■ Interdepartmental Program in Biomedical Gerontology

▶ General Information

   The Biomedical Gerontology Program of Hallym University Graduate School is an interdisciplinary program that intends to foster research scientists in the Biomedical Gerontology field. The Biomedical Gerontology program offers degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy. Thirty seven faculties in the Biomedical Gerontology program are professors from Departments of Life Science, Biomedical Science and Environmental System Engineering, College of Medicine, and Ilsong Institute of Life Science. Currently, the office is located at Ilsong Institute of Life Science. Faculties in the program who are renowned for their outstanding teaching and research performance strive to provide excellent learning and research environment to students who pursue scientific career in the Biomedical Gerontology field. The lectures are given in English and Korean. Interested students are encouraged to contact program coordinator or professors of their concern directly at the addresses given below.

▶ Admission

   Official semesters begin in March and September. The application for admission is due in November and May for each semester, respectively. Applicants are strongly advised to contact perspective mentors or program coordinator well ahead of the application. General information and forms for application are available at http://grad.hallym.ac.kr/eng/main.htm. Admission will be decided by evaluation of applicant's credentials verified by submitted documents.

▶ Tuition, fee and stipend

   Full-time foreign graduate students are exempted from tuition and fees except the entrance fee. Monthly stipend ranges US $500~1000 depending on applicant's experience. Students can stay on-site boarding for free or rent off-campus accomodations.

▶ Advance to degree candidacy and graduation

   Students should acquire 24 credits (MS) or 36 credits (Ph. D.) of course work and to pass the qualifying examination to advance to degree candidacy. Degree is awarded to the students who submit a dissertation based on original research and publish one (MS) or two (Ph. D.) research articles in peer-reviewed journals. It takes two years for MS and five years for Ph. D. in average.

▶ Contact information

Ms. Moon-Hee Kang, Program Coordinator
Ilsong Institute of Life Science, Hallym University
1605-4, Gwanyang-dong, Dongan-gu
Anyang, Gyeonggi-do 431-060
Republic of Korea
Daytime phone: 82-31-380-1936
E-mail: ilsong@hallym.ac.kr

▶ faculty

Ilsong Institute of Life Science

Dept. of Life Science

Dept. of Biomedical Science

Dept. of Environmental System Engineering

Dept. of Environmental System Engineering

▶ Subject

Major Core Courses
M means "for master's students only"
D means "for doctoral students only"


Major Core Courses
G02360 Advanced Biomedical Gerontology (3 Cr) M.D
G02368 Molecular Aging (3 Cr) M.D
G03565 Cellular Aging (3 Cr) M.D
G03566 Biochemistry in Aging (3 Cr) M.D
G03567 Geriatrics (3 Cr) M.D
G03856 Trends in Biomedical Gerontology Ⅰ(3 Cr) D
G03857 Biomedical Gerontology Seminar Ⅰ(3 Cr) M


Major Electives
G02375 Advanced Human Genetics (3 Cr) M.D
G02361 Aging Physiology (3 Cr) M.D
G03000 Methods of Animal Experiment (3 Cr) M.D
G01887 Advanced Immunology (3 Cr) M.D
G03568 Aging and Histopathology (3 Cr) M.D
G03570 Neurodegenerative Disease (3 Cr) M.D
G03571 Statistical Genetics (3 Cr) M.D
G03572 Oncology in Aging (3 Cr) M.D
G03573 Statistical Methods (3 Cr) M.D
G03858 Trends in Biomedical GrerontologyⅡ (3 Cr) D
G03859 Biomdeical Gerontology SeminarⅡ (3 Cr) M
G03860 Aging and NeurobiologyⅠ (3 Cr) M.D
G03861 Aging and Neurobiology Ⅱ (3 Cr) M.D
G03863 Aging and Ingection (3 Cr) M.D
G03862 Tools in Molecular Biology (3 Cr) M.D
G03864 Scientific Writing (3 Cr) M.D

▶ Course Description

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