Welcome to the Yonsei University School of Social Welfare
Since the Yonsei University School of Social Welfare was founded in March 2001, we have been playing a key role in the advance of research in the field of social welfare. Starting in the year of 2006, SSW was selected as a Brain Korea 21 project institution, exerting every effort to keep the highest level of education and research. After being selected as BK21 program institute, we were evaluated as the best social welfare school in Korea.
Recently, Korean society has gone through radical changes as globalization, polarization, low fertility rate and family disorganization. It is also time for the field of social welfare to make changes. Therefore, in terms of overall social changes, the Yonsei University School of Social Welfare is putting a great deal of effort to cultivate leaders who can bring advances in social welfare worldwide as well as in Korea.
We are also cultivating global leaders in the social welfare field by keeping pace with the era of globalization. For this purpose, we have engaged visiting professors from leading universities abroad and extended the opportunities for overseas education for students who are enrolled in the master’s and doctoral programs. Furthermore, we have continued overseas recruitment activities in order to attract excellent foreign students.
We appreciate your consistent cooperation and interest in Yonsei SSW. We continuously make every effort to make Korean society a better place though our advanced education programs and research activities.
The School of Social Welfare was established in March 2001 to actualize "serving community and society" that is the founding spirit of Yonsei University. Under the mission, the school has pursued to provide systematic training and specialized study for advanced social work practice. The school follows an academic tradition using a critical inquiry along with an emphasis on the use of examined knowledge and skills in developing professional intervention methods.
In education programs, the school offers full-time two-year master program (M.S.W. degree), doctoral program (Ph.D. degree), and one-year research program (certificate in research). All the programs are designed to strengthen students with the most up-to-dated and advanced knowledge and skills regarding social welfare through practical research and field education.
The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare is as follows.
- 2023
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 2023 Dr. Soochan Choi served as the 12th Dean.
- 2021
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 2021 Dr. Soochan Choi served as the 11th Dean.
- 2019
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 2019 Dr. Chul-Hee Kang served as the 10th Dean. Selected for the BK21 FOUR project in 2020.
- 2017
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 2017 Dr. Chul-Hee Kang served as the 9th Dean.
- 2015
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 2015 Dr. Jin-Soo Kim served as the 8th Dean.
- 2013
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 2013 Dr. Jae-Sung Choi served as the 7th Dean. The school of social welfare was selected as a recipient of the Brain Korea Project.
- 2011
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 2011 Dr. Jae-Yop Kim served as the 6th Dean.
- 2009
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 2009 Dr. Jae-Yop Kim served as the 5th Dean. Establishment of case manager (job coordinator) course.
- 2008
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 20098 Transferred to the School of Social Welfare at the Volunteer Center.
- 2007
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 2007 Dr. Ick-Seop Lee served as the 4th Dean.
- 2006
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 2006 The school was selected as a recipient of the 2nd Brain Korea Project under the title of "New Risks and New Welfare in Korea".
- 2005
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 2005 Establishment of cooperative courses in social welfare policy within general graduate schools.
- 2004
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 2004 Dr. Ick-Seop Lee served as the 3rd Dean.
- 2003
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 2003 Dr. Hye-Kyong Lee served as the 2nd Dean.
- 2002
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 2002 Opening and recruitment for integrated master's and doctoral programs.
- 2001
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 2001 The School of Social Welfare was established. Dr. Dong-Bae Kim served as the first Dean and Dr.Jae-Sung Choi served as the first Associate Dean.
- 1996
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 1996 Operation entrusted to the Gangseo-gu Gayang 4 Comprehensive Social Welfare Center in Seoul. Establishment of the Social Welfare major in the Graduate School of Public Administration.
- 1995
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 1995 Department of Social Work changed its name to Department of Social Welfare. Affiliation change to the Faculty of Social Sciences (Department of Social Welfare within the Faculty of Social Sciences).
- 1990
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 1990 Establishment of a university-affiliated social welfare research institute.
- 1984
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 1984 Graduate Program of Department of Social Work was established within the graduate school.
- 1983
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 1983/caption> Dr.Sung-Kyu Tak appointed as the first professor of Department of Social Work.
- 1980
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 1980 Department of Social Work was established.
- 1957
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 1957 Yonsei University was established.
- 1950
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 1950 The Graduate School was first introduced.
- 1946
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 1946 Yonhee College was upgraded to the status of university.
- 1915
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The brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 1915 Yonhee College was established.
- 1885
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brief history of Yonsei School of Social Welfare 1885 Severance Medical School was established.