Introduction

The Department of Forest Healing is located in Naegok-dong, Gangneung-si, Gangwon State. It is the only major department in the Forest Healing field in Korea. We are carrying out the University Lifelong Education System Support Project (LiFE 2.0) of the Ministry of Education and the National Institute for Lifelong Education.

The undergraduate program (4-year bachelor's degree) is comprised of adult learners aged 25 or older. Graduate school (master's) courses are offered, and talents in the forest healing field (forest healing instructor), tree therapy field (tree doctor), and forestry technology are trained.

The Department of Forest Healing organizes and operates curriculum in the areas of forest healing and education, forest protection and tree therapy, and forestry technology. We are simultaneously operating a designated training institute for level 1 and 2 forest healing instructors, which are national qualifications in the field of forest healing. We also operate a qualification acquisition support program tailored to adults so that they can acquire major-related qualifications (forest engineer, tree doctor, etc.) while attending school.

Educational Objectives

Our goal is to cultivate high-quality human resources with practical knowledge about systematic and efficient management and protection of forests and their resources, and the healing and recreation industries that utilize them.

• Cultivating forest welfare experts (forest healing instructors) who have both theory and practice via forest healing theory and field training.
• Training tree protection and management experts (tree doctors) via professional education on forest resource protection and management of trees in living areas
• Develop creative abilities that can effectively solve community problems by combining theory and practice in the field

Targeted Training Personnel

1. Forest Healing Instructors
   An expert who supports efficient forest healing activities by planning and developing customized programs for each target using healing forests and natural recreation forests.
   This curriculum includes subjects to help you pass the certification exam.
   The main duty of a forest healing instructor is to work in forest welfare facilities such as healing forests and natural recreation forests, develop and distribute forest healing programs, and to provide forest healing programs to users of the healing forest.
2. Tree Doctor
   An expert who diagnoses and prescribes damage of trees, prevents damage, or provides treatment, and issues prescriptions.
   The forest healing instructor curriculum includes exam subjects to help you pass the certification exam.
   Tree doctors either work at a tree hospital or open a tree hospital themselves.
3. National Certifications
   The Department of Forest Healing allows you to obtain national certification related to forestry.
   Includes all national certifications in the agricultural and forestry field; Forestry engineer, plant protection engineer, mushroom industry engineer, landscape architect, seedling engineer, etc.

Career Characteristics

• Officials at the Korea Forest Service, employee at national agencies under the Korea Forest Service(Korea Forest Welfare Agency, Forestry Promotion Agency, etc.), and officials at green space positions at local governments.
• Employee of public or private healing forests
• Forest welfare business (forest healing)
• National forest protection and tree treatment research park worker under the Korea Forest Service
• Employee of public or private tree hospitals
• Establishment of tree hospital

Course Roadmap