Guidelines for Joining the Yonsei University Student Health Mutual-Aid Association
1. Website: https://healthma.yonsei.ac.kr
2. Office
- Sinchon Campus: Room 206, Student Union Building (☎ 02-2123-3350)
- Mirae Campus: Room 212-1, Student Union Building (☎ 033-760-5430)
3. Office Hour
- Regular Semester: Mon - Fri, 9:00 - 17:00 (Lunch Break 12:00-13:00)
- Summer/Winter Breaks: Mon - Fri, 10:00 - 15:00 (Lunch Break 12:00-13:00)
4. Qualification for Student Health Mutual-Aid Association Membership:
￭ The freshmen, registered students and graduate students of Yonsei University who have paid Student Health Mutual-Aid Association fee (KRW 22,500 per semester) for the semester concerned. (Not applicable to family members)
5. How to Sign Up
Classification | Period | Object |
Optional Payment | Tuition payment period (Select Student Health Mutual-aid Association Fee) | • Freshmen • Registered students • Graduate students |
Additional Sign-up | Spring Semester : March Fall Semester : September
( Non-refundable fees )
※ In this case, membership will activate from the day after sign-up till the end of the semester. | • Students who did NOT pay for Mutual-aid Association fee during tuition payment period • Students on leave of absence • Students who have applied for a full refund of tuition |
※ Students who have applied for a full refund of tuition must sign up separately (Excluding Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, and Wonju College of Medicine) | ||
※ Detailed information will be noticed during additional sign-up period. | ||
6. Semesters: Spring Semester - March 1 - August 31
Fall Semester - September 1 - February 28 (29) of the next year
7. Period of Deduction
Treatment Receipts(medical expenses) during the semester will be accepted until the next semester.
Please submit the receipt for medical expenses incurred at the beginning of the semester 20 days after the start of the course.
8. Materials to Prepare and Method of Deductions Application
① Treatment (medical expenses) Original Receipt: Payment(Insurance), Record of the division of Non-Payment(No Insurance) format, Treatment Date and Treatment Dept. (Copies will not be accepted)
② Student ID Card Number of Yonsei University
③ Woori Bank Account Number of the Student (No need to copy account booklet – just record the account number)
④ Consent to the Collection and Use of Personal Information (In case of the first applicant)
Classification | Campus | Place |
Application by visiting | Sinchon | Room 206, Student Union Building |
Mirae | Room 212-1, Student Union Building | |
Application by Receipt box | Mirae | In front of the Student Association Office in Wonju College of Medicine |
Interna- tional | General Education Hall Lobby | |
Application by Mail | Sinchon | Room 206, Student Union Building, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul (03722) |
Mirae | Room 212-1, Student Center of Yonsei University, 1 Yonseidae-gil, Heungeop-myeon, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do (26493) |
* When the 4 items above are prepared, the application by proxy is possible and application is possible regardless of affiliation at Sinchon, Wonju, or the International Campus.
9. Available Hospitals / Range of Available Deductions
￭ Available hospitals : Any hospital located in South Korea
(Oversea hospitals are excluded)
￭Range of Available Deductions : Limited to insurance payment of treatment expenses (Non-Insured Treatment is excluded)
￭ Limit : 1 million won with no division between treatment and hospitalization per semester
10. Deduction Benefit Payment Rate
Treatment | Deducted Benefit Rate |
Private Clinic | Student Payment’s 50% |
Hospital level | Student Payment’s 40% |
General Hospital | Student Payment’s 30% |
Special General Hospital | Student Payment’s 20% |
Health Service Center | 90% (100% of self-pay for some medical treatment and medicine) |
Hospitalization | Deducted Benefit Rate |
Every Medical Institution | Student Payment’s 30% |
※ Non-insured medical treatment such as vaccination, health examination, orthodontia, plastic surgery for beauty treatment, surgery for eyesight correction, diet and skin care, and all the medicine expenses that you purchase at the pharmacy, etc. are not deducted. For details on insurance payment/non-payment, please inquire at the hospital where you receive the treatment.
※ The deductions shall not exceed the actual insurance payment of one’s share.
11. International Students
Only international students who have signed up for the National Health Insurance in South Korea can take the medical treatment fee deduction. Without the National Health Insurance, you can only receive support from Yonsei University Health Service Center.
☞ If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us (joms@yonsei.ac.kr).