Daegu Health College provides medical training to aspiring professionals in
Daegu
Daegu (; ), formerly spelled Taegu and officially Daegu Metropolitan City (), is a city in southeastern South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; the fourth-largest List of provincial-level ci ...
metropolitan city,
South Korea
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. The current president is Nam Seong-hui (남성희). About 100 instructors are employed.
Academics
The courses of study are divided among five divisions: Health (which includes fields such as
clinical pathology
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and
radiology
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), Nursing, Medical Industry, Social Work, and Arts.
History
The college opened its doors as Daegu Technical School of Health (대구보건전문학교) in 1971. Its status was raised to that of a technical college in 1979, and in 1998 it became simply Daegu Health College.
See also
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List of colleges and universities in South Korea
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Education in South Korea
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External links
Official school website, in Korean
Universities and colleges in Daegu
1971 establishments in South Korea
Educational institutions established in 1971
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