Gachon University

Gachon University is a comprehensive, innovative and fast-growing university in South Koreathat strives to educate competent global leaders. Based on its founding principles of compassion, sacrifice and patriotism, the university is devoted to nurturing forward-looking intellectuals who pursue academic excellence while actively sharing good fortune with others, especially underprivileged or disadvantaged communities.

Gachon attracts brightyoung students from all over the world who are driven to become global citizens.Upon graduation, students go on to impact in every corner of the world for the well-being of the global community. The university recruits top-quality professors who are dedicated toguiding students in their journey of knowledge acquisition, personal development, and action for change.

Reflective of a comprehensive merger of four universities in 2012, Gachon occupies two main campuses: a global campus in Seongnam-si and a medical campus in Songdo. Technically, Gachon’s global campus sits on the outskirts of Seoul (5-min away from Seoul), but the university operatesat the center of a dynamic and popular metropolitan area. The campus is close to Pangyo, long heralded as the ‘Silicon Valley’ of South Korea with due to the vast number of startups and game companies, as well as the affluent Kangnam district, an economic hub for powerful global companies such as Samsung and Hyundai.