JEONBUK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
About JBNU
- Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) was established on October 15, 1947 in response to the educational demands of the Jeonbuk (formerly known as Jeonbuk) community. The main campus of JBNU is composed of 340 acres on the northern outskirts of Jeonju (formerly called Chonju), capital city of Jeonbuk Province. The university consists of 13 colleges and graduate schools with an enrollment of about 21,000 students and a staff of 907 faculty members.
About the JBNU Medical Complex
- The environmentally friendly JBNU Medical Complex at the base of Gunji Mountain is located in the eastern part of the main campus. Total area of the complex is about 100 acres including Central Garden. It consists mainly of four Colleges (College of Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, and Nursing), three Hospitals (University Hospital, Dental Hospital, and Veterinary Hospital), Emergency Center and Cancer Research Center.
About JBNU Medical School
- In March 1971, the first class of 60 pre-medical students was admitted to the College of Natural Science. JBNU Medical School was established in December 1972, and JBNU hospital opened on February 1, 1975. The first 35 medical students graduated in 1977. By 1979, the number of pre-medical students admitted annually had increased to 120.
- JBNU Medical School has been developed and expanded since then. The Medical School enrolls 480 medical students and 235 graduate students who are taught by 157 full time faculty members with expertise in 31 subspecialties of clinical and basic science. In August 1984, the present University Hospital opened. The facility now contains 1,000 beds and 22 clinical departments.
- In October 1985, the Clinical Science Research Center opened, followed by the Medical Library in December 1986. The Medical Student Building opened in June 1991, followed by the Emergency Center in July of 1995. The Cardiovascular Research Center was established in March 1996, and the Clinical Research Center and Speech Science Center were established in March 2002, followed by the Medical Research Center in January 2003. Medical Students with undergraduate degrees were admitted in March 2006, and in May 2006, the Jeonbuk Medical Simulation Center opened. Most recently, construction of a dormitory for medical students began in September 2006. Currently, there are 3,500 JBNU Medical School alumni working in diverse medical fields all over the world.
Facilities of Medical School
- Jeonbuk National University Medical School is composed of three academic buildings for education and research, including a student center for student activities, an independent medical library and a clinical medicine faculty building. The main academic building contains the staff offices, including the dean’s office on the first floor and lecture rooms, seminar rooms, and the simulation center for clinical training. The newly innovated simulation center in the building is available not only for medical school students, but also for the students undergoing paramedic professional training. The second and third floors consist mainly of research laboratories.
The second academic building is for the Department of Anatomy and Preventive Medicine. Faculty offices and the Laboratory of Anatomy are located on the first floor, and the eastern part of the first floor contains the Cadaver Dissection Laboratory for anatomy classes. The second and third floors contain the faculty office and the research laboratory offices of preventive medicine.
The newly built third academic building is for research-based medical science laboratories. A variety of basic science and research classes are conducted in these laboratories.
The Student Center is composed of a student cafeteria and student club rooms. Twelve newly renovated PBL (problembased learning) rooms are located in the Student Center and are available not only for the PBL classes, but also for student group study.
The Medical School’s Library located in a separate building on the medical school campus contains relevant print and electronic publications. The second and third floors of the library contain study areas where each student can have his or her own cubicle for tudy.
A sky bridge connects the faculty building to Jeonbuk National University Hospital, so that the medical school faculty can easily serve the hospital as physicians and clinical researchers.