Yonsei University
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| Motto | The truth will set you free. (John 8:32) 진리가 너희를 자유케 하리라. (요한복음 8:32) |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | Hospital established in 1885 by royal support, college installed in 1915. The university was established on January 5, 1957 by merger of the two Christian institutions. |
| Affiliation | Christianity |
| President | Yong-Hak Kim |
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Academic staff
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4,518 |
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Administrative staff
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6,788 |
| Students | 38,725 |
| Undergraduates | 26,731 |
| Postgraduates | 11,994 |
| Location | Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colours | Royal blue |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Website | www.yonsei.ac.kr/en_sc/ |
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| Yonsei University | |
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| Revised Romanization | Yeonse Daehakgyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏnse Taehakkyo |
| University rankings | |
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| Global | |
| ARWU | 201-300 |
| Times | 251-300 |
| QS | 112 |
| Asia | |
| Times | 37 |
| QS | 25 18 |
Yonsei University (연세대학교 (延世大學校) [jʌnsʰeː]) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of Korea's three SKY universities, considered the most prestigious in the country. Yonsei was established in 1885 and is the oldest university in South Korea.
The student body consists of 38,725 students: 26,731 undergraduate students, 11,994 graduate students, 4,518 faculty members, 6,788 staff, and 257,931 alumni. Yonsei operates its main campus in Seoul and has extensive programs in Korean and English.
The university was established in January 1957 through the union of Yonhi College (연희전문학교; 延禧專門學校) and Severance Union Medical College (세브란스 의과대학; 세브란스 醫科大學). This was a result of a lasting bilateral cooperation between the colleges that began in the 1920s. The institutions were new to Korea at the time of their inception. Yonhi College was one of the first modern colleges, founded as Chosun Christian College (조선기독교대학; 朝鮮基督教大學) in March 1915. Severance has its roots in the first modern medical center in Korea, Gwanghyewon (광혜원 廣惠院, House of Extended Grace), founded in April, 1885. As a tribute, the name 'Yonsei' was derived from the first syllables of the names of its two parent institutions, 'Yon; 연; 延' from Yonhi College and 'Sei; 세; 世' from Severance Union Medical College.
In the symbol of Yonsei University, there is a shield. In the shield, 'ㅇ' means sky, 'ㅡ' means land and 'ㅅ' means human. On the left side of 'ㅇ', the book is truth; on the right side, the torch is freedom. The shield defends these two ideologies.
The Yonsei University Medical School dates to April 10, 1885, when the first modern hospital to practice western medicine in Korea, Gwanghyewon, was established.
The hospital was founded by Horace Newton Allen, the American protestant missionary appointed to Korea by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The hospital was renamed Jejungwon (제중원 濟衆院, House of Universal Helpfulness) on April 26. As there appeared difficulties, the Church appointed Canadian Oliver R. Avison to run Jejungwon on July 16, 1893. Gwanghyewon was financed at first by the Korean government, while the medical staff was provided by the church. However, by 1894 when the First Sino-Japanese War and Gabo reforms (갑오개혁) took place, the government was not able to continue its financial support and thus, management of Jejungwon came fully under the church. In 1899, Avison returned to the U.S. and attended a conference of missionaries in New York City where he elaborated on the medical project in Korea. Louis Severance, a businessman and philanthropist from Cleveland, Ohio, was present and deeply moved. He later paid for the major portion of the construction cost of new buildings for the medical facility. Jejungwon (제중원) was renamed Severance Hospital after his name.
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