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Yonsei University is a highly selective and prestigious major research university, located in Seoul
Seoul

Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
, 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....
. Established in 1885, it is one of the oldest universities in South Korea.

The university was formally established in January, 1957 through the union of Yonhi College and Severance Union Medical College. This was a result of a lasting bilateral cooperation between the two colleges which had begun much earlier, in the 1920s.






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Yonsei University is a highly selective and prestigious major research university, located in Seoul
Seoul

Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
, 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....
. Established in 1885, it is one of the oldest universities in South Korea.

The university was formally established in January, 1957 through the union of Yonhi College and Severance Union Medical College. This was a result of a lasting bilateral cooperation between the two colleges which had begun much earlier, in the 1920s. The institutions were new to Korea at the time of their inception — Yonhi was one of the first modern colleges, founded originally as Chosun Christian College in March, 1915, and Severance has its roots in the first modern medical center in Korea, Gwanghyewon, founded in April, 1885. As a tribute, the name 'Yon-sei' was derived from the first syllables of the names of its two parent institutions.

History


Beginnings (1885 - 1916)

The Yonsei University Medical School dates back to April 10, 1885, when the first modern hospital to practice western medicine in Korea, Gwanghyewon (??? ???, House of Extended Grace), was established.

The hospital was founded by Horace Newton Allen
Horace Newton Allen

Horace Newton Allen was a Protestant medical missionary and a diplomat from the United States. He was born in Delaware, Ohio in April 23, 1858....
, the American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 protestant missionary
Missionary

A 'missionary' is a member of a religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith; someone who Proselytism. The word "mission" is derived from the Latin missioninimus...
 appointed to Korea by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A (from here on the Church). The hospital was renamed Jejungwon (??? ???, House of Universal Helpfulness) on April 23. As there appeared numerous difficulties, the Church appointed Oliver R. Avison to run Jejungwon on July 16, 1893. Initially, Gwanghyewon was financed by the Korean government, while the medical staff was provided by the Church. However, by 1894 when the First Sino-Japanese War
First Sino-Japanese War

The First Sino-Japanese War was a war fought between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji period Imperial Japan over the control of Korea. The Sino-Japanese War would come to symbolize the degeneration and enfeeblement of the Qing Dynasty and demonstrate how successful modernization had been in Japan since the Meiji Restoration as compared with the...
 and Gabo reforms took place, the government was not able to continue its financial support and thus, management of Jejungwon now came fully under the Church. In 1899 Avison returned to the US and attended a conference of missionaries in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 where he elaborated on the medical project in Korea. Louis H. Sevrance, a businessman and philanthropist from Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
, was present and deeply moved. He later paid for the major portion of the construction cost of new buildings for the medical facility. Jejungwon was renamed Severance Hospital
Severance Hospital

The Severance Hospital of the Yonsei University Health System is a hospital located in Sinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, South Korea. It has 3,700 beds, approximately 3,000,000 outpatients and 1,000,000 inpatients annually and is affiliated with Yonsei University College of Medicine....
 in his name.

Jejungwon (later Severance Hospital
Severance Hospital

The Severance Hospital of the Yonsei University Health System is a hospital located in Sinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, South Korea. It has 3,700 beds, approximately 3,000,000 outpatients and 1,000,000 inpatients annually and is affiliated with Yonsei University College of Medicine....
) was primarily a hospital but it also performed medical education as an attachment. The hospital admitted its first class of 16 medical students selected through examinations in 1886, one year after its establishment. By 1899, Jejungwon Medical School was independently and officially recognized. Following the increase of diversity in missionary denominations in Korea, collaboration began to form — with time, Jejungwon began to receive medical staff, school faculty and financial support from the Union Council of Korean Missionaries (?????????) in 1912. Accordingly, the medical school was renamed Severance Union Medical College in 1913.

