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The College of Nursing has fostered care partners that offer creative and scientific services based on the respect for humanity and the understanding of cultural diversity. The college encourages nurses to enhance their competences through a continued self-innovation with the goal of establishing the society where all people lead the healthiest life.

To respond to the changes in the domestic and international health environments, the College of Nursing endeavors to educate nursing specialists with global competence who can offer their services in any part of the world. The courses of the College of Nursing are also focused on improving the research abilities of the students, cultivating sympathetic students who communicate effectively with the patients, and cooperating with others for self-development.

Introduction

The Jeju National University College of Nursing was established first affiliated with the School of Medicine in 1997 with an initial class of 20 in 1998. Enrollment has steadily increased to 70 through and thereafter 1998. The department’s rise to the College of Nursing represented its independent purpose as the general and continuing education system. With the opening of a nursing practice center in 2014, the college has been able to provide the environment necessary for high quality simulated laboratory practices, and settled in the new innovated three-story building with 5,416㎡ in February 2016. The M.S. and Ph.D programs in Nursing have been authorized in Spring Semester 2017.

Aims

- Educational goals
1) Cultivate the professionals with creative and comprehensive nursing expertise
2) Foster the nurses equipped with communication skills and leadership quality
3) Train legally and ethically responsible nursing experts
4) Nurture the nursing professionals capable of actively responding to c hanging environment and circumstances

Careers

- Employment as a nurse after graduation
Jeju National University Hospital, Seoul National University Hospital, and many other national and private university hospitals, government public health organizations, public health clinics and hospitals, teaching jobs with military services, public health research institutes as research scientist, maternity nursing homes, insurance assessory agencies, industrial workman’s compensation programs, and visiting nursing groups, etc.

History

2016.02: Relocated to the new College of Nursing building
2015.03: Instituted Ph.D. degree program in nursing
2014.12: Accredited for the nursing degree program
2011.03: Elevated to the status of College of Nursing (72 freshmen enrolled)
2008.11: Held the 10th Department of Nursing anniversary symposium
2002.03: Approved M.S. degree program, Graduate College, Jeju National University
1998.3: Established the Department of Nursing with freshman enrollment of 20