Yonsei University is a private Christian university in Seoul, South Korea. It is part of the SKY universities. The university was established in January 1957 through the union of Yonhi College and Severance Union Medical College his was a result of a lasting bilateral cooperation between the colleges that began in the 1920s. The institutions were the first of their kind in Korea. Yonhi College was one of the first modern colleges, founded as Chosun Christian College in March 1915. Severance has its roots in the first modern medical center in Korea, Gwanghyewon House of Extended Grace), founded in April 1885. As a tribute, the name “Yonsei” was derived from the first syllables of the names of its two parent institutions, ”Yon” from Yonhi College and ”Sei” from Severance Union Medical College.The student body consists of 26,731 undergraduate students, 11,994 graduate students, 4,518 faculty members, 6,788 staff, and 257,931 alumni. Yonsei operates its main campus in Seoul and offers graduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs in Korean and English. Graduates of Yonsei include a Nobel laureate an Academy Award winner and a Fulkerson Prize-winning mathematician.