Gachon University (President, Lee Gil-Yeo) is a comprehensive university newly launched in 2012 by integrating four universities including Gachon Medicine College, Kyungwon University, Gachon Gil University, and Kyungwon College. It is the first time in Korea that four-year private universities are integrated. Gachon University operates a global campus in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, and medical campuses in Incheon, including medical, pharmacy, nursing, and health science colleges.
The 2021 academic year has 14 colleges, 8 divisions (20 majors), and 46 departments. As of April 2021, it is a large-scale university with 21,928 students (including 2,621 graduate school students).
Gachon University boasts of medical power with the College of Medical Science, College of Herb Medicine, College of Pharmacy, and College of Nursing. The College of Medical Science is building the best educational conditions by utilizing the nation's best scholarship benefits, unprecedented investment, and the infrastructure of Gachon University Gil Hospital, which is one of the top 3 national research-oriented hospitals. In addition, it operates Gachon Brain Science Research Institute, Lee Gil-Yeo Cancer & Diabetes Research Institute, Gachon Bio-Nano Research Institute, etc., which are world-class in brain imaging and basic medicine.
Gachon University created the first artificial intelligence (AI) major in Korea in 2020 to nurture talents who will lead the era of the 4th industrial revolution and greatly increased the number of recruits to 150 in the 2021 entrance exam. In addition, Gachon University established the first software college in Korea in 2002 and was selected as a software-oriented university in 2015, taking the lead in nurturing software professionals with global competitiveness. From 2016, SW education was made compulsory for all students, and the SW Passport (certification system) system was introduced in 2019. In 2021, it was selected as a SW-centered university phase 2 assignment and took the lead in nurturing talents with IT and SW capabilities.
Gachon University has established △Smart Factory Department △, Smart Security Engineering Department △Next-Generation Semiconductor Engineering Department △Smart City Convergence Department to foster talented people who lead the high-tech industry. In addition, it is taking the lead in educational innovation through ‘Ntree Camp’, a two-days no-night creative convergence program for freshmen, and ‘P(assignment)-flexible semester system’, an immersive assignment semester.
