Soonchunhyang University

Overview

Soonchunhyang University

Soonchunhyang University (SCH) is a private university located in Asan, South Korea. It was established in 1978 as a medical college by Dr. Succ-Jo Suh. It is one of the top-ranking higher education institutions in the country and the first in the country to open a medical corporation. Its recognized course offerings include medicine, social science, and engineering.

Soonchunhyang University Key Statistics

The university comprises eight colleges, 53 departments, and five graduate schools including the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the College of Natural Sciences, and the College Medical Sciences. It offers 53 undergraduate and over 130 postgraduate programs. Some of its most sought-after graduate programs include Master of Science in Integrated Biomedical Sciences, Master in Future Convergence Technology, and Master in Business Administration.

Soonchunhyang University's student population is approximately 11,000, around 91% of whom are undergraduates while the remaining 9% are postgraduate students. It employs about 1,600 faculty members.

The other Soonchunhyang University key statistics include its university libraries such as the Central Library and the Hyangsul Library. These libraries hold more than 764,000 books, about 260 periodicals, and 40,000 other materials. They also manage several electronic materials including close to 90,000 electronic books and 61,800 electronic learning materials. SCH also operates the University Health and is also affiliated with the Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, the Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, and the Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital.

Soonchunhyang University Research

SCH is a research-intensive Korean institution and its top fields of research are medicine, biology, and epidemiology. In 2009, it received a US$25 million grant from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to establish the SCH Biopharmaceutical Human Resources Development Center.

Soonchunhyang University research outputs have been published in prestigious journals like Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, PLOS One, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. Its researchers have attended major scholarly conferences such as IMS: International Microwave Symposium, BWCCA: Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications, and EuMC: European Microwave Conference.

The most cited Soonchunhyang University research publication is Vos et al.'s (2015) "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013." This was published in The Lancet and has so far been cited 5,722 times.

The university’s second most cited publication is Naghavi et al.'s (2015) "Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013," which was featured in the Journal of Applied Physics and has received 4,695 citations.

Moreover, the university’s third most cited publication is Furouzanfar et al.'s (2015) "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013,” which was published in The Lancet with 2,233 citations.

The university has several research centers and institutes. These include the Medical IT-based RNA Research Center, the Metabolic Disease Tissue Homeostasis Research Center, and the WIS-SIMS Research Center for Tissue Regeneration.