23 private medical schools "invest 900 billion won in improving the educational environment by 2030"

It has been found that 23 private university medical schools with increased capacity have set a plan to invest 900 billion won in improving the educational environment for six years starting next year.

According to the data received from the Ministry of Education by Jin Sun-mi of the Democratic Party of Korea, a member of the National Assembly's education committee, 23 private universities reported to the Ministry of Education that they will invest KRW 896.6 billion from next year to 2030.

Yonsei University's Future Campus has submitted the largest investment, which will increase the number of employees from 93 to 100, but it said it will invest 74.2 billion won, including building construction and remodeling.

Inha University, which increases the number of people from 49 to 120, decided to invest KRW 66.19 billion,
The five universities
Ulsan University, Soonchunhyang University, Ajou University, Hallim University, and Yeungnam University also proposed a plan to invest more than 50 billion won by 2030.

In addition, 23 private university medical schools have announced that they will hire 1,327, accounting for 20% of the current number of teachers, which is about 6,600.

The government said it would spend 5 trillion won by 2030 on increased medical schools to improve medical education, with most of the subsidies focused on nine non-capital national medical schools and low-interest loans to private universities.