# Ajou University Hospital

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## TL;DR

Ajou University's teaching hospital in Suwon, south of Seoul, which opened in 1994. Its cancer centre runs a separate team for each main organ and assigns coordinators to guide newly diagnosed patients.

## Summary

Ajou University Hospital, part of Ajou University Medical Center in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, opened in 1994 according to its own English pages, which also describe its designation as a tertiary (primary general) hospital by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Its Cancer Center operates organ-specific centres for gastric, colorectal, breast, gynaecological, liver, lung, thyroid, urological, head and neck, brain, peritoneal and pancreatobiliary cancers, with multidisciplinary teams, specialist coordinators who arrange appointments, tests and results for newly diagnosed or suspected patients, programmes to help patients return to daily life after treatment, and hospice care. The centre reports Grade 1 results from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service's quality assessments for gastric, lung, colon and breast cancer; the hospital's about page adds liver cancer. Newsweek and Statista's World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2026 list for oncology ranks it 157.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: 아주대학교병원; Ajou University Medical Center; Ajou University Hospital Cancer Center
- City: Suwon, KR
- Type: hospital
- Website: https://hosp.ajoumc.or.kr/en/

## Sources

- Ajou University Hospital (English): https://hosp.ajoumc.or.kr/en/
- Newsweek World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2026: Oncology, rank 157 (Ajou University Hospital, Suwon): https://rankings.newsweek.com/worlds-best-specialized-hospitals-2026/oncology
- Ajou University Hospital: Cancer Center: https://hosp.ajoumc.or.kr/en/conts/102004000000000.do
- Ajou University Hospital: about the hospital: https://hosp.ajoumc.or.kr/en/conts/105001000000000.do

## Connected records

- collections: [Newsweek/Statista World's Best Specialized Hospitals: Oncology](https://onco.cc/collections/newsweek-hospitals/)

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