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Medicine

What in this major can only be learned at university?

10-SECOND VIEW

At a glance

4-year tuition
₩41.3mMedicine field avg ₩10.3m/yr × 4 (2026, before aid)
Total cost & opportunity cost
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Degree requirement
Legally requiredA medical degree (or graduate medical school) plus the national exam is required.
Lecture parts AI can cover
Basic-science theory, case practice
Hard for AI to replace
Cadaver dissection, patient care, the licence
Practice dependency
HighDissection, clerkships and patient care happen only inside teaching hospitals.
Major–job match
Not confirmed by major · all 4-year grads 73.8% (KRIVET 2016)
Employment rate
79.4%Medical field, all higher education, 2024 graduates
Where the school spends
Official averages by type (per-school data not loaded)
Confirmed audit / misconduct
See confirmed cases

Source: 교육부·한국대학교육협의회 (2026-04-29) · 교육부·국가데이터처·한국교육개발원 (한국교육신문 보도) (2025-12-30) · 한국직업능력연구원(KRIVET) (2016-01-15) · 국가법령정보센터

PRACTICE

Practice and substitutes

High AMS ANALYSIS

Dissection, clerkships and patient care happen only inside teaching hospitals.

Where the university is strong
Cadaver, Clinic, Patients, Laboratory, Controlled safety environment
Partial substitutes
Medical simulationNo evidence simulation equals real practice.

LEARNING BY DOING

Can it be learned on the job?

Failure costHigh
Safety riskHigh
Provable by portfolioLow
LicenceLegally required

Failure harms patients; no practice before licensure.

DEGREE NECESSITY

Degree necessity — six axes

License dependency
High
Equipment dependency
High
Employer degree filter
High
Credential value
High
Network value
No data
AI lecture substitutability
Partial

Not combined into a score. Employer filters and network value stay empty without data (licensed jobs show the statutory rule).

ALUMNI

Alumni of this major

Answer at the alumni survey; distributions appear at 30+ responses.

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