Education

Modern educational system in Korean Oriental Medicine was

established in 1947. And the university of “Oriental Medicine”started to

accept application for enrollment in 1953.

There are 11 KOM universities of Korean Oriental Medicine and 1

‘Pusan National University School of Oriental Medicine’with each 700

and 50 new students annually and 4700 undergraduates all over the

country.

Established with the goals of Succession to Traditional Korean

Medicine with originality and contribution to health of human beings,

the universities pursue harmonization of nature and human beings,

respect of life, cultivation of service spirit and globalization of

Korean Oriental Medicine.

Each university has has the postgraduate school for master and ph.D.

degree.

After six-year study(national university school of OM is four-year), the

students supposed to graduate from the universities are qualified for

the national examination for the license as doctors of KOM.

The course of the university mainly consists of theory, laboratory work

and clinical practice of the subjects of Korean Oriental Medicine

such as acupuncture, herbal medicine, meridians, Sanghan,

prescriptions and constitutional medicine and basic subjects of

western medicine.

Training

The hospitals affiliated to the universities established four year training

course (one year of general internship and three years of residentship)

for those who want to get further training after graduation.