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Gachon University of Medicine and Science (formerly Gachon Medical School) is a medical school
Medical school

A medical school is a tertiary educational institution?or part of such an institution?that teaches medicine.In addition to a medical degree program, some medical schools offer programs leading to a Master's Degree, Doctor of Philosophy , or other post-secondary education....
 on Ganghwa Island
Ganghwa Island

Ganghwa Island is an island in the estuary of the Han River , on the west coast of South Korea. About 65,500 people live on the island. With an area of 302.4 km?, it constitutes most of Ganghwa County, a division of Incheon Municipality....
 in Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon
Incheon

Incheon is a Special cities of Korea and a major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul.Human settlement at the location goes back to the Neolithic....
, South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
. It has attained the legal status of a university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
. It has had its current name since 2005.

Campus
The campus is located on southern Ganghwa Island, and covers an area of 82,000 square metres. It lies within Gilsang-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, within the city limits
City limits

----The term city limits refers to the defined boundary of a city....
 of Incheon.






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Gachon University of Medicine and Science (formerly Gachon Medical School) is a medical school
Medical school

A medical school is a tertiary educational institution?or part of such an institution?that teaches medicine.In addition to a medical degree program, some medical schools offer programs leading to a Master's Degree, Doctor of Philosophy , or other post-secondary education....
 on Ganghwa Island
Ganghwa Island

Ganghwa Island is an island in the estuary of the Han River , on the west coast of South Korea. About 65,500 people live on the island. With an area of 302.4 km?, it constitutes most of Ganghwa County, a division of Incheon Municipality....
 in Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon
Incheon

Incheon is a Special cities of Korea and a major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul.Human settlement at the location goes back to the Neolithic....
, South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
. It has attained the legal status of a university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
. It has had its current name since 2005.

Campus


The campus is located on southern Ganghwa Island, and covers an area of 82,000 square metres. It lies within Gilsang-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, within the city limits
City limits

----The term city limits refers to the defined boundary of a city....
 of Incheon. Like the rest of Ganghwa Island, it is connected to the mainland by road.

Organization


There are five graduate school
Graduate school

A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees, such as Doctorate with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous Undergraduate education degree....
s and two undergraduate faculties at Gachon Medical School. These are the faculties of life sciences and medicine
Medicine

Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, and the graduate schools of general medicine, health, hospital management, nursing
Nursing

Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the detail-oriented care of individuals, family, and community in attaining, maintaining, and recovering optimal health and functioning....
, and multimedia
Multimedia

Multimedia is media and content that utilizes a combination of different content format. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms....
 information. In addition, the school maintains a number of affiliated facilities, including a variety of research centres.

History


The school received permission to open in 1997, and opened its doors in March 1998 as "Gachon Medical College." The founder was Lee Gil-nyeo. The school gained university status in March 1999, and in November of that year opened the graduate school.

Sister Schools


The school cooperates academically with Humboldt University in Germany, Nihon University
Nihon University

Nihon University is the largest university in Japan. Akiyoshi Yamada, the minister of justice, founded Nihon Law School in October 1889.Most of the Campuses are spread out across the Kanto region, especially 5 of the 15 colleges which are in Tokyo....
 in Japan, Peking University
Peking University

Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China. It is the first formally established modern research university, and the first national university of China....
 in China, and Thomas Jefferson University
Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas Jefferson University is a private health sciences university in Center City, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States....
 in the United States. 40-50 international students are invited to the campus each year, primarily for a summer intensive program.

See also


  • List of colleges and universities in South Korea
    List of colleges and universities in South Korea

    A list of institutions of higher education in South Korea....
  • Education in South Korea
    Education in South Korea

    Education in South Korea is important for success and competition is consequently very heated and fierce. A centralized administration oversees the process for the education of children from kindergarten to the High school senior....
  • List of Korea-related topics
    List of Korea-related topics

    This is a list of articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. For help on how to use this list, see the #Introduction below....


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