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SNUH History
1978 Jul. 15 | Launched Seoul National University Hospital as a special corporation |
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1985 Oct. 16 | Opened the first Children's Hospital in Korea |
1998 May. 15 | Completed the Clinical Medicine Research Center |
2002 Dec. 4 | Completed construction of the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital |
2011 Jan. 6 | Renamed the Biomedical Research Institute |
2011 Mar. 25 | Opening of SUN Cancer Hospital |
2013 Apr. 1 | Designated as the 'Research-driven Hoskital' by the Ministry of Health and Welfare |
2014 Jun. 26 | Obtained consignment operation project of Sheikh Khalifa Specialist Hospital(SKSH), UAE |
2014 Jun. 29 | Contract for exporting Hospital Information System to Saudi Arabia(USD 70 million) |
Mission, Vision and Core Objectives
- Mission
Improve the health of humanity as a global leading research-driven hospital
- Vision
To Rank Among the Top 10 Research-driven Hospitals in the World by 2025
- Core Objectives
- To develop a Korean research-oriented hospital model aiming for sustained growth within reasonable budget
- Achieve sustained and proper research profits for SNUH medical services by 2025
- Increase the ratio of R&D investment for SNUH medical services by 2025
- To develop world-class research capabilities and create commercialization results
- Continuous transfer of technology
- Excellent technology-based entrepreneurship
- To construct a full-cycle R&D ecosystem through cooperative research between university industry
- Construct a multidisciplinary cooperative system for successful clinical translation research
- Establish an integrated full-cycle infrastructure encompassing research, development and commercialization
- Build an open convergence research system
- To develop a Korean research-oriented hospital model aiming for sustained growth within reasonable budget
Initiative SNUH
- 1979
Development of vaccine for hepatitis type B for the first time in the world
- 1985
Birth of first test-tube baby in Korea
- 1988
Success of first liver transplantation in Korea
- 2013
Development of cerebral infarction treatment using ceria nanoparticles for the first time in the world