¤±The College of Nursing at Seoul National University, will continue to lead nursing education in Korea by pursuing research-oriented and world-class academic activities in the 21 st century.

As the health care needs of people are changing rapidly and the hospital-oriented health care system is moving toward a community-based one, nurses are challenged not only to actively adjust to these changing health care environments, but also to create a more effective and efficient health care delivery system. The aim of our School is to prepare students to meet these challenges and thus eventually promote quality of life for the people we serve.

The School has recently changed the undergraduate curriculum from one which focuses on disease to one which focuses more on health promotion and disease prevention which are becoming more important in modern society. At the same time, knowledge and skills in acute and critical nursing care were reinforced in the curriculum because the needs of nursing care of the acutely ill are still demanding. The program prepares students to be equipped with a creative and intellectual mind by providing well-developed and refined knowledge derived from various methodologies. Our faculty members excel in undertaking creative and innovative nursing research activities.

They strive to discover new ways to improve the health of people and their quality of life, by developing and increasing the body of nursing knowledge. The School continually supports financial aid in order to encourage research activities of the faculty members. The School also focuses on joint research activities with leading international institutions in the world through academic exchanges. The Research Institute of Nursing Science, established in 1995, will continually support faculties and students in carrying out excellent research activities. The School has reorganized its structure to facilitate effective research and education by establishing the Information Center and the continuous efforts to be a world-class institution and by improving research activities to meet the challenges that today¡¯s health care system demands