Pukyong National University

PKNU in Busan opens the door for Japanese students to study in Korea and cultural exchange

- selected as a university to host a Korea-Japan joint international student exchange program

Pukyong National University (President Jang Young-Soo) announced that it was selected as a 'joint university higher education exchange program between Korea and Japan for the 2023-2025 academic year' by the Ministry of education's National institute for international education.

This project is to enhance understanding of Korea by providing 40 Japanese students a year with the opportunity to study at Korean universities, and to nurture them into talented pro-Korean and knowledgeable people about Korea.

Pukyong National University, which has the largest number of foreign students in Busan (www.acdemyinfo.go.kr, 2022), has cooperated with 37 leading Japanese universities such as Kyoto university (ranked 33rd, QS world university rankings), Tohoku university (ranked 82nd), Hokkaido university (ranked 145th), university of Tsukuba (ranked 285th), and other leading Japanese universities, and it has expanded exchanges by attracting additional excellent international students. Currently, the number of Japanese students studying at Pukyong National University ranks third among all 65 countries after China and Vietnam.

Accordingly, Pukyong National University will operate master's and doctoral degree programs, undergraduate one-year courses, and Korean language preparatory courses from next year, and select excellent Japanese scholarship students to support Korean language education, tuition, living expenses, insurance, and air tickets.

As Pukyong National University has been selected for this project, it is planning to resume international student exchanges, as well as cultural exchange events between Korea and Japan, such as the Asakura festival and homestay program in Tsushima, which have been suspended since 2019 due to the corona virus.

Pukyong National University has dispatched 332 students from 1996 to 2019 at the invitation of Asakura city to the Asakura citizens festival in Fukuoka, one of Japan's representative regional festivals. Also, at the invitation of Tsushima city in Nagasaki, 186 students participated in the Tsushima homestay program from 2005 to 2019.

Meanwhile, Pukyong National University was selected for the 2023-2025 government-invited Global Korea scholarship program prior to this project, and is recognized as an excellent educational institution for international students. <Pukyong today>