Gachongil College

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name =Gachongil College


motto ="봉사·창의·지성" "Service, Originality, Sincerity"
established =1939
type =Private
endowment =
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faculty =80
president =Dr Yi Gil-yeo
students =
undergrad =4,000
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city =Incheon
state =
country =South Korea
campus =Urban
free_label =
free =
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website = [http://www.gcgc.ac.kr/ www.gcgc.ac.kr]
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logo =Infobox Korean name
hangul = 가천길대학
hanja = 가천길 大學
rr = Gacheon-gil Daehak
mr = Kach'ŏn-gil Taehak|

Gachongil College is a private technical college in South Korea, providing instruction primarily in fields related to nursing. It is situated in Namdong-gu, in the metropolitan city of Incheon, in the country's northwest corner. It was founded in 1939 by Choe Jeong-hwan. It is closely connected with Gachon Medical School, and is supported by the Gachon Educational Foundation. It provides a mixture of two- and three-year programs.

Campus

The campus is located in Ganseok-dong, Namdong-gu, not far from Sinyeonsu Station on the Incheon Subway. It lies near Yaksan Park, in a dense urban neighborhood. The campus covers an area of 94,000 square metres.

Organization

The school contains 22 academic departments, which are grouped into six divisions: Nursing, Health, Hospitality, Industry, Arts, and Social Practice.

tudents and faculty

In its history, the college claims to have produced approximately 12,000 nurses, in addition to other graduates.

History

The school was founded in 1939 as a training facility for nurses, attached to Gyeonggi Provincial Hospital in Incheon (now Incheon General Hospital). In 1962, it officially became Gyeonggi Nursing School (경기간호학교). It was designated a technical school in 1973, and became a technical "college" in 1979. The college moved from its old location in Jung-gu to its present location in Namdong-gu in 1986. The present name was adopted in 1998.

ee also

*Education in South Korea
*List of colleges and universities in South Korea
*List of Korea-related topics

External links

* [http://www.gcgc.ac.kr/ Official college website, in Korean]