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The Yonsei University Medical School dates to April 10, 1885, when the first modern hospital to practice Western medicine in Korea, Gwanghyewon, was established. [7] The hospital was founded by Horace Newton Allen , the American Protestant missionary appointed to Korea by the Presbyterian Church in the USA .
In 1947, after the end of World War II and Japanese rule of Korea, the medical school was upgraded to "Severance Medical College". On 5 January 1957, the Severance Medical College was united with Yonhee University under the name of "Yonsei University". [5]
List of medical schools in South Korea. ... Yonsei University, ... Jeonbuk National University, Medical School;
Chejungwon (Korean: 제중원; Hanja: 濟衆院) is a medical institution in Seoul, South Korea that is affiliated with the Yonsei University Health System. It was founded in 1885, and is considered the first Western medical institution in Korea. It became affiliated with Yonhee University, the predecessor to Yonsei University, in 1957.
Korea University of Science and Technology – Seoul, Suwon, Changwon, Ansan, Seongnam, and Daejeon Korea University of Technology and Education – Cheonan, South Chungcheong Korean National University of Cultural Heritage – Buyeo County , South Chungcheong
Avison also expanded the Hospital to include the first modern medical school in Korea, which is now known as Yonsei University College of Medicine. [7] He was the principal of Severance Union Medical College and Chosen Christian College for eighteen years and integrated them to be one university. [8]
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's presidential office said on Friday it was open to revising a plan to increase medical school admissions which has triggered months of protests by doctors nationwide.
SKY is an unofficial grouping and acronym for the three most prestigious and academically competitive universities located in Seoul, South Korea. It includes Seoul National University, Korea University, and Yonsei University. [1] The term is widely used in South Korea, both in the media and by the universities themselves.