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Accordingly, the medical school was renamed as Severance Union Medical College in 1913. [11] The rest of Yonsei University traces its origins to Chosun Christian College, which was founded on March 5, 1915, by an American Protestant missionary, Horace Grant Underwood sent by the church. Underwood became the first president, and Avison became ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... The following are lists of all presidents of Yonsei University, [1] ... and Severance Medical School. [3] Yonsei ...
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]
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.
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 ]
Horace Newton Allen (April 23, 1858 – December 11, 1932) was an American diplomat, missionary and physician who was American ambassador to Korea from 1897 to 1905. Along with Robert Samuel Maclay, Allen was one of the first Western Protestant missionaries in Korea, arriving there on September 15, 1884.
1924: Headquarters and preparatory departments of Keijō Imperial University was founded by Japan. This university is the main predecessor to Seoul National University. 1926: Three departments (namely the departments of Law, Medical Sciences, and Human Sciences) of Keijō Imperial University were opened by Japan.
Yonsei University Mirae Campus is Yonsei University's satellite campus. It was established in Wonju , South Korea in 1978. The campus was created from the merger of Wonju Christian Hospital and Yonsei University.