Yonsei University's First College of Nursing in Korea...Training leadership professionals
Oct 31, 2025
Yonsei University announced that it will operate a nursing graduate school from March 1, 2026.
Earlier on the 28th, Yonsei University received approval from the Ministry of Education to establish a nursing school.
As the first specialized graduate school in the field of nursing in Korea, the new establishment is expected to advance and expand the practice-oriented professional nursing workforce training system that will lead the health care field.
Nursing graduate school is a new graduate model that combines practical-based education and leadership development that can be applied directly in the clinical field.
Yonsei University's College of Nursing has fostered nursing personnel through its nursing graduate school, a special graduate school aimed at continuing education of office workers, along with the general graduate nursing department. With the approval of the nursing graduate school, it will be possible to open a master's and doctoral courses in junior colleges focusing on practical research and leadership.
In the master's course of the nursing graduate school, senior citizens, children, clinical and tumor specialized nursing, nursing management, and education majors are opened to deal with practical knowledge and problem-solving skills centered on clinical sites. In the doctoral course, a nursing practical leadership major will be opened to train leading nursing talents who will lead practical innovation by converting problems in the clinical field into research topics.
The annual recruitment is 60 master's programs and 10 doctoral programs, a total of 70 students, and the first students will enter on March 1, 2026. The announcement of admission to the master's program scheduled for admission in March will be announced in October, and new students will be selected through document screening and interviews after November. Recruitment for admission to doctoral courses scheduled for September will be announced in May, and selection will be made through document screening and interviews after June.
Graduates who have completed the curriculum will work as senior nurses, managers, educators, and policy experts in various fields such as hospitals, communities, and public institutions.
Yonsei University plans to establish a future nursing education platform in which Korea's nursing practice, research, and policy are interlinked according to the establishment of a nursing school, and to strengthen global competitiveness along with leading standards in domestic nursing education.
Lee Hyun-kyung, president of Yonsei University College of Nursing, said "This approval of the Graduate School of Nursing represents a new leap forward in domestic nursing education as a result of combining the tradition and expertise that Yonsei University College of Nursing has built over the past 119 years.""The Graduate School of Nursing is a model for Korean practice-oriented higher nursing education, and will be the center of health care innovation and fostering professional nursing leaders" he said.
Earlier on the 28th, Yonsei University received approval from the Ministry of Education to establish a nursing school.
As the first specialized graduate school in the field of nursing in Korea, the new establishment is expected to advance and expand the practice-oriented professional nursing workforce training system that will lead the health care field.
Nursing graduate school is a new graduate model that combines practical-based education and leadership development that can be applied directly in the clinical field.
Yonsei University's College of Nursing has fostered nursing personnel through its nursing graduate school, a special graduate school aimed at continuing education of office workers, along with the general graduate nursing department. With the approval of the nursing graduate school, it will be possible to open a master's and doctoral courses in junior colleges focusing on practical research and leadership.
In the master's course of the nursing graduate school, senior citizens, children, clinical and tumor specialized nursing, nursing management, and education majors are opened to deal with practical knowledge and problem-solving skills centered on clinical sites. In the doctoral course, a nursing practical leadership major will be opened to train leading nursing talents who will lead practical innovation by converting problems in the clinical field into research topics.
The annual recruitment is 60 master's programs and 10 doctoral programs, a total of 70 students, and the first students will enter on March 1, 2026. The announcement of admission to the master's program scheduled for admission in March will be announced in October, and new students will be selected through document screening and interviews after November. Recruitment for admission to doctoral courses scheduled for September will be announced in May, and selection will be made through document screening and interviews after June.
Graduates who have completed the curriculum will work as senior nurses, managers, educators, and policy experts in various fields such as hospitals, communities, and public institutions.
Yonsei University plans to establish a future nursing education platform in which Korea's nursing practice, research, and policy are interlinked according to the establishment of a nursing school, and to strengthen global competitiveness along with leading standards in domestic nursing education.
Lee Hyun-kyung, president of Yonsei University College of Nursing, said "This approval of the Graduate School of Nursing represents a new leap forward in domestic nursing education as a result of combining the tradition and expertise that Yonsei University College of Nursing has built over the past 119 years.""The Graduate School of Nursing is a model for Korean practice-oriented higher nursing education, and will be the center of health care innovation and fostering professional nursing leaders" he said.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