The rest of Yonsei University traces its origins to Chosun Christian College (???????), which was founded on March 5, 1915, by another American Protestant missionary sent by the Church, Horace Grant Underwood
Horace Grant Underwood

Horace Grant Underwood was a missionary minister, education, and translator who dedicated his life to developing the Korea society andChristianity....
. Underwood became the first president, and Avison vice president. It was located at the YMCA
YMCA

The Young Men's Christian Association was founded on June 6, 1844 in London, United Kingdom, by George Williams . The original intention of the organization was to put Christian principles into practice....
. Courses began in April with 60 students and 18 faculty members.

Underwood died of illness on October 12, 1916, and Avison took over as president.

Under Japanese Rule(I) (1917 - 1936)

On August 22, 1910, Korea was annexed by Japan
Korea under Japanese rule

Korea was under Japanese rule as part of the Imperial Japan during the first half of the 20th century, until the surrender of Japan in 1945. Korea was occupied and declared a Japanese protectorate in 1905 , and officially annexation in 1910 through an Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty....
 with the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty
Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty

The Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty was signed on August 22, 1910 by the representatives of the Korean Empire and Empire of Japans, and was proclaimed to the public on August 29, officially starting the Korea under Japanese rule in Korea....
. The first Governor-General of Korea
Governor-General of Korea

The post of Governor-General of Korea served as the chief administrator of the Japanese government in Korea while it was held as the Japanese colony of Korea under Japanese rule from 1910 to 1945....
, Terauchi Masatake
Terauchi Masatake

Field Marshal Count , Order of the Bath was Field Marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 18th Prime Minister of Japan from 9 October 1916 to 29 September 1918....
, introduced Ordinance on Chosun Education in 1911, and subsequently Regulations on Professional Schools (???? ??) and Revised Regulations on Private Schools (?????? ??) in March, 1915. These were intended to stifle private education in Korea; any establishment of schools, any change in school regulations, location, its purpose, coursework or textbooks must all be reported to and authorized by the governor-general, and all courses must be in Japanese. Severance Union College struggled to meet these requirements; school regulations and coursework were altered, faculty evaluated and enlarged, its foundation and its board clarified. It received its recognition as a professional medical school on May 14, 1917. In 1922 the governor-general Makoto Saito issued Revised Ordinance on Chosun Education (???????). It called for more strict qualification of the faculty, and Severance reacted obediently and further recruited more members with degrees from credited institutions in North America and Europe. Japan did not completely ignore the competence of this institution; in 1923 Severance recovered its right to give medical license to its graduates without state examination, a right which had been lost since 1912. Moreover in March, 1934, Japanese Ministry of Education and Culture further recognized Severance in allowing its graduates the right to practice medicine anywhere within Japanese sovereignty.

Oh Geung Seon became the first Korean president of Severance in 1934.

Ordinances in 1915 and 1922 also affected the fate of Chosun Christian College. First intended as a college, it was not legally recognized as such, since the Ordinance (1915) did not allow the establishment of Korean private colleges. Hence Chosun Christian College, now renamed Yonhi College, was formally accepted only as a professional school on April 17, 1917, then a joint project from diverse missionary denominations. However, Yonhi in reality had formed the organization and faculty becoming a university; it consisted 6 departments: humanities, agriculture, commerce, theology (this department did not open due to the differences among the founding denominations), mathematics & physics, and applied chemistry. The ordinances, furthermore, prohibited coursework in Korean history, its geography
Korean Peninsula

The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. It extends southwards for about 684 miles from continental Asia into the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by the Sea of Japan on the east, the East China Sea to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water....
, or in Bible
Biblical studies

Biblical studies is the academic study of the Judeo-Christian Bible and related texts. For Christianity, the Bible traditionally comprises the New Testament and Old Testament, which together are sometimes called the "Scriptures." Judaism recognizes as scripture only the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Tanakh, an acronym for the Hebrew languag...
 outside the department of theology; council of missionaries reacted with A Resolution on the Revised Educational Ordinance (?????? ?? ???) which carefully pointed out that Japan did not apply such rigorous absurdities to its private schools in mainland Japan.

