Yonsei University

Yonsei University is a highly selective and well-regarded major research university, located in Seoul, South Korea. 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 Severence 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.