Pukyong National University
Recently, universities started recruiting new students in September, and students planning to study abroad in Korea may wonder what are the advantages of each school.
Pukyong National University was established in 1984 as a national university located in Busan, South Korea. Pukyong National University is one of the representative universities in Korea and has a variety of academic fields and excellent faculty. Now, let’s take a closer look at Pukyong National University’s history, departments, and campus culture.
History:
Pukyong National University was established in 1984 by the integration of Pusan National University of Commerce and Industry and Pusan National University of Education. In the first period after the merger, there were only business and education departments, but after that, it gradually developed and now it has grown into a university.
Academic disciplines:
Pukyong University has various departments such as humanities and social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering technology. It includes several majors such as law, business administration, economics, foreign languages, pedagogy, environmental science, physics, chemistry, life sciences, mechanical engineering, electronics, and computer science. In particular, Pukyong University attracted excellent students and faculty as its majors in business administration, engineering, and natural science were recognized as its strengths.
campus culture
Pukyong National University has a variety of campus cultures through various student organizations and clubs. Students’ associations, sports events, and cultural festivals are important parts of school life. In addition, Pukyong University supports students to demonstrate social responsibility and leadership by encouraging active volunteer work and community activities. Libraries, gyms, laboratories, restaurants, etc. available to students and professors
Overall, Pukyong National University focuses on improving the quality of education and research based on an educational philosophy that harmonizes tradition and innovation. To this end, we are continuously improving educational programs and research facilities, interacting with domestic and foreign researchers, and growing into a world-class university. In addition, Pukyong National University is doing its best to build a campus culture where students can practice social responsibility and leadership along with education that can develop their personality and intelligence.
Outstanding undergraduate and major education programs
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences aims to teach and study various advanced theories and practices of humanities, society, and design areas to nurture like-minded intellectuals. These may include volunteers who wish to work with justice and do creative design work in various areas such as law, politics, economics, and the media. The college teaches people to be the center of our society, possessing the international minds to lead knowledge and information society.
- Department of Korean Language and Literature
- Division of English Language and Literature
- Division of Japanese Language and Literature
- Department of History
- Division of Economics
- Department of Law
- Department of Public Administration
- Division of International and Area Studies
- Department of Mass Communication
- Department of Political Science and Diplomacy
- Department of Early Childhood Education
- Department of Fashion Design
College of Information Convergence
The College of Information Convergence is one of the most active college within Korea through its achievement of recognizable results in assisting various national businesses and its undertaking of major research activities. This college plans to lead the futuristic national industrial plans for the upcoming 4th Industrial Revolution. The college itself was made by integrating Engineering divisions and Social Sciences’ divisions.
- Division of Data Science and Information
- Division of Media Communication
- Division of Smart Health-care
- Division of Electro-Telecommunication
- Division of Figurative Arts
- Division of Computer Engineering
College of Business Administration
College of Business Administration (C&BA) aims to teach and study current theory and practical method in the areas of management, finance accounting, tourism and international commerce.
- Division of Business Administration
- Division of International Commerce
College of Undeclared and Exploratory Majors
The unique Undeclared and Exploratory Major division (UEM) at PKNU offers freedom to choose majors among all the offered programs at PKNU which includes colleges of Humanities and Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Business Administration, Engineering, Fisheries Sciences, Environmental and Marine Sciences and Technology. Furthermore, students who enroll in the UEM will gain priority access to PKNU’s diverse international programs such as international exchange programs, short-term foreign language programs, and international internship programs.
In the 1st year, students will be enrolled in a specialized program which combines variety of intensive English course, general electives, and core courses that will help them to settle down to university life. Major selection seminars will be held during the 2nd semester where helpful information about most of the majors offered at PKNU will be provided. Also, six highly qualified faculty members from variety of disciplines will be always available to guide students to the right major of their choice.
- Division of Undeclared and Exploratory Majors
College of Fisheries Science
The College of Fisheries Sciences has long been a driving force for advancing the fisheries and aquaculture sciences since its establishment in 1941. Over the years, the college has facilitated utilization and distribution of the knowledge of Fisheries Sciences. The College of Fisheries Sciences cultivates global leaders of fisheries sciences who will contribute to the advance in fisheries sciences through researches and theoretical, technological studies, covering the whole range of fisheries sciences. Individual studies include the production and management of aquatic life resources, the efficient and highly valued utilization of aquatic organisms, the fisheries education, and the marine industry policy.
Moreover, the College of Fisheries Sciences is concerned with wiser management of fish and shellfish stocks for the future ecological relationships between aquatic organisms and their environments, culture of aquatic plants and animals, impacts of human population pressures on the aquatic environment, and development of new seafood products. Both undergraduate and graduate degrees are offered.
- Division of Food Science
- Division of Marine Production System Management
- Division of Marine & Fisheries Business and Economics
- Department of Aquatic Life Medicine
- Department of Marine & Fisheries Industry and Education
- Division of Marine Biology and Science
College of Environmental and Marine Science & Technology
College of Environmental and Marine Science and Technology was founded to enhance research and education in the fields of marine and environmental science and technology, To this end the college facilitates the search for understanding the Earth’s environment, the ocean, the atmosphere and the solid earth, the exploration of marine resources and the conservation and control of marine space and environment.
- Division of Earth & Environment System Sciences
- Department of Energy Resources Engineering
- Department of Ocean Engineering
College of Engineering
College of Engineering was established as the result of a merger between Pusan National University of Technology and the National Fisheries University of Busan, both of which were national universities offered four-year programs. The college has 12,000 domestic and foreign students in total.
For research and education facilities, there are 5 research centers: a complex practical center of engineering in the Engineering Research Center, the Engineering Education Innovative Center and Women’s Engineering Education Leading Business Team, all of which are leading innovative education in engineering.
- Department of Industrial and Data Engineering
- Division of Electrical Engineering
- Division of Mechanical Engineering
- Division of Energy Transportation System Engineering
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Division of Industrial Chemistry and Polymer Engineering
- Division of Nanotechnology Convergence Engineering
- Division of Systems Management and Safety Engineering
- Department of Fire Department Engineering
- Division of Convergence Material Engineering
- Department of Architecture
- Division of Sustainable Material Engineering
College of Natural Science
The College of Natural Science has the educational goal of teaching practical usage of Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Microbiology, Nursing, Marine sports, etc, and teaches the primary theory of Natural Science and Applied Science in research.
- Department of Applied Mathematics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Nursing
- Department of Physics
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Science System Simulation
