Let Λ and Γ be artin algebras and ΛUΓ a faithfully balanced selforthogonal bimodule. In this paper, we first introduce the notion of k-Gorenstein modules with respect to ΛUΓ and then characterize it in terms of the U -resolution dimension of some special injective modules and the property of the functors Ext(Ext(−, U), U) preserving monomorphisms, which develops a classical result of Auslander....