[Log] From proposal to confirmation of the establishment of a new Jeonnam Gwangju National Medical University

The establishment of Jeonnam Gwangju (formerly Jeonnam) National Medical University was confirmed on the 4th.

The 36-year long-awaited wish of Jeollanam-do residents, who have been calling for the resolution of medical blind spots every time the central and local governments were launched, has finally been resolved.

However, measures to strengthen essential medical services in the western region (Mokpo National University), which has suffered greatly in competition with the eastern region (Sunchon National University) in Gwangju, South Jeolla Province, have emerged as a new task.

The following is the main log from the request for the establishment of a new Jeonnam Gwangju National Medical University to its confirmation.

▲ May 19, 1990 = Mokpo National University requests the government to establish a new medical school with a capacity of 80 students.

▲ February 20, 1993 = Suncheon National University requests the government to establish a new medical school with a capacity of 40 students.

▲ March 14, 2012 = Mokpo National University decides to host Jeonnam Medical School and declares a 1 million signature campaign.

▲ December 2012 = Suncheon National University, citizen-wide signature campaign.

▲ May 26, 2020 = Jeonnam Province, Mokpo National University, Mokpo City, Suncheon National University, and Suncheon City, agreement to attract medical schools.

▲ November 28, 2023 = Launch of the pan-province promotion committee for attracting national medical schools.

◇ 2024

▲ January 2 = Jeonnam Province establishes a medical school attraction promotion group.

▲ February 6 = The government announces a policy to increase the number of medical school students by 2,000.

▲ March 14 = Then-President Yoon Seok-yeol said at the Jeonnam People's Livelihood Debate, "Jeonnam Province will decide which university to go to, and if you collect opinions and let us know, we will proceed."

▲ April 2 = At ​​the time, Jeonnam Governor Kim Young-rok announced the policy of selecting government-recommended national medical universities through public contest.

▲ November 15 = The presidents of Mokpo National University and Suncheon National University agreed to integrate the universities and establish a new integrated medical school.

▲ December 31 = Mokpo National University and Suncheon National University submit application for university integration to the Ministry of Education.

◇ 2025

▲ August 13 = National Planning Committee presents a national task to establish a new medical school in a region without a medical school.

▲ October = Ministry of Education begins integrated review of Mokpo National University and Suncheon National University.

▲ December 10 = Jeonnam Province, Mokpo National University, and Suncheon National University, business agreement regarding the establishment of an integrated university medical school and university hospital.

▲ December 22-23 = The integrated vote for and against the two universities was rejected with 60.7% of Suncheon National University students opposed.

◇ 2026

▲ January 16 = In a re-vote by Suncheon National University students, the integration plan was passed with 50.34% in favor.

▲ February 10 = Health and Medical Policy Deliberation Committee decides on a plan to train 100 students each for public medical schools and local medical schools by 2030.

▲ July 1 = Jeonnam-Gwangju Unified Special City launched, national medical school policy issues transferred.

▲ August 20th = When integrated, when requested to submit an application by the Ministry of Education, only the local government information was submitted, excluding the location of the medical school.

▲ August 26 = Ministry of Education, requests for recommendation of a single candidate university by the 30th for consolidation.

▲ August 30 = Unified City recommends Sunchon National University as a candidate university, Sunchon National University with 89.15 points and Mokpo National University with 87.85 points.

▲ September 4 = Mokpo National University files a lawsuit to cancel the selection and recommendation of candidate universities and applies for suspension of execution.

▲ October 2 = Gwangju District Court rejects application to suspend execution of candidate recommendation.

▲ October 29 = Gwangju District Court, first argument in the main lawsuit. After reporting the results of the suspension of execution appeal, we decided to proceed with the trial.

▲ October 30 = Rep. Kim Won-i goes on hunger strike, urging direct review by the Ministry of Education, including Mokpo National University.

▲ November 4 = The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the selection of Suncheon National University and Gyeongbuk Kyungkook University as new regional medical schools, allocating 60 and 40 students, respectively.