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19 unusual facts about Yonsei University


Aihwa Ong

She has also been Chair, US National Committee for Pacific Science Association, (2009–2011), Visiting Professor, Yonsei University, (2010), Visiting Senior Researcher, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (2009), Visiting Professor, City University of Hong Kong, (2001).

Chae Ji-Hoon

In 2008, Chae earned his Ph.D. degree in sports psychology at Yonsei University.

Chang Woe-Ryong

Chang Woe-Ryong started his career as an amateur footballer for Yonsei University and was deemed good enough to represent his country in the 1980 AFC Asian Cup where he was part of the team that came runners-up to Kuwait.

Cho Gyeong-chul

He finished his middle and high school courses at Pyongyang and was then admitted to Yonhui University.

Choi Kyoung-hwan

He obtained his bachelor's in economics at Yonsei University, passing the civil service exam while enrolled for a fourth year of study in 1979.

Daewoo

He graduated from the Kyonggi High School, then finished with an Economics Degree at Yonsei University in Seoul.

Dong-ill Shin

Later at Yonsei University in Seoul he studied with Dr. Tong-soon Kwak and completed his Bachelor of Music degree in 1997.

Gabe Hudson

Gabe Hudson (born 1971) is an American writer who currently lives in Seoul, Korea, where he is Chair of the Creative Writing Program at Yonsei University’s Underwood International College.

Gerhard Stäbler

He has resided extensively abroad, including Stanford University in the 1980s and Yonsei University in Seoul in 1988 and has visited Israel and Lebanon repeatedly, writing a chamber cantata Den Toten von Sabra und Chatila to poems by the Palestinian poet Tawfiq Ziad (1982).

Gong Sung-jin

After graduating from Kyoungki High school in Seoul, he attended Yonsei University majoring in political science.

Heinz Insu Fenkl

Before his appointment to his current position at SUNY, he taught a wide array of creative writing, folklore, and Asian literature courses at Vassar College, Bard College, Eastern Michigan University, Sarah Lawrence College, and Yonsei University (Korea).

International Institute of Administrative Sciences

Its President, who also holds the title of President of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences, is Prof. Dr. Pan Suk Kim from Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea.

Kim Jang-soo

He graduated Korea National Defense University in 1988, then he earned Master's Degree in Arts at Graduate School of Public Administration, Yonsei University in 1989.

Kim Young-ha

Kim, after graduating from Yonsei University in 1993, began his military service as an assistant detective at the military police 51st Infantry Division near Suwon.

Loren Goodman

Loren Goodman (born 1968) is an American postmodern poet and assistant professor of English literature and creative writing at Underwood International College, Yonsei University, in Seoul, South Korea.

Taiwanese–American Occultation Survey

TAOS is a joint effort of Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, The Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, National Central University, Institute of Astronomy and Yonsei University, South Korea.

William H. Overholt

During his time at RAND he held concurrent appointments as Distinguished Visiting Professor at Yonsei University in South Korea and as Visiting Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.

Yim Sung-Ah

She attended Yonsei University and turned professional in November 2002 while still a student.

Yun Jong-nam

After graduating from Yonsei University's law faculty in 1973, he passed the 16th bar exam in 1974; from there on, he held various positions throughout the country.


Choi Jin-young

Choi was rushed to Gangnam Severance Hospital for CPR at 2:46 p.m. but was pronounced dead on arrival.

Korea Divisional Domestic Championship

Korea University won the 2nd annual tournament on January 14, 1955 by a score of 2-1 over Yonsei University.

Lee Cheol-uoo

He also graduated from the Graduate School of Public Administration at the Yonsei University and achieved the Honorary doctor's degree of management at the Daegu University in August 2007.

Park Yeonghan

Park was admitted to Yonsei University, but two days after entering, volunteered to serve in the Vietnam War.

Underwood International College

Underwood International College (acronym: UIC) was founded in 2006 as a constituent college of Yonsei University, based in Seoul and Incheon, South Korea.