Div. of Biomedical Eng.

The Academic Division of Biomedical Engineering, established as Division of Bionics and Bioinformatics in March of 2002 and reorganized as Division of Biomedical Engineering in September of 2007, is an academic division prepared for the future with a main objective in the blending of two core technologies, healthcare system engineering and healthcare information engineering, into a fusion technology with the aim of leading the frontier hi-tech engineering futuristic industries. Two degree programs are offered for creative and practical education. One is healthcare system engineering, which focuses on the development of equipments that can protect and maintain human health. The other is healthcare information engineering, which focuses on information technology (IT), for the management and protection of individual health in real-time with no limitations of space or time.

Healthcare System Engineering
Healthcare system engineering provides the technologies for the equipments that can help maintain healthy life by applying frontier technology. This degree program concentrates on analyzing human function based on science and engineering and applying the findings to medical and welfare industries.

Healthcare Information Engineering
Healthcare information engineering is a fusion technology that can protect and manage individual health based on information technology. This is futuristic engineering that enables real-time expert management system for checking individual health condition based on computer science technology.

Training of experts in a multi-disciplinary area of healthcare system & informatics with creative mind and personality.

- Preparing students to be professionals in growth-engine including healthcare, bio, medical technology
- Establishment of R&D infra for senior health, public welfare and rehabilitation technology.
- Competent education programs and extensive cooperation with related organizations for better job opportunity
- The heart of the Healthcare Technology Development Center and many other granted research program
(31,000,000,000/year)

• 2008.03
  Reorganization of the Division of Bionics and Bioinformatics to the Division of Biomedical Engineering
• 2006.03
  Reorganization of the Bionics and the Bioinfomatics undergraduate programs into the Healthcare Devices and the Healthcare Informatics undergraduate programs in the Division of Bionics and Bioinformatics (25 students each for the Departments of Healthcare Devices and Healthcare Informatics)
• 2004.10
  Selection of the Department of Biomedical Engineering as a central department of the Center for Healthcare Technology Development
• 2002.03
  First entrance ceremony for the undergraduate program in the Division of Bionics and Bioinformatics.
• 2001.11
  Establishment of the Division of Bionics and Bioinformatics as an undergraduate program (25 students each for the departments of Bionics and Bioinformatics)
• 1999.03
  Merge of the undergraduate program in the Department of Biomedical Engineering into the Division of Electronics and Information.
• 1998.03
  First entrance ceremony for the undergraduate program (30 students)
• 1997.11
  Establishment of the undergraduate program in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
• 1995.03
  First entrance ceremony for the graduate program
• 1994.11
  Establishment of the Department of Biomedical Engineering as a graduate program in Chonbuk National University