Graduates of the College of Pharmacy Received Top Scores in 63rd and 64th Examinations
Officially displays the excellent education for cultivating pharmacists
[February 7, 2013]

 YU (President Noh, Seok Kyun) verified its excellent education for pharmacists by producing the top scorer in the National Pharmacist Examinations for two consecutive years.

 Recently, the National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board (President Jung, Myung-hyun) announced the results of the 64th National Pharmacist Examination. According to this, a student who graduated from the YU College of Pharmacy in August last year scored 292 out of 300 total points (97.3%), and thus scored the highest in the nation.

 In the 63rd National Pharmacist Examination, Ji, Sung-min (26, College of Pharmacy), who was a senior at the time, scored 294 out of 300, scoring the highest in the nation. Thus, YU students scored the higest in the examinations for two consecutive years.

 On this, the YU College of Pharmacy stated, "Since its establishment in 1954, we graduated over 4,000 pharmacists over 58 years and this is the result of the tradition and capacities of the YU College of Pharmacy that contributed to improving national health," while adding, "We will use the 1.5 billion won in scholarships contributed by alumni and professors effectively to cultivate more and better pharmacists."

 According to the Korean Pharmaceutical Association's member report, 2,172 of the 30,194 members are from the YU College of Pharmacy, being the fifth largest alumni in the association.

 Meanwhile, 436 applied to the 64th National Pharmacist Examination and only 262 passed, having a passing rate of 60.1%. This was a drop of 28.8% compared to last year's 88.9% and it is the lowest percentage in the past five years.