The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced today (November 4) that Sunchon National University in Jeonnam-Gwangju Unified Special City and Gyeongguk University in Gyeongsangbuk-do have been selected as universities to establish new regional medical schools, with quotas of 60 and 40 seats allocated to them, respectively.

The government stated that it conducted a quantitative evaluation using a total of 13 indicators across four areas: accessibility to medical services, shortage of medical supply, vulnerability to medical shortages, and policy effectiveness.

Previously, the government allocated 100 seats for newly established medical schools for the 2030 academic year and selected the Jeonnam and Gyeongbuk regions, which face relatively vulnerable medical accessibility, as candidate areas for new regional medical schools.