; derived from ) is the term used for Buddhist university monasteries in the Tibetan tradition of Gelukpa located throughout Mongolia, Tibet and Siberia. As a rule, in a datsan there are two departments—philosophical and medical. Sometimes a department of tantric practices is added to them where the monks study only after finishing education in the philosophical department.