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HISTORY

The first modern chemistry
education in Korea
  1. 1885 ~ 1915The first modern chemistry education in Korea
    1. 1885

      1. Establishment of Chejungwon (Horace G. Underwood became the first chemistry professor in Korea)

    2. 1915

      1. Establishment of Yonhi College - (Professor E. H. Miller teaches chemistry in the Department of Mathematical Physics)

  2. 1917 ~ 1945Chemistry Education in Yonhi College
    1. 1917

      1. Establishment of the Department of Applied Chemistry at Yonhi College

    2. 1940

      1. Establishment of a major in the Department of Applied Chemistry in the College of Science at Yonhi College

  3. 1946 ~ 1956Chemistry Education in Yonhi University
    1. 1946

      1. - Yonhi College was officially recognized as a university(Establishment of the Department of Chemistry in Yonhi University)

    2. 1949

      1. Establishment of the pre-med course and start of chemistry education in Severance Medical School

    3. 1950

      1. Yonhi University's first class of chemistry graduates

      2. Establishment of a graduate school and a master's program at Yonhi University

    4. 1956

      1. Completion of Yonhi University Chemistry Building - (now Yonhi Hall)

  4. 1957 ~ 1999Chemistry Education in Yonhi University
    1. 1957

      1. Integration of Yonhi University and Severance Medical School

      2. Establishment of the Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Engineering, Yonsei University

    2. 1962

      1. Yonsei University's College of Science and Engineering splits into College of Science and College of Engineering

    3. 1965

      1. Establishment of the Institute of Natural Sciences for 50th anniversary of College of Science

    4. 1970

      1. Establishment of a graduate doctoral program

    5. 1977

      1. Yonsei University's College of Science and Engineering splits into College of Science and College of Engineering

      2. Reorganization of the Department of Chemistry in the College of Science

    6. 1981

      1. Establishment of the Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Wonju Campus

    7. 1992

      1. Alumni Association raises 100 million KRW for development of the Department of Chemistry

    8. 1995

      1. Selected as "Graduate School-Oriented University"

    9. 1998

      1. Establishment of an integrated Ph.D. course

    10. 1999

      1. Establishment of the institute of Molecular Sciences in the Department of Chemistry

  5. 2000 ~ CurrentYonsei University 21c
    1. 2017

      1. Establishment of an integrated Ph.D. course