After March First Independence Movement swept the peninsula in 1919, Japan somewhat relaxed its grip on Korea, and this is reflected in the Ordinance (1922). It ceased the arbitrary control of governor-general over the coursework and the qualification of faculty members, and altered its stance on strict separation of religion from all education. It also recognized Yonhi as a professional school equal to its counterparts in Japan, and permitted the Christian programs and the Bible in its coursework. Nevertheless, Japanese literature became mandatory in turn. Under Japanese intervention, Korean history was taught under the name Eastern History and Korean language was taught whenever possible.

Department of agriculture was closed after 1922 when only its first graduates left Yonhi. There were efforts to revive this department, without much success. However, Yonhi installed a training center for agricultural leaders on campus, with impressive results.

Yonhi was liberal in its admission of non-Christians. Its policy was to admit non-Christians relatively freely and allow the majority Christian students to gradually influence and assimilate them.

Both Severance and Yonhi were closely involved in independence movements. Many faculty members of Severance and Yonhi were directly involved in the March First Independence Movement, as were their students. Severance continued its contribution by printing The Independence in the basement of one of its buildings, and Yonhi was as active as any other school, so that by the end of the movement only 17 students were left. Yonhi students were active participants of Chosun Student Council for Scientific Research (?????????), which was one of the leading groups in the Mansei movement of June 10, 1926. Yonhi Student Council and many faculty members belonging to the clandestine Shin Gan Society (??? ???) gave full support to the Gwangju Student Movement; in the aftermath, students were apprehended, and Shin Gan Society was exposed. Later on, students actively participated in V Narod and Student Enlightenment Movement during 1929 - 1930.

Under Japanese Rule(II): The War Machine (1937 - 1945)

In the late 1930s, Japan again shifted its policy towards Korea in order to incorporate it to its scheme of expansionism. In August, 1936, the new Japanese Governor-General Jiro Minami
Jiro Minami

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Governor-General of Korea between 1936 and 1942....
 began the assimilation of Koreans, in order to exploit them for military purposes; Governor-General enforced Soshi-kaimei
Soshi-kaimei

Soshi-kaimei was a policy created by Jiro Minami, Governor-General of Korea under the Empire of Japan, implemented upon Korea under Japanese rule ....
 and Shintoism on Koreans, and began to recruit Koreans for Japanese war efforts. In April,1938 the third Ordinance on Chosun Education ordered the acceptance of Shintoism, voluntary removal of Korean language in coursework and further intensification of Japanese and Japanese history education. However, Yonhi Professional School did not follow suit and opened courses on the study of Korean language in November, 1938. This was not tolerated for long and in March, 1940, Yonhi was forced to open courses on Japanese studies for each department and each year. From 1938, English also began to come under pressure following a deterioration of relations between Japan and United States; coursework in English was forbidden and texts of English writers were censored. In 1938, President H.H. Underwood accepted the practice of Shintoism to avoid the fate of Yonhi's termination. Governors-General pushed Yonhi to refuse financial support from United States and financial difficulties amounted.
On individual level, Yonhi faculty members and its students were apprehended or investigated during this period for their involvement in real and alleged resistance movements.
In 1939, the United States government recalled all its citizens and missionaries in Korea; Underwood and some of the faculty refused to leave Korea until forced to in 1941-1942 following the outbreak of the pacific war
Pacific War

The Pacific War was the part of World War II?and preceding conflicts?that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in East Asia, between July 7, 1937 and August 14, 1945....
. Japanese military officers were dispatched in Yonhi for military training of its students in 1940 and forced labor began in 1941. Scientific equipments, building parts, and even the Underwood statue were seized then the school yard was turned into drill ground. On August 17, 1942, the board was dismissed and Yonhi was designated as enemy property, and thus was appropriated and further managed directly by an appointee from the Governors-General. Yonhi ceased to be a place of education and was converted into a tool for assimilation of Koreans and exploitation of manpower. By October, 1943, students were practically being conscripted. In 1944 dormitories were converted into barracks and campus was occupied by the Japanese air force. Finally, on May 10, 1944, Governors-General closed Yonhi and replaced it with Kyungsung Industrial Management School (????????), the primary purpose of which was to train engineers required to continue the war.

