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The School of Social Welfare was established in March 2001, based on the founding spirit of Yonsei University. The main purpose of the school is to provide systematic training and specialized study for advanced social work practice. A academic tradition of critical inquiry along with an emphasis on the use of tested knowledge and theory in developing intervention methods characterizes professional social welfare education at Yonsei University.
As its education programs, the school offers a full-time, two-year professional masters program leading to Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) degree, a minimum three-year doctoral program (Ph.D.), and a year research program. All the programs are designed to develop the most up-to-date knowledge of social welfare through practical research and field education.
1885 Severance Medical School was established.
1915 Yonhee College was established.
1946 Yonhee College was raised to the status of university.
1950 The Graduate School was first introduced.
1957 Yonsei University was established.
1980 Department of Social Work was established.
1984 Department of Social Work was established within the graduate school.
1994 Department of Social Work changed its name to Department of Social
Welfare
1996 Social welfare courses were offered within the Graduate School of Public
Administration.
2001 The School of Social Welfare was established.
