{"id":45085,"date":"2013-11-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/11\/21\/unmc-to-begin-student-exchange-with-prestigious-south-korean-university\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T16:26:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T21:26:58","slug":"unmc-to-begin-student-exchange-with-prestigious-south-korean-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/11\/21\/unmc-to-begin-student-exchange-with-prestigious-south-korean-university\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC to begin student exchange with prestigious South Korean university"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/\">University of Nebraska Medical Center<\/a> has signed a memorandum of understanding to begin a student exchange with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.useoul.edu\/\">Seoul National University<\/a> in Seoul, South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe agreement, which would begin for the 2014-2015 academic year, would mark UNMC&rsquo;s entry into South Korea and expand the scope of the medical center&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/aprdp\/\">Asia Pacific Rim Development Program (APRDP)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nCurrently, UNMC has partnerships with four Chinese institutions &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tongji.edu.cn\/english\/\">Tongji University<\/a> in Shanghai, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sie.sjtu.edu.cn\/ctrler.asp?action=index_en\">Shanghai Jiao Tong University<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjtu.edu.cn\/en\/\">Xi&rsquo;an Jiao Tong University<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/english.biols.cas.cn\/\">Beijing Institute of Life Science<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/english.cas.cn\/\">Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/a> &ndash; as well as in India.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/chancellor.htm\">UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D.,<\/a> signed the agreement during an October visit to the Asia Pacific Rim in which he also met with several of UNMC&rsquo;s partner institutions in China. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldhealthsummit.org\/fileadmin\/downloads\/2013\/WHSRMA_2013\/CVs\/Daehee%20Kang_CV.pdf\">Daehee Kang, M.D., Ph.D.,<\/a> dean of Seoul National University College of Medicine, signed the agreement for SNU.<\/p>\n<p>\nSNU is considered the best university in South Korea, said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/pharmacology\/zheng.htm\">Jialin Zheng, M.D,<\/a> associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and director of UNMC&rsquo;s APRDP and the individual who accompanied Dr. Maurer to South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brmh.org\/eng\/edu_re\/SNU.asp\">SNU College of Medicine<\/a> originated in 1899 when Korea&rsquo;s first modern medical school opened. In 1946, two Seoul medical colleges were merged to form SNU College of Medicine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\nSNU has 1,586 students, 509 faculty and 1,650 researchers\/staff and offers a full slate of undergraduate and graduate programs.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn the field of medical education, SNU ranks 37<sup>th<\/sup> in the 2012 global ranking of universities by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qs.com\/qs-world-university-rankings.html\">Quacquarelli Symonds<\/a>, a British organization that evaluates colleges and universities. SNU&rsquo;s goal is to rank among the global top 10 of medical schools.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n&ldquo;This is an exciting opportunity and speaks highly of UNMC&rsquo;s reputation and its strong presence in the Asia Pacific Rim,&rdquo; Dr. Maurer said. &ldquo;South Korea has a very close relationship with the United States, and it is a country that has a strong American influence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\nHe noted that the South Korean economy is strong, and the country is one of four Asia Pacific Rim countries\/districts that make up the popular &ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/47728\/patricia-lee-dorff\/the-four-little-dragons-the-spread-of-industrialization-in-east-\">four little dragons<\/a>.&rdquo; The other countries\/districts include Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>\nInitially, the student exchange will involve two students from each campus, Dr. Zheng said. The students would be either medical students or research students seeking a Ph.D. They would complete an elective clinical or research rotation depending on their area of study.<\/p>\n<p>\nUNMC students would be able to stay in South Korea for up to one month. The SNU students could possibly stay longer than a month, Dr. Zheng said.<\/p>\n<p>\nDr. Zheng said the exchange could eventually expand to include faculty, noting that a couple UNMC faculty members have already been invited to visit South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\nA South Korean native, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/mmi\/wooyangkimphd.htm\">Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D.,<\/a> assistant professor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/mmi\/developmentalneuroscience.htm\">Department of Developmental Neuroscience<\/a> at UNMC&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/mmi\/\">Munroe-Meyer Institute<\/a>, will serve as a contact person and faculty advisor for the exchange program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n&ldquo;Seoul is less than two hours from Shanghai by air,&rdquo; Dr. Zheng said. &ldquo;With our strong Chinese partnerships, many UNMC faculty members already are going to China. 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