Due to their value in the time of war, medical students of Severance were not a target of "voluntary recruitment," but Severance also faced Soshi-kaimei, military training, and constant surveillance by the Japanese authorities. Severance was coerced into changing its name to Asahi(?) in 1942.

Liberation and the Korean War (1946 - 1952)

Severance was now approved as a college by the liberated Korean government in 1947. Since the majority of medical institutions in Korea was run by the Japanese, medical staff and faculty were in short supply after their departure. Thus many members of Severance staff and faculty left Severance to assist other institutions. Severance also took up the role of student leadership, and was outspoken against US-Soviet occupation
United States Army Military Government in Korea

The United States Army Military Government in Korea, also known as USAMGIK, was the official ruling body of the southern half of the Korean Peninsula from September 8, 1945 to August 15, 1948....
. In 1950, during the outbreak of the Korean War Severance functioned as a field hospital until Seoul was overrun. Severance fled hurriedly but some faculty members and students were unable to leave in time; some were killed and others were captured then exploited by the advancing North Koreans. Severance seniors joined the military as army surgeons. Although Severance returned to Seoul for a while after its recapture, it had to flee again in December on a LST in 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....
. When Severance arrived in Busan
Busan

Busan Metropolitan City, also known as Pusan is the largest seaport city in South Korea. Busan has a population of 3.65 million and is South Korea's second largest metropolis, after Seoul....
, its medical school joined the wartime college, a temporary body. Meanwhile, the Severance facility in Seoul received heavy damage, as it was located in the center of the city near the Seoul station
Seoul Station

Seoul Station is a major railway station in Seoul, South Korea. The station is served by the Gyeongbu Line, its Gyeongbu Line and the Gyeongui Line, with frequent KTX, express, and local services to various points in South Korea....
. Severance Hospital again returned on April 1, 1952, and its medical college on June 12, 1952.

The US Military initially neglected the restitution Yonhi and held other plans to utilize it as a military hospital or judiciary training center. With time, nevertheless, Yonhi came to be viewed as a missionary institution that was dispossessed by the Governor-General. Yonhi was able to open its doors again on January 21, 1946 and on August 15, 1946, was recognized as a university. Baek Nak Jun became president. It was a period of transition, and Yonhi University faced numerous obstacles including financial ones; it was after 1947 that things settled down. At the time, Korea lacked teachers and Yonhi was asked to provide education and training; Temporary Training Center for Secondary School Teachers in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (?? ????? ???????) was established. In December, 1948, plans for unification of Yonhi and Severance began to take form. Graduate School was formed in July, 1950.
It was at this point that all progress came to a halt due to the Korean War. The university suspended all courses on June 27 and recruited student soldiers. The North Korean military advanced into Yonhi campus and established its headquarters there. This was a cause of severe damage to the campus when the US military recaptured Seoul in September. The university reopened following the recapture of Seoul, but it was once more on the run to Busan in December. On February, 1951, Yonhi joined the wartime college; however, Yonhi kept an independent body and opened its own courses on October 3, 1951. On April 15, 1953 Yonhi began its work on restoration; Yonhi returned to its campus in the fall.

1953 - 1959

In 1957, Severance Medical College and Hospital and Yonhi University merged to form Yonsei University. Today, Yonsei operates its main campus in Seoul and a satellite campus in Wonju
Wonju

Wonju is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in Gangwon-do province, South Korea. It is now the largest city in the province.Wonju is a city approximately 90 miles east of Seoul....
, Gangwon
Gangwon-do (South Korea)

Gangwon-do is a Administrative divisions of South Korea of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. Before the division of Korea in 1945, Gangwon and its North Korean neighbour Kangwon-do formed a single province....
 Province.

Sources: The sections Beginnings, Under Japanese Rule(I), Under Japanese Rule(II): The War Machine, Liberation and the Korean War are largely based on ???????? 100 Years of Yonsei University History, Yonsei University Press.

Reputation


Yonsei University is widely recognized as the top private university in Korea, and one of the top two universities overall in the country. Yonsei University is ranked as the world's 96th according to an SCI paper published in 2007.

Yonsei University operates the Underwood International College
Underwood International College

Underwood International College is a college of Yonsei University, a private university based in Seoul, South Korea. UIC is the newest undergraduate college at Yonsei University, and is the only program at the university to conduct classes exclusively in English....
 (UIC), a four-year program of classes taught exclusively in English. By providing generous scholarships and high pay, the UIC has attracted top students and faculty members from around the world, making it an "academic landmark in Asia" according to Newsweek International.

Yonsei University is also the home of the most reputable Korean language institute in Korea. Yonsei KLI caters to students studying Korean from all parts of the world with beginning classes taught in various languages.

University shield


The "?" and "?" in the University shield derived from the first letters of each syllable in "??"(Yonsei). The circle "?" represents the ideal of a complete and well-rounded person, while the "?" symbolizes the upward-looking striving for scholarly excellence. In addition, the "?" stands for Heaven(?), the "?" represents the horizon of the Earth(?), and "?" signifies Man(?) as expressed in the Chinese character. The open book stands for Truth, the torchlight signifies Freedom, and the shield protects these two core principles of the University.

Yonsei Songdo Global Academic Complex

Originally agreed to on May 8,2006 between the city of 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....
 and Yonsei University
Yonsei University

Yonsei University is a highly selective and prestigious major research university, located in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1885, it is one of the oldest universities in South Korea....
, the Yonsei Songdo Global Academic Complex will be an anchor of the R&D aspect of the Songdo area and bolster the Korean education and research industries. Construction will be in two phases with the first phase including the Global Campus, Joint University Campus, R&D Campus, and the Global Academic Village. Phase one is expected to be complete in 2010 allowing phase two to begin the next year in 2011 with further expansion.

The Joint University Campus aspect of the project is expected to be either an overseas campus of a major foreign research university or a joint campus created and managed between such a university and Yonsei University. This joint campus will be integrated and fully compatible with the Yonsei University program.

The Construction of the Yonsei Songdo Global Academic Complex begins on 26, November, 2008.

Organization



  • Colleges
    • Seoul Campus
      • College of Liberal Arts
      • College of Music
      • College of Education Science
      • College of Christianity
      • Underwood International College
        Underwood International College

        Underwood International College is a college of Yonsei University, a private university based in Seoul, South Korea. UIC is the newest undergraduate college at Yonsei University, and is the only program at the university to conduct classes exclusively in English....


    • Wonju Campus


  • Graduate Schools


  • Research Institutes
    • University-wide Research Institutes
    • Intercollegiate Research Institutes
    • College Affiliated Research Institutes
    • Foreign Language Institute


  • Medical Center

Clubs

  • Avenante: Avenante is the only mixed chorus in Yonsei University, composed of both music and non-music majors. Concerts are given twice every year. Practices a variety of songs in many genres, from Missa Solemnis to pop songs to traditional Korean songs. (Official homepage:http://www.freechal.com/ave)


  • IYC(International Yonsei Community): The "International Yonsei Community(IYC) was founded in 1995 for global, multi-cultural exchange within the Yonsei society, including the hundreds of students from all around the world. Under the universal idea to contribute to the worldwide foundation of wisdom and knowledge, to overcome cultural, racial and academic gaps, to promote unity based on deep understanding, IYC took flight. (Official homepage:http://www.iycian.com)


  • The Yonsei International Affairs Review is a student-run academic journal that covers a wide variety of topics ranging from international politics to economics, business and law in forms of an abridged research paper, news analysis, policy review, column, book review or any other analytical writing provided by students interested in these areas. (Official homepage:http://www.yonseireview.com)


  • Note there are more than 100 clubs in Yonsei University, and that the clubs listed here do not represent other clubs.


Notable Alumni


  • Literature & Arts
    • Yun Tong-ju
      Yun Tong-ju

      Yun Dong-ju was a Korean poet active during the Korea under Japanese rule. Known for his writing of lyric poetry as well as Korean independence movement poetry against Empire of Japan, he was born in Longjing , Jiandao, in present-day northeastern China....
      : Poet
    • Jung, Hyun-Jong: Poet
    • Gi, Hyung-Do: Poet
    • Ma, Gwang-su: Writer
    • Gong, Ji-Young: Writer
    • Cha, Beom-Seok: Playwright and director
    • Choi, In-ho: Writer


  • Business
    • Kim Woo-jung
      Kim Woo-jung

      Kim Woo-choong was the founder and former chairman of the Daewoo. Born in December 17th 1936, in Daegu, he was the son of the Provincial Governor....
      : Former founder and CEO of Daewoo
      Daewoo

      Daewoo was a major South Korean chaebol . It was founded on 22 March 1967 as Daewoo Industrial and was dismantled by the Korean government in 1999....
       Group
    • Bang, Woo Young: Honorary President and former CEO of Chosun Daily Newspaper (Chosun Ilbo)
    • Lee, Jae Woong: Founder and CEO of Daum
      Daum

      Daum is a popular web portal in South Korea, with its rival Naver . Daum offers many Internet services to web users, including a popular free web-based e-mail, instant messaging service, Internet Forums, internet shopping and news....
       Communications
    • Song, Ja: Former President of Yonsei University and current CEO of Daekyo
    • Park, Sam Koo: Chairman of Kumho Asiana Group
      Kumho Asiana Group

      Kumho Asiana Group is a large South Korean chaebol , with subsidiaries in the automotive, industry, leisure, logistic, chemical and airline fields....
    • Choi, Do suk: CFO of Samsung Electronics
      Samsung Electronics

      Samsung Electronics is the world's largest electronics company, headquartered in Seocho Samsung Town in Seoul, South Korea. It is the largest South Korean company and the flagship subsidiary of the Samsung Group....
    • Chung Mong-hun
      Chung Mong-hun

      Chung Mong-hun was the 5th son of Chung Ju-yung, the founder of the South Korean Hyundai Group conglomerate. After the death of his father, he took over part of his father's role and became the chairman of Hyundai Asan, the company in charge of various business ventures between North and South Korea....
      : Chairman of Hyundai
      Hyundai

      Hyundai refers to a group of companies and related organizations founded by Chung Ju-yung in South Korea. The first Hyundai company was founded in 1947 as a construction company, and the Hyundai Group eventually became South Korea's largest Conglomerate ....
       Group & Hyundai Asan


  • Politics, Government and Public Service
    • Kim, Hak-Su: UN Under-Secretary-General
    • Kang, Young Woo: Member of National Council On Disability Status
    • Han Seung-soo: President of Fifty-Sixth United Nations General Assembly; Prime Minister
    • Kim, Woo Sik: Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology
    • Yun, Kwan: Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Korea; Prime Minister
    • Ahn Byung-Young: Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Ministry of Education
    • Yoon Hye-Ran: Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient
    • Lee, Hwa Ryoung: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Kim, Suk-soo: Former Prime Minister
    • Kim, Jung-Hyun: Vice Minister of Ministry of Education, Science and Technology


  • Academics
    • Chin-Woo Kim: Professor Emeritus, Linguisitcs, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    • Jin Wang Kim: Professor,President of ISLMS,Honoary Advisory Board of IPRAS
    • Kim, Jeong Han
      Jeong Han Kim

      Jeong Han Kim is a South Korean mathematician specializing in combinatorics and computational mathematics. He studied physics and mathematical physics at Yonsei University, and earned his Ph.D in mathematics at Rutgers University....
      : Mathematician, recipient of the 1997 Fulkerson Prize
      Fulkerson Prize

      The Fulkerson Prize for outstanding papers in the area of discrete mathematics is sponsored jointly by the Mathematical Programming Society and the American Mathematical Society ....
    • Yong Pil Rhee
      Yong Pil Rhee

      Yong Pil Rhee is an Korean political scientist, systems scientists and Professor and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Seoul National University, South Korea....
      : Political Systems Scientist
    • Yong Suk Jang
      Yong Suk Jang

      Yong Suk Jang is a Koreans sociologist who is best known for his work in organizations, new institutionalism and governance, particularly his research on the factors affecting national administrative rationalization in the context of the current worldwide movement for governance reforms....
      : Professor, Public Administration, Yonsei University
    • : Chancellor, University of California, Merced
      University of California, Merced

      The University of California, Merced, otherwise known as UC Merced or UCM, is the tenth and newest of the University of California campuses....
    • Jaewon Shin: Associate Administrator, NASA
      NASA

      The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
    • : Professor of Sociology & Director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), Stanford University
      Stanford University

      Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....


  • Sports and Entertainment
    • Bong Joon-ho
      Bong Joon-ho

      Bong Joon-ho is a South Korean filmmaker and screenwriter. He decided to become a filmmaker while in middle school, perhaps influenced by an artistic family He majored in sociology in Yonsei University in the late 1980s and was a member of the film club there....
      , Movie Director, The Host
    • Horan (Choi Soojin), singer of Clazziquai Project and Ibadi, radio DJ, model, and author
    • Hu, Jung Moo: Former coach of Korean National Soccer team
    • Im, Sung Hoon: Popular show host
    • Kim, Dong Ryul: Former member of 'Exhibition'
    • Park Jin-Young
      Park Jin-young

      Jin Young Park also known as JY Park is a South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer and the current CEO/founder of JYP Entertainment, a major artist management/record label of Asian pop music....
      : Singer, songwriter, CEO of JYP Entertainment
      JYP Entertainment

      JYP Entertainment is a South Korean talent agency named after its founder, Park Jin Young. The company is best known for producing singers Park Ji Yoon, Rain , R&B group g.o.d....
    • Yoon, Jong Shin: A pop singer, debut album 'In the Empty Street'
    • Sweet Sorrow: A pop singing group, debut album 'Sweet Sorrow', winner of 2004 Yu Jaeha Music Contest
    • Ji-Yai Shin
      Ji-Yai Shin

      Jiyai Shin, also known as Ji-Yai Shin, is a professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour. She has broken all existing KLPGA records, winning 10 events in 19 starts on the KLPGA Tour in 2007....
      : Professional Golfer: 2007 KPGA Golfer of the Year
    • Chun Lee-Kyung
      Chun Lee-kyung

      Chun Lee-Kyung is a Korean short track speed skating, who dominated women's short track for much of 1990s.Chun took part in the 1992 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, at the age of 15, but failed to win much attention....
      : Four-time Olympic Gold Medalist in Short Track Skating & Member of the International Olympic Committee Athletes' Commission
    • Na Woon-gyu
      Na Woon-gyu

      Na Woon-gyu was a Korean actor, screenwriter and director. He is widely considered the most important filmmaker in early Korean cinema, and possibly Korea's first true movie star....
      : Father of Korean Cinema; actor, screenwriter and director


Yonsei Photo Gallery


See also

  • 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....
  • 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....


External links

  • , The Korea Times, January 31, 2006.